Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team Good Friday video homily

Seamus Ahearne lets his mind (and fingers on the laptop) wander as he explores how we find God in those moments when God whispers to us. Seamus like many found inspiration from the late Fr. Tony Coote.
“Tony Coote’s ‘Walk while you can’ and his book ‘Live while you can’ stirred many of us. He put the spirit into us with his courage, his honesty and his ability to find hope. He saw God and treasure in the midst of Motor Neurone Disease. So yes. ‘Wow’ and ‘Amazing’ is sometimes all we can respond. God-moments and Good- moments are precious. Treasure them as Tony did.”

  A Listening Heart/Vincentian Ministry to Priests Zoom Lenten Time of Reflection for Clergy Tuesday March 8th, 15.00pm – 17.15.pm Speaker: Fr. Niall Ahern, Elphin Diocese 15.00.            Opening…

The Holy See Press Office releases an update on Pope Francis’ health as he is treated for a respiratory infection in hospital, noting that his complex clinical picture requires an…

Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, reacts to the letter, Beloved Amazon, issued by Pope Francis last week.
“It is important for us to name the disappointment, the frustration, the sadness, the upset, the anger that are part of the fall-out from last week’s letter.”
“The answer is that for some people, and progressively more, the waiting is over. Parents with children – teenage and adult – understand why time is important. Our leaders seem to be in denial about the impact such catastrophic delays are having on the confidence and the membership of our Church.”

Following Pope Francis’ call for global peace and the unveiling of a Nativity scene designed to draw global attention to the suffering of Palestinians in the Holy Land, churches across Ireland…

Western People 6.5.2025 Tomorrow, May 7, 2025, of the 252 members of the College of Cardinals, 135 who are under 80 and therefore qualify to vote, will enter the Sistine…