Diocese of Ossory Update

Maire Lawless voices her concerns with the on-going difficulties people experience with the “new translation” of the missal.
“The issue is very serious because some deeply spiritual people …… have found this to be the last straw of a power driven authoritarian church which now touched directly on their highly valued prayer life.  As a result they no longer have attendance at Roman Catholic Eucharist as a part of their practice.”

(The anniversary Mass is in St Joseph’s Redemptorist Church, Dundalk today.) His wife Leila flew into Belfast airport and was collected by Peter (Eddie’s brother) for this Mass and the…

‘Full many a flower is born to blush unseen……’   ‘The Cure at Troy’ (inspired by the Trojan War’s last days) Séamus Heaney “Believe that a further shore; Is reachable…

At the next meeting of We Are Church Ireland  the terrific film Monseñor – The Last Journey of Óscar Romero  (DVD 88 minutes)  will be shown in the large International Room…

ACP Papal Visit Survey 2018 15 August 2018 ***************** An ‘on the spot’ survey conducted by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), in the run-up to the visit of Pope…

Friends of the morning:  The pair of magpies continue to harangue the cat outside the house here. The cat lolls there nonchalantly, amused by the noisy interference. The cat subscribes…