Delighted to hear the Vatican is doing a survey of the pastoral fall-out of the restored Tridentine (1962) rite. My advice is: DUMP IT FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!And please, please would the pope and bishop
This is interesting indeed and feeds into our need to re-examine priesthood as it is perceived to be. Fr Z sounds a frightening, almost demagogic, being.“Fr. Z raved on that these guidelines left
Thanks for this clearly written and theologically well-informed article. I hope and pray that it will help priests and their parishioners to a deeper understanding of the ministry of priests.
There is a story(possibly / probably apocryphal) I tell about our first Parish Priest, who, when asked how the Parish Mission was going, replied, "It's great! They're throwing stones at my windows!" D
Congratulations to Fr Stephen Farragher on his wonderful welcome to the muslim community by allowing the Islamic call to prayer at the end of mass as an act of solidarity in response to the pandemic.
As an unbeliever, can I express my solidarity with Fr. Farragher. He did the right thing. More power to him.I am proud of Ballyhaunis's record on integration.My father was born in Barrack St. whic
I am a native of Ballyhaunis and have spent the last 50 years in the United States. I am so proud of Fr. Farragher for his sense of inclusiveness, and his respect for all cultures and religions. Ou
It's no use invoking the authority of any pope against these American rightists. They used the pope as a battering ram as long as they could (though John Paul II always disappointed them on the interr
Well done, Stephen Farragher, for following your heart, rather than your head, and to Paul Moses for publicising the wonderful gesture. God is to be found “in the bits and pieces of every day”, so
How is the Risen Christ present to us?Is his presence mostly an absence, like that of friends we no longer see, or can no longer see since they are no longer alive? Those invisible presences are su
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Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020Delighted to hear the Vatican is doing a survey of the pastoral fall-out of the restored Tridentine (1962) rite. My advice is: DUMP IT FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!And please, please would the pope and bishop
Clericalism and the Pandemic
April 19 2020This is interesting indeed and feeds into our need to re-examine priesthood as it is perceived to be. Fr Z sounds a frightening, almost demagogic, being.“Fr. Z raved on that these guidelines left
Clericalism and the Pandemic
April 19 2020Thanks for this clearly written and theologically well-informed article. I hope and pray that it will help priests and their parishioners to a deeper understanding of the ministry of priests.
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020There is a story(possibly / probably apocryphal) I tell about our first Parish Priest, who, when asked how the Parish Mission was going, replied, "It's great! They're throwing stones at my windows!" D
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020Congratulations to Fr Stephen Farragher on his wonderful welcome to the muslim community by allowing the Islamic call to prayer at the end of mass as an act of solidarity in response to the pandemic.
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020As an unbeliever, can I express my solidarity with Fr. Farragher. He did the right thing. More power to him.I am proud of Ballyhaunis's record on integration.My father was born in Barrack St. whic
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020I am a native of Ballyhaunis and have spent the last 50 years in the United States. I am so proud of Fr. Farragher for his sense of inclusiveness, and his respect for all cultures and religions. Ou
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020It's no use invoking the authority of any pope against these American rightists. They used the pope as a battering ram as long as they could (though John Paul II always disappointed them on the interr
Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer
April 21 2020Well done, Stephen Farragher, for following your heart, rather than your head, and to Paul Moses for publicising the wonderful gesture. God is to be found “in the bits and pieces of every day”, so
19 April, 2020. 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
April 19 2020How is the Risen Christ present to us?Is his presence mostly an absence, like that of friends we no longer see, or can no longer see since they are no longer alive? Those invisible presences are su
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