Prayer of the Faithful

  PRAYERS UPDATED EACH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY   PRAYER OF THE  FAITHFUL  THIS SUNDAY PRESIDER Let us bring our prayers before the Lord, reassured by Jesus in the Father’s mercy and infinite generosity. MINISTER OF THE...
Remembering Bishop David O’Connell

Remembering Bishop David O’Connell

Remembering Bishop David O’Connell The ACI steering group are deeply saddened by the traumatic death of Bishop David O’Connell at his home in Los Angeles last weekend. David chose to live his ministry in solidarity with the oppressed and marginalised in St...
Benedict XVI: A Paradoxical Pope

Benedict XVI: A Paradoxical Pope

Already, in the plenitude of reactions to the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Sunday 31st December, 2022, a paradox is plain. No one could doubt Benedict’s devotion, from first to last, to the living truths of orthodox Catholic belief. And yet in Ireland,...
Polarisation Is Not Catholic: Pope Francis

Polarisation Is Not Catholic: Pope Francis

‘Polarisation is not Catholic,’ insisted Pope Francis on Mon November 22nd, 2022 – to a team of journalists from the Jesuit magazine America. He also made clear that he retains a very vivid and detailed recollection of his visit to Ireland in August...
The World is Now Scrutinising the Church

The World is Now Scrutinising the Church

“The fact is that now it is no longer the church scrutinizing the signs of the times in the light of the Gospel. It is also the signs of the times – beginning with the voices of victims and survivors of abuse – scrutinizing the church in the light of...

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