Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Easter Vigil Homily
The Holy Saturday Vigil Homily 2025. The title is ‘Last Word’:
The Holy Saturday Vigil Homily 2025. The title is ‘Last Word’:
Today’s readings ask for decisions, challenging Christians to choose the right path. We gather to worship God, who can help us in all our choices.Penitential RiteTo prepare ourselves for the…
Saints in May 01 May St Joseph the Worker This commemoration, instituted by Pius XII in 1955, proposes the example and intercession of Joseph as worker and provider. On this…
By Lisa Zengarini of Vatican News Pope Francis’ Apostolic journey to Hungary kicked off on Friday morning with the arrival of the papal aircraft at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport…
First Communion Jenny looking out from ‘neath a veil: open-eyed… trusting… distrusting… unaware of what was out there, what lay ahead… in the world beyond home and hearth and convent school….
Chris McDonnell writes in the Catholic Times about the urgency of the cry from the depths about the future of our church.
“Current critics have rocked the complacency of many priests and laity who simply prefer not to think of failure within the church. They still occupy a Church of peace and tranquillity that is the stuff of false memory. That is why the urgency to change is not recognized. The first stimulus to begin reform is a recognition that current circumstances cry out with the urgency of a wounded child.”
Western People 19.8.2025 I’ve often wondered why I’ve been so uncomfortable with the physical force element in Irish history. I used to trace it to my unease as a child…