Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership, Sunday homily

Ursula Halligan, writing in the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/08/01/ritereason-is-old-pay-pray-and-obey-model-of-catholic-church-on-way-out/ Retreat to defensive, territorial and fearful approach to global synodal process must be resisted Ursula Halligan; Rite & Reason; The Irish Times; 1…

Jamie Manson writing in the National Catholic Reporter… Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the day that women’s right to vote was enshrined in the Constitution of the United States….

Pen Pal I lived a lot in my head, as a lad. Like, I was the last in the –  brothers and sisters well ahead of me.  They were stretching…

Audio from the Zoom presentation last evening by Christopher Lamb, Rome correspondent with The Tablet.  Gerry O’Connor, ACP Leadership Team, was the host. Please click on the link below. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/acp-meeting-with-christopher-lamb-audio  …

Chris McDonnell wrote recently in the Catholic Times about education and the central roles of the teacher and the school.
In light of the rapidly changing relationship between church and the education system in our country it is very relevant to question what makes a good school and good teacher and realise the role they can play; “The stress of modern family life inevitably follows them (pupils) to school, although for a few hours, the school and an understanding teacher, can become a still point in a turning, turbulent world” …… “The teacher is the one who walks beside you on the Emmaus Road.”

Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, announced the death today of Fr. Daniel Berrigan SJ at the age of 94.