Sunday, 19 December 2021 We talk about Advent being the time when we prepare to welcome Christ into our world. But Christians do not just recall...
Sunday, 12 December 2021 Lent has its Laetare Sunday, and Advent has its Gaudete Sunday – a day in the penitential seasons when the faithful are...
Sunday, 28 November 2021 There is one image that I like when it comes to explaining the various seasons of the Church's year. Just like a globe o...
Sunday, 5 December 2021 On this second Sunday of Advent, we find ourselves face to face with the strange character that is John the Baptist. Acc...
Why a synodal process and why now? Advent is a time of expectation, awaiting the Lord's revelation in our midst. This year we start our synodal journe...
Sunday, 21 November 2021 The public message of Jesus began with the proclamation that the Kingdom of God was close at hand. During his life, he showed...
Bishop McKeown - "this is the start of our Synodal Journey" "We have set ourselves in Ireland a five year period, to look together in a prayerful cont...
Pope Francis has invited all Catholics to engage in discussion around 'synodality'. But what does this mean and how is the Irish Church responding? Bi...
Sunday, 14 November 2021 Today we are coming to the end of Jesus public ministry that we have followed in St Mark's Gospel. These warnings about the e...
Pope Francis, on the 24 April 2021, approved a new synodal programme for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops - the Synod, "For a...