Daily Homily 1409
Gerry O’Connor, CSsR, ACP leadership Team, Weekly Sunday Homily, Week 2 (C)
The 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time. The title is ‘Stretched’: [embedded content] Association of Catholic Priests
CatholicNews.ie: ‘Laudato Si” invites all to Mallow for a biodiversity conference
With the backdrop of recent environmental crises like flooding in Spain and fires in Los Angeles, what does care for creation mean for parish communities in Ireland? How can faith communities be witnesses of hope to our neighbours? The Laudato Si Working Group of the Bishops’ Conference invites everyone to join them in Mallow, Springfort Hall Hotel, […]
Brendan Hoban: Unused churches may soon be put up for sale
Western People 7.1. 2025 When America sets a headline (the wisdom goes) in jig-time Europe tends to follow. Not in everything, thank God. While the United States looks forward to beatifying Donald Trump as president in a few weeks’ time, the Taoiseach-elect, Micheál Martin, cut from a very different cloth, will assume political leadership here […]
Vatican News report: Pope Francis’ autobiography ‘Hope’ hits bookshelves in 80 countries
Pope Francis’ widely-anticipated autobiography ‘Hope’ hits bookshelves in 80 countries this Jubilee, and includes narrated memories, anecdotes, photos, and elements offered personally to readers. By Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis’ greatly-anticipated autobiography ‘Hope’ has hit bookshelves on Tuesday, 14 January 2025, in 80 countries globally. The text, written firsthand by the Pope but with the […]
Margaret Lee and Stephanie Walsh: Family Placements for Single Pregnant Women
Taken from Conversations, vol. 2, no. 1, January-February 2025. Used with permission. www.dominicanpublications.com Association of Catholic Priests
Jim Cogley – Reflections – Tues 14 Jan – Mon 20 Jan 2025
Our Lady’s Island: Weekday transmissions of services take place at 10am and Sunday at 11am emails to – frjimcogley@gmail.com Website: jimcogley.com (Wood You Believe books available online) Each service is recorded and available on ourladysisland.ie or Church Services. A seminar entitled: Getting the Past out of the Present – Healing our Damaged Emotions facilitated by […]
Joe Coy: THEY WEIGHED SO LIGHTLY WHAT THEY GAVE
For two centuries, after the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, the Irish people were persecuted for their loyalty to Catholicism as the British State converted to various forms of Protestantism. Harsh penal laws were enacted following the Jacobite-Williamite wars in the 1690’s. The primary purpose of these laws was to ensure that Irish Catholics remained […]
Reaction to the ACP Statement on the role of Nuns (Sisters)…
Irish Mail Fri 10 Jan 2025 Tony Flannery on RTÉ’s Drivetime Thurs 9 Jan 2025: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22479408 The Tablet magazine: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/nuns-vilified-but-afraid-to-challenge-unjust-portrayal-say-irish-priests Tony Flannery on Radio Kerry https://www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/kerry-today/are-nuns-unfairly-vilified-january-9th-2025-416515 Association of Catholic Priests
Gerry O’Connor CSsR – Sunday Homily, Baptism of the Lord 2025
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership – Sunday homily on the Baptism of the Lord, 2025 – ‘Leaven’. Link: [embedded content] Association of Catholic Priests
Wijngaards Institute’s tribute to its founder John (Hans) Wijngaard, 1935-2025
John (Hans) Wijngaards, (30 September 1935 – 2 January 2025) Check link for tribute: https://mailchi.mp/9e8bf7cb69d8/sad-news?e=3c5cccd6ee Association of Catholic Priests
ACP Statement on the role of Nuns
Association of Catholic Priests The ACP critical of the way Nuns are being portrayed 8 January 2025 For the past two centuries nuns (sisters) educated people in their schools, and cared for people in hospitals, at a time when the state was either unwilling or unable to provide such services. Yes, they operated industrial schools, […]
Presider’s Page for 12 January 2025 (Baptism of the Lord)
Today we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord: it’s the last day of the Christmas season. The baptism of Jesus marked the end of his quiet years in Nazareth and the start of his public ministry. The feast reminds us that all the baptised are called to ministry. Penitential Rite: BLESSING OF WATERBrothers and […]
Vatican News reports: Pope appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla as Vatican’s first female prefect
Pope Francis appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla, an Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, along with Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime as Pro-Prefect. By Vatican News Sister Simona Brambilla, who will turn 60 on March 27, previously served as the Superior […]
Séamus Ahearne: Schadenfreude
Is a word searching for somewhere to be used! Or someone to be used about. That word fits neatly into yesterday. I shouldn’t take pleasure in such events, or in the discomfort of a natural political character, if not a national treasure in the UK (as yet). Nigel Farage was on ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ […]
Brendan Hoban: Three in one and one in three!!!
Happy New Year and every good wish for 2025.! Apologies for not getting to send out my columns over the past few weeks. Christmas is that kind of time! But attached now are the columns from the last 3 weeks Dec. 17th, 24th and 31st. They might help pass the time while we wait for the snow to disappear! Ireland […]
Washington Post: Vatican names liberal San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy as new D.C. leader
McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a sexual abuse and mismanagement scandal. By Michelle Boorstein, Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The Vatican named one of the United States’ leading liberal Catholic prelates Monday to run the prominent D.C.-area archdiocese, sending to the nation’s capital, as a […]
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 7 Jan to Mon 13 Jan 2025
Hi everyone, In response to a huge interest in the area of regression that was sent out some months ago the following reflections were written. I hope you find them insightful and please pray that as they take flight they will reach the right people. For so many gaining insight as to what is happening in […]
We Are Church series of talks with Fr Diarmuid Ó Murchú – Being Adult People of God in the 21st Century
We Are Church Ireland invites you to join a series of talks to be delivered by the theologian Diarmuid Ó Murchú on the subject of Being Adult People of God in the 21st Century. These are scheduled for 9th, 16th and 23rd of January on Zoom from 7.30 to 9pm via the Eventbrite link. Session One – 9th January, […]
Marie Keenan to stand in Irish Seanad election
The ACP wishes to bring to your notice that Marie Keenan is standing in the forthcoming Irish Seanad elections, one of twelve candidates in the NUI constituency. (Full list: https://www.nui.ie/elections/seanadelection2025/candidatesprofiles_2025.asp) Marie has been a great friend of the ACP and advocate of restorative justice, meeting several groups of priests around the country. She spoke at […]
Death of John Wijngaards, The Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
Miriam Duignan, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the The Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research (WICR) has informed Tony Flannery, Patron of The WICR of the death of the Institute’s founder John (Hans) Wijngaards, RIP. “I am so sorry to inform you that John Wijngaards died this past Thursday in hospital close to his home. […]
Presider’s Page for 5 January 2025 (Second Sunday of Christmas)
We gather to celebrate the first Sunday of 2025, moving with gratitude into a new year of God’s grace. We thank God for the gifts of Christmas, particuarly the gift of the Word made flesh, the one nearest the Father’s heart. Confident that God’s mercy has no end, we remember our sins: (pause) Lord Jesus, […]
One of the most read articles of 2024 in the Irish Times (Aug 2024): Tony Flannery – I never wanted to be seen as martyr or victim but I can’t stay silent on my suspension as a Catholic priest
Article from Tony’s blog and The Irish Times. Link to article on Tony’s blog: I was sanctioned for speaking in favour of female priests and changing the church’s teaching on sexuality. I remain suspended 12 years on Fr Tony Flannery says he was not given the benefit of due process by church authorities. Following the […]
Jim Cogley – Reflections Tues 31st Dec – Mon 6th Jan 2025: The Power of Words
Weekday transmissions of services take place at 10am (this week Monday Thursday & Friday). A Pray in Vigil Mass for the New Year will be at 11.30pm on Tuesday and on Wednesday at 3pm there will be a Healing Mass and blessing with oils. Each service is recorded and available on ourladysisland.ie or Church Services. […]
Seamus Ahearne: ‘Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.’ (Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom)
MEMENTO MORI: We are frequent visitors to a Nursing Home (Ardmore, CareChoice) in Finglas. The Staff are ever so good. It is a difficult environment. We have Mass there every few weeks. The poor folk find something familiar in the Mass. The responses are good. The praying is multiple from a few. Most however are vacant. We bring Jack with […]
