Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team Holy Thursday video homily

DOES SUNDAY MASS MATTER? The Document from the Bishops’ Conference (on the Mass) raises  questions: Why does Mass matter? It was discussed at our Deanery and then at our Parish…

Last evening 212 people tuned in to hear Gerry O’Hanlon’s excellent presentation on the ‘Synod on Synods’ due to take place in Rome in October 2022. It was a wonderful…

Seamus Ahearne reflects on the final article written by Daniel O Leary for The Tablet – ‘Coming Home Too Soon.
We carry a link to the article in The Tablet.

Pope Francis has issued his much awaited response following the Synod on the Amazon. In his document ‘Beloved Amazon’ Francis calls for greater lay participation in the church and says the training of priests in the Amazon must be changed so they are better able to minister to indigenous peoples. “Every effort should be made” to give the faithful access to the Eucharist.
He also writes “This urgent need leads me to urge all bishops, especially those in Latin America, not only to promote prayer for priestly vocations, but also to be more generous in encouraging those who display a missionary vocation to opt for the Amazon region”
He does not deal specifically with the issues of the ordination of women as deacons or married men as priests.

 Renata Steffens   August 15, 2024 The Diocese of Kilmore is having to rearrange and redistribute priests due to the declining number of available priests in the diocese. “There are simply…

 International Women’s Day: “No Woman, No Church” Prayer and Video To celebrate International Women’s Day we offer a Prayer and video for the full Equality of Women in the Catholic…