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  • Real Leadership – Women speaking truth to power

    May 7 2020
    Barry McGonigle

    @pól óduibhir Could the answer to your question be that unlike priests no woman religious leader has any hope of preferment whether she is toeing the party line or dissenting. She can therefore be

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  • Re-opening churches in a Pandemic

    May 10 2020
    Brendan Cafferty

    I was listening to interview with Fr.Mattie on MWR, he was excellent on the issues involved and showed very clear thinking and clarity.I think it will be a long time before we see large gatherings aga

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  • Lockdown discoveries: what ‘Vocation’ really means

    May 9 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Great to hear of Cardinal Sarah being the enlightened one as usual !! Excellent piece as usual from Prof. O'Loughlin. We were looking forward to having him in Edinburgh to speak at our Edinburgh Newm

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Now for some good news, a sensible, humble pastor, and a Franciscan, promoted to be Archbishop of Genoa. I visited the cathedral in Genoa last summer, once home to the infamous Cardinal Siri. https:

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  • Lockdown discoveries: what ‘Vocation’ really means

    May 9 2020
    Terence Madden

    Thank you, Thomas,for this thoughtful insight into the Christian Vocation. Yes indeed; our vocation as Christian is to follow Christ in the community of disciples and to play any part in that communit

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  • 10 May, 2020. 5th Sunday of Easter

    May 10 2020
    Seamus Ahearne

    I listened to Sean O Rourke yesterday on his final Programme before retiring. Sean was played out with the Song/Music – “May the road rise to meet you.” I was surprised and moved. I think it wa

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Neil Bray

    No 16 In his act of redemption, was Jesus not fulfilling the Father's will, the Father's desire? Was the re-enactment of this act of self-offering in the Sacrifice of the Mass not also the Father's w

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  • Forbidden Fruit: Life and Catholicism in Contemporary Ireland

    April 22 2020
    Jo O'Sullivan

    After reading Seamus Ahearne’s review of Forbidden Fruit by Declan Henry, I set to ordering it online immediately. His review led me to believe that what Declan had to say would resonate with me. I

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    I don't think it can get any more mad or more outrageous than this, can it? And of course, Sarah's name appears once again, though, of course, he has nothing to do with it. How could he, he being a to

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Eugene Sheehan

    Neil @15, I believe that the closing of the Churches during the pandemic may cause us to consider our liturgies and seek a fresh understanding. The idea that God needs pleasing bothers me. "Jesus did

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