Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership Team, Christmas Day Homily

Diarmuid Martin  Archbishop of Dublin, spoke recently at Saint Michael’s Church of Ireland, Limerick, on the ‘The Church of the Future’. His words have been widely reported and are on the Dublin Diocese’s website.
“My hope is that the future of the Church in Ireland will be one where we truly learn from the arrogance of our past and find anew a fragility which will allow the mercy and the compassion of Jesus to give us a change of heart and allow others through a very different Church to encounter something of that compassion and faith for their lives.”

Celebrating the Eucharist with my wife In recent weeks a number of articles in the newspapers have spoken about the declining number of active priests in Ireland and that today…

… words from Gaza 2023- 2024. Gaza This October Monday, October 16th 2023 Hour by hourcountlessmunitions fallin an exchangeof fearsome fire. Smoke eruptsfrom shatteredBuildings hangingthrough the orangeglow of flame. This…

Link: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2025/11/08/bishop-tom-deenihan-publishes-pastoral-letter-on-the-future-of-meath-parishes/ BackgroundBishop Tom Deenihan, Bishop of Meath, has published the following pastoral letter to focus on concerns about the work of evangelisation, and to support the pastoral mission of…

The Dalgan Summer School 2014 is organised by the Columban Ecological Institute, Dalgan Park, Navan, under the direction of John Feehan.

Lost in Space: Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore seemed ecstatic as the docking occurred. They went on a short trip to the International Space Station for eight days which turned…