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

Garda Vetting is not fit for purpose according to Michael Commane in his blog Occasional Scribbles. “…I actually find it a demeaning procedure. Every time I fill out those forms some…

Chris McDonnell in the Catholic Times remembers Henri Nouwen whose ‘perceptive nature and ability to relate to those in distress demonstrated that he was more than an inspiring teacher and fine book writer.’

Coming Events Three Wood You Believe evening seminars entitled Getting the Past out of the Present involving Personal and Ancestral Healing are scheduled to be held in the Edmund Rice…

Seamus Ahearne casts his eye over recent happenings and imagines how the late Grumpy Cat might view matters. But despite his grumpy outlook there is always redemption. “Have a real sense of history and never make this moment and how I feel, too important. Celebrate the Liturgy of life without the pompous solemnity which kills the very soul of faith. Faith and God has to be celebrated with imagination and creativity. No stodginess. No boredom. No head only nonsense. The heart and body and the very soul has to be stirred. Explore beauty. Forget all the nonsense of passing fashion and fads. Don’t get stuck in mud of negativity”

I like the thought – of a Collective Noun. Bees – a swarm. Fish – a shoal/school. Birds – a flock. Lions – a pride. Wolves – a pack. Ants…