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
03 Nov 2026 – Tuesday of Week 31
03 Nov 2026 – Tuesday of Week 31 Memorial: St Malachy, born near Armagh in 1094, a reforming bishop, of Connor, then Armagh. Had restored the monastery at Bangor, founded Mellifont, the first Cistercian house in Ireland. Introduced the Canons Regular to Ireland, visited St Bernard in Clairvaux en route to Rome. Eneroute again to...
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We Are Church: Colm Holmes does the numbers on the recent National Synodal Assembly in Gormanston
I am a numbers person. When I walk into a meeting, I estimate the attendance: how many men – women; average age; racial mix, etc. So I looked at the…
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Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 3rd Nov – Mon 9th Nov
WOOD YOU BELIEVE An Tobar Spiritans, Navan, Co Meath – RECOVERY FROM LOSS – Fri 6Nov. 7.30 – 9.30pm PERSONAL AND ANCESTRAL HEALING – Sat 7 Nov. 10am – 4pm…
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Paddy Ferry Remembers his friend Fr Brian Logue RIP
There has been great sadness both at home in Donegal and here in Scotland since the announcement by the Diocese of Motherwell last Sunday that Fr. Brian Logue had sadly…
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Presider’s Page for Sunday 1 November (All Saints Day)
Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today’s feast celebrates the saints in heaven, the holy men and women of every time and place: we hope some of our people are among them.
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team Sunday video homily
‘Keeping Vigil’ All Saints Day Year A – 1 Nov 2026
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Brendan Hoban: National Synodal Assembly, Gormanston, Co Meath
Western People 27. 10. 2026 Just over a week or so ago 300 delegates from all corners of Ireland gathered in the North West Hotel in Gormanston, County Meath for…
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Seán Ó Conaill: A Church that Proclaims the Gospel?
There is a crisis of generational transmission of the Catholic Christian faith in this era – a crisis that defies the catechetical models we have inherited. This frank admission by…
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Gerry O’Hanlon, SJ, on the Gormanston Synodal Assembly and ‘where to from here’…
Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive presenter Monica Morley spoke with Gerry O’Hanlon, SJ, in the wake of the Gormanston National Irish Synodal Assembly and issues raised at the meeting …
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