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
29 May 2026 – Friday of Week 8
29 May 2026 – Friday of Week 8 Optional Memorial: St Paul V1, 1897-1978, ordained priest May 1920, worked in the Vatican, became AB of Milan in 1954, elected pope in 1963, succeeding Pope John XX111 and continuing the Second Vatican Council. A man of peace. Beatified in 2014, canonised 2018 – his memorial is...
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Association of Catholics in Ireland – ACI: Anthropic AI ‘Claude’ Finds Biblical Pattern of Violence in Church Secrecy Over Abuse
The AI Chatbot ‘Claude’, managed by Pope Leo’s preferred Silicon Valley AI firm Anthropic, has matched Catholic church secrecy over clerical abuse of children with recurring episodes of violence in…
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The Future of Religion: A Four-Week Online Class with Dr. Ilia Delio & Dr. Tripp Fuller
The Future of Religion Join the Class A Four-Week Online Class with Dr. Ilia Delio & Dr. Tripp Fuller – Link You haven’t lost your faith. You’ve outgrown its container….
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
‘Flowing Outward’ Holy Trinity – 31 May 2026
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Julieann Moran at Katholikentag – Saturday Panel Discussion on Synodality 16/05/26
My first observation concerns how and who shapes the future. Cardinal Grech has reminded us that synodality is not simply a process or a programme but a way of being…
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Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 26 May – 1 June 2026
Wood You Believe – Seminar Healing of Childhood Trauma and Abuse Born out of immense suffering in the Christian Brothers Order and arising from revelations of Sexual Abuse within their…
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Vatican News – Anna Rowlands: Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’ will have enduring impact
As Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical ‘Magnifica humanitas’ is unveiled, Professor Anna Rowlands, theologian at Durham University, tells Vatican News that such a powerful message—addressing both the benefits and dangers of…
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Brendan Hoban: A struggle for the soul of US Catholicism
Western People 19.5.2026 Podcasts from the idiotic to the sublime now pepper the airwaves. All are to some degree or other ‘on the make’ – either by struggling to squeeze…
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An ACP Member writes about supporting the LGBTQ+ community in a parish…
On Friday, May 15th, in the Parish Hall of a Dublin parish, a Prayer Vigil was held for an end to violence against the LGBTQ+ community. This was not a…
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Julieann Moran – Synodal Pathway Update: Guidelines published for the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality
As the Church in Ireland continues on the pathway towards the National Synodal Assembly this October, the wider synodal journey of the universal Church is also moving forward. The General…
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Presider’s Page for 31 May 2026 (Trinity Sunday)
Opening CommentWe are invited to reflect on the mystery of God on this Trinity Sunday, as we gather to worship the One who creates, redeems and sanctifies, three persons, one…