This is the link to RTÉ Player to watch the programme… https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-last-priests-and-nuns-in-ireland/10001910-00-0000?epguid=IP10001911-01-0001 Don’t forget Programme 2 – The Last Nuns in Ireland is on Tues 16 Jan at 10.15pm on RTÉ 1 television. Association of Catholic Priests
I published a book, Keeping the Faith, in 2005. It was my effort at the time to highlight the areas that needed reform in the Catholic Church. In that book I quoted from Hans Kung’s book Christianity, the Religious Situation of our Time. He was writing from his experience of dealing with the Congregation for […]
JOE WITH CHRISTY DIGNAM AND BONO: Joe McCrossan died. He was 57. He had been in St Michael’s House Santry (Shanowen). His mother Sadie had minded him until she was 80. She was very upset when he became too much for her. He had to move in with St Michael’s. He grew in confidence and […]
What happens if you point to apparent contradictions in ‘church teaching’ over time in an online artificial intelligence engine? Sean O’Conaill has had some fun in finding out. “The truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth, as it makes its entrance into the mind at once quietly and with power.” This […]
Although these ‘Observations’ refer directly to experiences in Ireland and three African countries, they are also relevant to the church in Australia. Eleanor and Kevin. Tommy Hayden and Leo Traynor We are responding to a request to share our thoughts on our contrasting experiences of the church in Africa and Ireland – and by […]
Taken from the Pro Terra Sancta website. giulia colaluce 5 January 2024 It was a Christmas without pilgrims in Bethlehem. The context of crisis due to the war has alienated everyone and the absence of tourists has had a significant impact on the city, which largely depends on religious tourism and the sale of souvenirs. The situation […]
Western People 10.1.2024 I’m not too sure who counted them (or how it was done) but apparently 60,000 swearwords were broadcast in Britain last year. It seems a lot but then a columnist in the London Times wrote recently that the English language is ideally suited for profanity. The explanation apparently is that English, with […]
We Are Church Ireland is hosting a live webinar on Thursday, 25 January from 7pm until 8.30pm. Sr. Denise Boyle will be in dialogue with Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ who participated in the first session of the Synodal Assembly in Rome last October. A Q & A session will follow the dialogue. You can register for […]
Western People. 3.1.2024 For the first column of another new year, let’s take a subject of some importance: has religion a future? The doubters used to say that when science had explained all the mysteries of the world and when we were all millionaires, that we’d no longer need God. As adults of a brave […]
Printed in the last edition of Western Star, a Western People publication, edited by James Laffey. (After reading the original article, an ACP member suggested that other members might also find it interesting.) It’s difficult indeed almost impossible to imagine what life was like for the young Thomas William Dixon (or ‘T. William Dixon’, as […]
Now that the Christmas season is behind us and we are moving into the New Year, the liturgy challenges us to reflect on what following Christ means. We gather as God’s people, called to follow the Lamb of God and we praise God, with thanksgiving. Alternative Opening Prayer (from 1998 ICEL Missal)From our earliest days, O […]
‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’ Episode one, Monday 15th Jan 9.35pm and Episode two, Tuesday 16th Jan 22.15pm The statistics are stark. The average age of priests in Ireland is now over 70 – for nuns, it’s over 80 – and the supply of vocations to religious life has […]
John Hus was strong in his denunciation of the corruption of the clergy, which echoed the convictions of many devout men and women. He seemed to have had no desire to challenge the fundamentals of Catholicism. His condemnation by the Council at Constance and his death by burning at the stake, even after he was […]
Third Intercontinental Massive Online Course Please find the details of the next Intercontinental Massive Online Course (MOOC). This time the MOOC will address the theme Toward a Constitutively Synodal Church. All the videos will be facilitated virtually during the month of March and will be offered at no cost to participants worldwide. The lectures are pre-recorded and available in […]
Tue 9th Jan – Homelessness One of the speakers at our Annual pilgrimage in Our Lady’s Island a few seasons back was Fr Peter Mc Verry, the founder of the Mc Verry Trust. He is one man who most deserves admiration as the champion of homelessness in Ireland and who has done more to alleviate […]
05 January 2024 The following is the English text of a statement released on Thursday, 4 January, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that clarifies the application of ‘Fiducia supplicans’. We are writing this Press Release to help clarify the reception of Fiducia supplicans, while recommending at the same time a full and […]
Wise men – or fools?! I would see for myself – and about time, too!There, standing at the entrance, all quiet within.Family… Indeed, you might say, a holy family –the new-born demanding attention of a sudden! I turned to return to innkeeping –and there they were, quietly… menfrom the East who had followed a starthat […]
On this feast of the Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of who Christ is. The visit of the three wise men reminds us that Jesus came as the Saviour of all nations, including ours. We worship God who wants all people to be saved. Alternative Opening Prayer (from 1998 ICEL Missal)God of mystery,on this day you […]
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. Penitential Rite options 1. BLESSING OF WATERBrothers and sisters,let us invoke and bless the name of God the […]
They’re gone – left the stable at first light, urgently. Oh. Did they say why they – ? […]
SUNDOWN SERVICE: Yesterday afternoon (31st December), we had our Sundown Service. It was a Goodbye to 2023 and a welcome to 2024. It is always a very reflective occasion. We talk on the events of the year; the world situation; the political issues; the sporting achievements and failures; the church scene and the personal high […]
Belated New Year Greetings to you all and best wishes. Just a few ‘serious’ questions to begin 2024 and thank you for your kindness in passing them on. I get so many reports from people I don’t know and have never met, of the right word being delivered at just the right time. This Wednesday in Our Lady’s […]
This webpage presents resources that take steps towards developing Catholicism in Numbers. The Catholic Record Society seeks to develop this project in collaboration with researchers and others who wish to share high level numerical data that illuminate the lives of Catholics in England and Wales, Scotland and, where possible Ireland. The CRS thanks Tim Kinnear for […]
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests 31 Dec 2023 The reality of the war in Gaza continuing right through Christmas must have been somewhere in the minds of most people, even at the height of the season’s celebrations. In the minds of priests, it would have been almost impossible to shut out the clamour […]
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