RTÉ reports:
A Kerry priest plans to use a drone to broadcast outdoor Masses in local cemeteries this month.
Fr Patsy Lynch will pilot the drone himself while streaming Mass online from cemeteries in Portmagee, the Glen and Ballinskelligs.
Link to article on RTÉ website:
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0710/1234268-drone-mass/
Western People 27.2.2024 It would be gratuitous not to congratulate Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin (SF) and Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on their day in the…
Tin Hazelwood writes on the sensitive topic of how the funerals of priests who died while ‘out of ministry’ should be conducted.
“While some regulation may be necessary, it needs to be considerably more nuanced than the present protocols……. Mindful as we are of the difficult situation of those who have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of priests, we believe that in the interest of justice and mercy there are questions that need to be answered.”
The ACP offers sincere sympathy to our colleague Brendan Hoban and to his extended family on the death of his brother, Seamus.
Old Biddy TalkBy Paula Meehan Have you no home to go to… The young mostly on one another’s screens– but these two rapt in each otherat the boundary wall: that…
Paul Moses reports in commonwealmagazine.org on a joint act of prayerful solidarity between Catholic and Muslim in the west of Ireland as a response to the corona virus pandemic.
Sadly, but no longer surprisingly, it drew a backlash of bigotry from some people.
But “We never know if the seeds we plant will sprout. But even if they fail, we don’t stop planting.”
Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR) – Webinar Anticipating the First Synod Session – October 2023 with Bishop Shane Mackinlay Thursday 14 September 2023 7.00pm AEST, 6.30pm ACST, 5.00pm…
