The Pre-Synodal Assembly took place in Athlone on Sat 18 June 2022. It has been described as a national and historic occasion. Monica Morley interviews Brendan Hoban and Bishop Paul Dempsey (Achonry) on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme (Sun 19 June 2022).
This year the WAC Ireland Advent Liturgy will be in the Chapel, Mercy International Centre, 64A Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
Please join us on Sunday 01 December 2019 at 3.00pm for our Advent liturgy followed by a cup of tea and time to talk about Pope Francis and reform of our church. Our collection this year will be for CONCERN.
Tony Flannery : Refusing to be Silenced – an interview with Síle Seoige This week my guest is Redemptorist priest and religious writer, Tony Flannery. Tony has gained a reputation…
Ireland was once regarded as the most catholic Country in the World. That, though, is no longer the case. (Link to article and interviews at bottom of the page.) Mark Vincent…
Every faith journey has its twists and turns Western People July 26, 2022 A reader suggests that I might answer a question that has obsessed him/her for some time:…
Following Pope Francis’ call for global peace and the unveiling of a Nativity scene designed to draw global attention to the suffering of Palestinians in the Holy Land, churches across Ireland…
America magazine carries an article on comments by two of the people who have served on the Vatican’s commission to research women deacons in the early church.
Pre-Synodal Assembly, Athlone, Sat 18 June 2022 – a review
Listening to this report here in Suffolk was very encouraging. Particularly so as whilst my parish worked really hard at identifying what needed to be done to re-energise a dying church, the reaction of the East Anglian diocese has been to ignore the need for major change. It just talks of catechetic needs rather than proper reform, leadership and the need to listen to its remaining and prospective members.
Athlone you are lucky: treasure your bishop.