A Voice to Reflect
The ACP is an association for Catholic Priests who wish to have a forum, and a voice to reflect on, discuss and comment on issues affecting the Irish Church and society today. We welcome any feedback you may have. If you are an existing member, you can pay your membership fee here. If you would like to support the ACP with a donation, you can do so here.
Today’s Homily Resources
13 Aug 2025 – Wednesday of Week 19
13 Aug 2025 – Wednesday of Week 19 Optional Memorials: Ss Pontian, (pope in 231), and Hippolytus, priests, martyrs; St Fachtna, founder of the monastery of Ross Carbery, died c 600. 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 The great Moses dies within sight of the Promised Land Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount...
Read MorePresider’s Page for 17 August (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Following Jesus may not bring us happiness in this life, but we are challenged to follow him nevertheless. We come together to worship our gracious God and to ask for…
Brendan Hoban: Time has changed the meaning of Community
Western People 5.8.2025 I rarely venture to Dublin now. Too much noise, too much traffic, too much hassle. On the rare occasions when I have to visit our capital city,…
Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 12 Aug – Mon 18 Aug 2025
Note: A Personal & Ancestral Healing retreat will be given by Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk in Mt St Annes Retreat Centre, Portarlington from Monday evening 15th Sept to Thurs…
Prayer Request…
Your prayers are asked for the full recovery of Canon John Murray, who was struck on the head with a bottle as he prepared to say 10.30am Mass in St…
Irish Times: Fr Oliver Crilly obituary: Scholar who overhauled the church’s publishing and attempted to negotiate an end to the 1981 hunger strikes
The priest was also amused to have lent his surname to Fr Ted Crilly of the sitcom Father Ted Link to article: https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2025/08/02/fr-oliver-crilly-obituary-scholar-who-overhauled-the-churchs-publishing-and-attempted-to-negotiate-an-end-to-the-1981-hunger-strikes/ Sat Aug 02 2025 – 19:00 Born July…
Séamus Ahearne: Nagasaki and Hiroshima (1)
I came into the airport in Nagasaki from Korea over 30 years ago. The blue plastic coverings over many buildings struck me (after bad storms.) As we drove into the…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership – Weekly Sunday video homily
Video homily for Sunday 10 Aug 2025 – ‘Modern Anxieties’ 19th Sunday Year C
Seán Ó Conaill – ‘Christus Victor’: Is Catholicism Trending Back to This?
Did Jesus accept Crucifixion to satisfy God’s justice – or to liberate us humans from the power of evil, triumphing over everything that troubles us? This ancient question may be…
Brendan Hoban: Making time to enrich the life you live now
Western People 29.7.2025 When did you last say your prayers? It’s a cheeky question to ask, I know. Because, like the question – have you stopped beating your wife? –…
Presider’s Page for 10 August (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We are challenged by today’s Gospel to stand ready for our Master’s return, in triumph at the end of time, or more immediately, in the least of his brothers and…