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  • 05 Nov 2023 – 31st Sunday, (A)

    November 5 2023
    Paddy Ferry

    An excellent point. Sean. This never dawned on me until I read Garry Wills “Why Priests” That passage in Matthew’s gospel also advises against enlarging their tassels and lengthening their tefi

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  • Pádraig McCarthy: Learning from Babylon

    November 2 2023
    Pádraig McCarthy

    A clear warning of how vicious the circle of retaliation has long been recognised, but rarely heeded. The Hebrew tradition in the Book of Genesis illustrates the multiplication of evil in our world. W

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  • TOMORROW!!! ACP AGM 2023 – Tues 7 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Radisson Athlone

    November 6 2023
    Alan McGill

    This was exactly my impression when studying Theology at the graduate level in the US, when deciding on a PhD program, and when submitting papers for publication over the last decade. There was much m

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  • 05 Nov 2023 – 31st Sunday, (A)

    November 5 2023
    Sean O’Conaill

    So why did Jesus tell his disciples to call no one on earth their ‘Father’? And how come that the pieties of our faith led eventually to us doing exactly that? In how many Irish parishes have th

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  • 05 Nov 2023 – 31st Sunday, (A)

    November 5 2023
    Thara Benedicta

    Key Message: Teaching by living!! Homily: In my younger days, I had a habit of daydreaming. Especially if there was some function around, I used to daydream that I w

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  • Pádraig McCarthy: Learning from Babylon

    November 2 2023
    Soline Humbert

    https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/violence-and-grief-are-overwhelming

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  • Pádraig McCarthy: Learning from Babylon

    November 2 2023
    Joe O'Leary

    That scandalous line is beautifully sung in The Psalms of David (King’s College, Cambridge), as if it denoted some mystery to be contemplated in hushed awe. But yes, we must face up to the horrendo

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  • TOMORROW!!! ACP AGM 2023 – Tues 7 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Radisson Athlone

    November 6 2023
    Joe O'Leary

    Balthasar has great merits of course (his work on Barth, Maximus, and Gregory of Nyssa especially), but the adulation surrounding him was over the top (and often laced with contempt for Rahner and Sch

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  • Synod Report: A Church that involves everyone and is close to world’s wounds

    October 29 2023
    Sean O'Conaill

    I did not anticipate dramatic decisions at this stage - and if they had come by now we would still have had to wait for the Irish church reaction to see if that would make any difference on the ground

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  • Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4

    October 20 2023
    Soline Humbert

    #7 Yes Paddy, you are right about Pope Francis recently re-stating in book form interviews his belief women cannot be ordained for what he considers to be theological reasons. Again in this latest tel

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