A Voice to Reflect
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Today’s Homily Resources
18 April 2024 – Thursday of Week 3 of Easter
18 April 2024 – Thursday of Week 3 of Easter Optional Memorial: St Laserian, abbot of Leighlin in 7th century, died in 639. 1st Reading: Acts 8:26-40 Philip’s joyful spreading of the faith Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down...
Read MoreChris McDonnell: April, come she will
The names of the months of the year are in themselves evocative of mood, climate, event and experience. Yet depending on where you live on our planet, the same month…
Seán Walsh: Pen Pal
Pen Pal I lived a lot in my head, as a lad. Like, I was the last in the – brothers and sisters well ahead of me. They were stretching…
Vatican News: “Conversations in the Spirit” for women in a synodal Church
Around 1,400 people from all over the world are expected to gather online to put synodal methodology into practice, with a focus on the participation of women in a synodal…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.’ (Thomas Gray).
DEMOCRACY MATTERS: On Tuesday 9th April 2024, the Dáil assembled to elect a new Taoiseach. There were many speeches. Leo Varadkar spoke in his farewell words as Taoiseach and did…
Irish Independent: Article by Sarah Mac Donald on a former Opus Dei member who spoke about her experience…
Link to full article: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-came-out-suicidal-the-women-speaking-out-after-leaving-opus-dei/a576273725.html
Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update – Reminder to Pre-register for the Online Meeting on 29 April at 7pm
Dear Representatives, Thank you to all those who made a submission in response to the next stage of the Universal Synod. The writing group from the Irish Synodal Pathway spent…
America Magazine: Roundtable: On gender, the Vatican and academics are talking past each otherAmerica Magazine:
On April 8, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a highly anticipated declaration on the theme of human dignity. To help make sense of this new…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 16th April – Mon 22nd April
Note: On Sat 4th May a Wood You Believe seminar with a focus on Healing the Family Tree will be held in Tallaght Retreat Centre from 10am to 4pm. Bookings…
Position Available: Mercy International Association
While the ACP website does not normally advertise ‘vacant positions’, a request to post the following details was received from a Sister of Mercy. Position Available: Head of Communications with…
Brendan Hoban: Varadkar was different from most politicians
Western People, 2.4.2024 On a recent Faith Alive! programme on Mid-West Radio, in the wake of Leo Varadkar’s resignation as Taoiseach, I made the comment that I thought the response…