Western People , 5.3.2024 When the novelist Philip Roth wrote The Plot Against America in 2004, alternative history fiction was not regarded as a very credible literary formula. Roth imagined an America in which Charles Lindberg – an American hero who, in 1927, made the first non-stop flight of 3,500 miles from New York City […]
Tue 12th March – Happiness While beginning to write some postings on the subject of happiness I feel that the term is misleading and we need to define what we mean by the word. The word suggests that happiness depends on something happening, some external event, achievement or encounter that is always quite elusive because […]
Press Release 12 March 2024 Pope Francis’ course of reform must continue We Are Church on the 11th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2024 On the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, We Are Church International appeals to all Church people at all levels to […]
NEW LEAF A priest from the Redemp’trists gave us the School Retreat at the beginning of Lent. Hell or Heaven for starters, then the limitless mercy of God… Frank Muldoon hasn’t cursed since and you wouldn’t know Gerry Crosby, he’s changed that much… And I went to him for confession. Behind a screen in a […]
Epiphany’s Challenge 2024 Dear Bishops of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, I am sending you a current letter to Pope Francis and one to the members of his Council of Cardinals along with an article, “A Paradigm of the Fully Human.” For years I have been working on a developmental understanding of what it means […]
This Sunday we come to the midpoint of Lent. The season is half over, and the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus is nearer to us. On this midway Sunday, it is traditional to honour mothers, praying for those still with us and remembering those who have died. Alternative Opening Prayer (from the […]
Today, on the second day of the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Maynooth, bishops call for an urgent and complete ceasefire in Gaza, and an immediate end to the daily horror of killing, wounding and destruction of property in the Holy Land. Please see the statement of the Bishops’ Conference […]
Press Release – Tuesday 5 March 2024, Feast of Saint KieranEmbargoed until 11.00am: Newsdesks, Photodesks and Religious Affairs CorrespondentsPope Francis appoints Father Donal Roche as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin – embargoedFather Donal Roche, appointed today by Pope Francis as the new Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin (Catholic Communications Office archive)The Holy Father Pope Francis […]
Please note: The Seminar on Healing the Family Tree scheduled for Sat March 23rd in OLI is now fully booked and there is a waiting list. Another event will be scheduled when possible and those on the list will be informed and given priority. I will post more details when available. Wed Mar 5th at […]
Seán Walsh writes: A short scene from my new drama, Pilate under Pressure, a two hander in several scenes, a rehearsed reading open to the public on Tuesday, March 26, at 7.30 pm at Gardiner Street Church, Dublin 1. Free. For those who cannot be there, the Church webcam… Pilate (author) and his C O […]
Austin Ivereigh is a great friend of Pope Francis – having written his two Biographies. He has also just written a new book entitle First Belong to God – On Retreat with Pope Francis. He was interviewed by Monica Morley on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme on 3 March 2024. From his Wikipedia page: In 2014, […]
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 sun. Especially O’Neill who made an almost royal descent down the famous staircase of Stormont in regulation high heels. The occasion was steeped in history. […]
A Russian funeral Alexei Navalny March 1, 2024 “You were not afraid. We are not afraid.” At the closed gates of the church -the Ikon of the Mother of God- the crowds gathered, occasionally chanting, now and then clapping, attended by police. “no to war”, “we will never forget”, “murderers” then rippled into […]
SPRINGTIME: One of our schools (St Malachy’s) comes across for Mass on the First Fridays. It is both surprising and lovely to have them. (At their request). Today (1st March) the Sixth Class took the Theme of Spring for the Mass. So they shared on the signs of Spring. We heard of Snowdrops, Crocuses and […]
Reflection from Pádraig MacCarthy The weight of a snowflake “Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a robin asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” was the answer. “In that case, I must tell you a marvellous story,” the robin said. “I sat on the branch of a fir, close to the trunk, when […]
A note from Seán Walsh about his latest publication… Seán Walsh writes: Just now published on ebook or paperback… Did I say book? More like a booklet… Two readers/actors, two mics. Can be performed on any platform – church, sanctuary, hall… in the round… 25 minutes, give or take… Plenty of time for discussion afterward…audience participation… In […]
We gather in cold weather this March Sunday in Ireland, praying that God will warm our hearts with love during the Lenten spring. The Lord has the message of eternal life: we come to know this message and deepen our relationship with our Saviour. Alternative Opening Prayer (from the 1998 ICEL Missal)Holy God,the folly of the crossmocks […]
ACI Zoom: Rewilding Faith Creating New Spaces for Faith Workshop Thurs 14th March – 8.00 p.m. With Patricia Higgins A workshop to equip and encourage lay people to take leadership around their faith, and create spaces to nurture their faith and that of others. On June 1st 2023 Patricia Higgins, a founding member of ACI, introduced […]
BY MARY MCALEESE, 29 Feb 2024 The strict hierarchical governance structure of the Catholic Church has the dubious advantage of simplicity and clarity along with increasing implausibility. Divine authority is claimed as its foundation stone with a hermeneutic of uninterrupted direct line of command from Christ himself to the pope and bishops who comprise the […]
Irish Independent article. Link to full article: https://m.independent.ie/regionals/waterford/sport/bishop-cullinane-warns-of-possible-closure-of-churches-in-waterford-due-to-crisis-in-vocations/a1449147778.html Eoin Kelleher A public meeting is to be held next week to address the crisis in vocations to the priesthood in Waterford, possibly leading to church closures and fewer Masses, local clergy have warned. In a sign of the changing times Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Alphonsus […]
By Michael Sean Winters Catholic social teaching is proverbially considered the church’s “best kept secret.” Why is that? And what can be done about it? These are among the questions that will be addressed in the next couple of days at an ecclesial gathering focused on rebooting Laudato Si’ (link below) Pope Francis’ landmark 2015 […]
In pastoral areas in our dioceses we have good-living pastoral agents, husbands and wives, rearing a family while also holding down a secular job and yet these couples find time to do pastoral work in their area. Bishop Ray of Kerry speaks of the challenges ahead and states a fact that in the future there […]
Western People 20.02.2024 I remember very well the evening of Friday, November 3, 1995. How could I possibly forget it? For the first and last time, I was a guest on the panel of The Late Late Show – with Gay Byrne then in charge of RTÉ Television’s signature programme. The show was devoted exclusively to the […]
As we continue to celebrate Lent, we keep the goal of our journey before us. The gospel of the transfiguration is read on this lenten Sunday each year, to remind us to hold firm to a vision of glory, on dark days. Easter and its joy will follow this season of penance, just as the […]
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