Editorial Hydraulics, Demographics and the Task Ahead I see you have a leak, Father.’ Sometimes, in moments of reverie or exasperation, I return in my mind to the evening, about a decade and a half ago, when a parishioner came into the sacristy after Mass and broke the news to me: ‘I see you have

Leathanach don Cheiliuraí An tAth. Conchúr Ó Ceallaigh SP An Rinn An t-ochtú Domhnach saor Bliain C An Iontróid Déanaimis ár dTiarna a ghlórú agus a mholadh le buíochas ár gcroíthe de bharr a chineáltas dúinn. Smaoineamh Deir an scrioptúir go bhfuil ár bhfocail mar thoradh ar a bhfuil istigh go nádúrtha ionainn, sinn féin

The Deep End Jane Mellett [email protected] Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 March 2019 • Day of Prayer for Temperance ‘It is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.’ Today’s Gospel is taken from the Sermon on the Plain, where Jesus is warning a ‘multitude of people’ about the dangers of

Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel John Byrne osa Email [email protected] Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 March 2019 • Day of Prayer for Temperance 1. Can you remember an occasion when you were giving out about the behaviour of another person, and later realised you had some of the same fault

Prayers and Reflections for March The Pope’s Intention for March: That Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, may feel that they are close to Christ and may have their rights respected. 3 3 3 As you pursue your vocation – a vocation so intimately related to the word of God – I wish to

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 February 2019 For Your Newsletter: Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel Luke 4:21-30 1. The people of Nazareth could not accept that this local boy had something to teach them. Fixed ideas about people can at times block us from hearing what is being said. What

Leathanach don Cheiliuraí Réamonn Ó Muirí Ard Mhacha An Ceathrú Domhnach Saor 3 Feabhra 2019, Bliain C Réamhrá Tá teachtaireacht Dé dírithe ar an domhan uile. Thogh séİİİİ Irimia agus İosa chun sin a fhógairt. Bhí Dia i gcónaí leo. Is Mac Dé İosa agus bíonn Sé linne agus dualgas orainn a mhisean ghrá agus

Prayers and Reflections for February   St Brigid, Abbess and Patron of Ireland [Father] your wonderful love is seen in Saint Brigid: you taught her to open her heart and hands to the poor and to seek the image of your Son in every welcomed guest. Through her you showed a people the way of

Editorial ‘The Truth About Mercy’ Mercy, it has long been observed, is the self-serving proclamation of a church that isn’t willing to deal with its own sins. Up till recently, that observation was confined, as a stock protest, to the atheist left, for whom no stick was too good or too withered to be used

Our Newsletter and Irish Mass resources for December/January are available here. We welcome you to use the following resources in any parish newsletter distributed free of charge. December/January Intercom Resources: December/January Editorial: ‘The Birthday of the god’ Intercom Newsletter Resources: December/January 2018 Leathanach don Cheiliuraí – December/January 2018