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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Sean O'Conaill

    Rivalry is central here - beginning with the rivalry of the 'pharisees and scribes' with Jesus himself. That begins, obviously, with the greater attention Jesus is receiving from the 'tax collectors a

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  • 31 March: 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 31 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Readers can identify totally with the soliloquy of the prodigal son, especially if one is cynical enough to read it not as an undiluted expression of heartfelt conversion, but rather as a calculation

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  • The Christchurch Massacre – social media another tool of bigotry and terror

    March 25 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Thanks, Brendan, for this heartfelt and perceptive comment. The social media have not been the Garden of Paradise but rather a new theatre for Original Sin. When they are effectively weaponized by mur

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  • Deanery Meeting – An Unhappy Experience

    March 17 2019
    Pat Rogers

    I believe there is much to be said in favour of the Swiss Catholic model of parish councils, where the lay treasurer of the council is responsible for administering the parish's income and expenditure

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  • Airbrushed out of Church…. – Elephant in the Church

    March 12 2019
    Frances Burke

    The all female editorial team at Women’s Church World magazine have resigned. Following their release of the story of priests abusing nuns, the magazine which is published alongside the Vatican’s

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  • Airbrushed out of Church…. – Elephant in the Church

    March 12 2019
    Frances Burke

    This sister says sisters should be ‘doing it for themselves, standing on their own two feet, ringin on their own bells’ (Annie Lennox) https://t.co/l86MCTFjyj?ssr=true

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  • Deanery Meeting – An Unhappy Experience

    March 17 2019
    Sean O'Conaill

    Could we have a statement, please, from the ACP on the organisation's policy re reform of canon law - to prevent summary dismissal of PPCs and to meet the obvious need to enable a continuous parish la

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  • The Annunciation of the Lord

    March 25 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Today, according to the Roman Martyrology, is the feast of St Dismas. Yes, that Dismas: the good thief on the cross beside Jesus. This date, 25 March, in the early church, was the traditional date of

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  • 24 March: 3rd Sunday of Lent

    March 24 2019
    John Carreiro

    Hi All, I was the lector for today's readings, March 24,2019. I was up on the altar when our deacon read the Gospel reading. I listened intently as I always do to find any nuggets of new info or new

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  • Deanery Meeting – An Unhappy Experience

    March 17 2019
    William Herlihy

    Thank you Jo,You touched a raw nerve with me to night. As a former member of a PPC my experience is not a pleasant one. The PPC I was a member of, was disbanded by the Parish Priest in October 2017

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