Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership team – weekly Sunday homily

Chris McDonnell wrote recently in the Catholic Times about education and the central roles of the teacher and the school.
In light of the rapidly changing relationship between church and the education system in our country it is very relevant to question what makes a good school and good teacher and realise the role they can play; “The stress of modern family life inevitably follows them (pupils) to school, although for a few hours, the school and an understanding teacher, can become a still point in a turning, turbulent world” …… “The teacher is the one who walks beside you on the Emmaus Road.”

Journey Time Out of all this must come laughter and the gradual drying of tears, fears diminish as the finish, slow to show at first is seen -after all this…

This article was submitted by John O’Laughlin Kennedy on behalf of ‘Christians United in Prayer’.
Christian Unity Week runs from January 18th to 25th, and the plan is to welcome people from other denominations to our churches or meeting places to pray for church unity, for peace, and for blessings on one another. The unity we are praying for is the unity that Jesus prayed for, the unity of caring love.

With the excavation work already underway in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, Gript editor, John McGuirk, has penned a most interesting article. Link to the article:

Water is fundamental to life on Earth. We can go for many days without food, not without some considerable discomfort of course, but not life-threatening. Without water, the risk to…

Pádraig McCarthy draws our attention to a statement “Women in the Church: Reading the Signs of the Time” from a meeting of about 100 Catholic women religious in India. The story is carried on globalsistersreport.org