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

A new insight into the life of John McGahern       Western People 7.12.21 A favourite writer – of mine as of so many others – is the late novelist, John…

He is Risen! Happy Easter.   The One Green, blue, yellow and red- God is down in the swamps and marshes Sensational as April and almost incred- ible the flowering…

Thomas O Loughlin offers his thoughts on a “new” lectionary following the recent announcement by the bishops of Scotland. Can we hope that our bishops might engage with Thomas and others before making a decision?
“There is an alternative – one already adopted in the 1973 English-language edition of the Liturgy of the Hours – which is to use a range of translations depending on what portion of scripture is being translated and how it is being used. Indeed, the very fact that in the current lectionary there is a distinct translation of the Psalter (and there is going to be a distinct version of the psalms in the proposed lectionary), shows that the ‘one size fits all’ approach to translations is faulty.”

This Sunday, Archbishop Eamon Martin will join with thousands of pilgrims of all ages in the annual pilgrimage to the summit of Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s holy mountain, for Reek Sunday…

Peter Wilkinson & David Timbs “Australia’s Plenary Council” Followed by Q & A 11.00 – 12.30 pm Saturday 15th of May 2021 Online ZOOM event Peter Wilkinson and David Timbs…

Synodality – an offer I have followed the process of Pope Francis’ Synodal movement from the beginning. I regard it as an extremely interesting development in our Church, certainly the…