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

Padraic McCarthy, on seeing that the Presider’s Page has greetings in various languages for visitors to our churches or celebrations, submitted a selection of greeting notices he has come across on his travels.
With some adaptations they might be useful to you.

Tue 24th Oct – When I Loved Myself Enough Some years ago a woman named Kim McMillian, after a lifetime suffering from doubt and self-criticism, discovered the importance of loving…

Peter McVerry SJ draws our attention to a document from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice about the homeless/housing crisis which Ireland finds itself in.
“there is no version of holiness that satisfies itself with doctrinal rigour, or liturgical purity, but does not act for the sake of the marginalised:”

From Commonweal magazine: Fintan O’Toole on the cost of prosperity Paul Baumann, March 12, 2024, Commonweal Fintan O’Toole is a terrific writer, and his We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History…

Seamus Ahearne writes against the backdrop of current experience where “We can feel got at … we feel accused of sexual chaos  …. we are deflated … the Church is battered. …. the priesthood is in a mess.” and states that we still need to be “people who have a view of a bigger picture and can give a real context to every day and always have a broader outlook. We can’t be a slave to the News or to the Moment.” We can’t let life get us down.

Audio of the ACP Zoom Presentation “Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality” with Luca Badini Confalonieri on Monday 6th December 2021. Link to Audio: (Luca starts at…