Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team: Sunday Homily

Brendan Hoban wonders why Pope Francis’ agenda is not gaining traction in the Irish church; the agenda “to rediscover and implement the insights of the Second Vatican Council…. to focus on protecting planet earth, to place the poor at the centre of our concerns, to breathe new life into the concept of mercy, to emphasise a synodal (or group)  approach to decision-making and to find new ways of spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.”

Jo O Sullivan outlines the journey from ‘slumbering’ catholic to ‘revolting’ catholic, from agonising ‘over continuing to participate in shoring up the dysfunctional Institutional Church by continuing to give of my time and talent to the Church’ to the decision that ‘I could come back into the fold with all my heart and all my soul, provided I sought out every opportunity available to me to bring about change.’
‘I find that the passion that drives me these days is to open Catholic hearts and minds here locally into a welcoming acceptance of our LGBT brothers and sisters.’

Gone Daughter I climb the stairway to the attic – grim day, dim lit night – into an empty room full of Might Have Been… ‘Cross to the slanted ceiling,…

At 6 p.m. tomorrow (Wed) The Tablet hosts a webinar with the priest and theologian James Alison offering the chance to see Catholicism with fresh eyes. This isn’t “gay theology” – it’s a…

From the Synodal Pathway website: Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, Bishop emeritus of Gozo, was born in Qala, Malta, in the Diocese of Gozo on…

Note: Coming Wood You Believe Healing Seminar with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: Responding to your Call – Discovering your Purpose Embracing your Destiny Edmund Rice Centre, Callan, Sat 14th…