Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
‘Voices’ 4th Sunday Easter Year A 26 April 2026
‘Voices’ 4th Sunday Easter Year A 26 April 2026
IN THE WINGS And here! Here’s one for you! Doesn’t one of the men Mammy lets into our pub of a Sunday write plays? PLAYS! I heard her tellin’ Fanny…
TWO BEAUTIFUL VOCATIONS – MATRIMONY AND PRIESTHOOD In the past it was said and maybe it is still being said today that when a priest gets married he leaves…
Western People 23.1.2024 The title of last week’s RTÉ documentary, The Last Priests in Ireland, reflected the grim reality for Irish Catholics – no longer a perception or a wild…
Tim Hazelwood in responding to a letter from his bishop to all priests in the diocese asks “As regards this conversation about “the way forward” I am wondering why this conversation should only take place among priests? Should not any discussions involve all affected parties? Would this not be an ideal time for a diocesan synod, as Pope Francis recommends, where all Bishop, priests, laity work together to plan a way forward?
Western People, 30.4.2024 When I was 13 or so and a boarder in St Muredach’s College I was given the honour of serving Mass every morning for the then bishop…
Val Rogers draws attention to a short report by Brian Vale, in a bulletin from the Columbans in Australia, about an Acculturation Programme Brian Vale and others provided for overseas priests who have come to serve in Australia recently.