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SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN: POLICY AND STANDARDS FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND 2024 Child Safeguarding Policy Statement of the Constituent Members of the Catholic Church in Ireland As a constituent member of the Catholic Church in Ireland, we recognise and uphold Continue reading SAFEGUARDING UPDATE 2024→

Samuel, “the man who listens to God” – that’s the meaning of his name. Samuel who pitched tent outside our church in the winter of a few years ago. Samuel, who returns from time to time and gives thanks that Continue reading COME ALONE TO THE ALONE (A Silence to be Felt)→

“…weaknesses my special boast” (2 Corinthians 12:9) There’s a struggle going on in me, the tiredness that comes with the end of the year, the tiredness I see in teachers and pupils as they come to the conclusion of their Continue reading WEAKNESS HAS BEEN A TEACHER (Grace is Sufficient)→

The Church…has been concerned,not just with herself andwith her relationship of union with God, but with man – man as he really is today:living man,man all wrapped up in himself,man who makes himselfnot only the centre of his every interest but Continue reading THE SINNER & THE SAINT -Pope St. Paul VI→

Congratulations to Fathers Kevin Ward and Mike Barry who celebrate 60 years of Ordination to the Priesthood this year and to Fathers Seamus Whelan and Tommy Ryan who celebrate 50 years. Ad multos annos! Fathers Mike Barry, Tommy Ryan and Continue reading Jubilee Celebrations 2024→

Dr Claire Gilbert in conversation with Fr Eamonn Monson SAC at All Saints Church Hastings.

April 29, 2024. Forty-five years ago today I made my Final Profession as a Pallottine on the Feast day of St. Catherine of Siena who expresses well what goes on in me when she speaks these words to God, “You are Continue reading Back to Her First Love→