Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership weekly Sunday video homily

In a note published on its 60th anniversary, Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, traces the evolution of the Synod of Bishops and looks ahead to…

Western People  18.7.23. My fifty years of priesthood (1973-2023) falls naturally into two parts. The first 40 years (1973-2013) were a struggle through a long and difficult wintertime when (as…

Sinéad Hussey of RTÉ reports: The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland is seeking a meeting with the Minister for Health over a “draconian” move to outlaw public mass…

Chris McDonnell writing in the Catholic Times about the crisis in which the church is mired states “First of all, we cannot expect, nor should we presume, that the bishops can achieve change by carefully chosen phrases and pious pleasantries. There must be deep and meaningful exchange with the laity, using the latter’s experience and expertise to inform and develop a satisfactory strategy. Ownership by all achieves more than the instruction from a selected group.
Secondly, we must ensure that women are allowed and encouraged to participate fully in such developments……….The singular male voice has dominated for too long and the story that has been told has been incomplete. Maybe now, at long last, change will be forced upon us and we will recognise that appreciation of the broader picture will only come when the response is from both men and women.”

Hail Mary There was this shrine, as I recall. Oh, well known it was, locally… We walked the three miles, there and back. Out the country. Summer’s day… Me still…

Western People 3.6.2025 The more books I buy and don’t get to read, the more I return again and again to the books I treasure. The practice has shaped a…