Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership – Weekly Sunday video homily
Video homily for Sunday 10 Aug 2025 – ‘Modern Anxieties’ 19th Sunday Year C
Video homily for Sunday 10 Aug 2025 – ‘Modern Anxieties’ 19th Sunday Year C
All members are invited to attend our AGM in Athlone, TODAY! It will run from 2.00pm-5.00pm. We have two main speakers: Martin Whelan: The Canonical Rights of Diocesan Priests Fr…
Western People 9.7.2024 The word is that sadness is making a comeback. For years we’ve dismissed any display of tears as a sign of weakness or a form of posturing….
Clericalism is a world wide problem in the church. But, are (we) priests in utter denial?
The Jesuit Institute of South Africa have published a challenging article on their website.
“There are, it seems, a growing number of us priests who would be better off heading-up dictatorial fiefdoms…… Priests have, for many people, become the weekly cross they bear.”
Members of the clergy will be able to act as witnesses to the signing of decision-making assistance agreements, so it would be important that this is drawn to their attention…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team Sunday homily: ‘Privilege’ – 28th Sunday of the Year Link to homily:
Seamus Ahearne is reflecting on the imposed restrictions and like many is making discoveries about himself: “I need people! The empty house. The silence. The absence of banter. The non-visiting. The non-communion (2 metres).”
But there is also the awareness that “We have been given so much. We cannot take it for granted. The virus tells us of this being one world and that we share a common world. We all belong. We all need each other.”