In a relfection for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary time Paul O'Reilly SJ remembers the anxiety of harvest time in Donegal and the time his cousin Donal won the Lottery.
In Hollywood movies and popular literature, we are often shown a hero as someone who, by going it alone, saves the world. But is this really what a true hero is? Peter Knott reflects in this weeks' Godtalk.
Each month, Pope Francis entrusts two particular prayer intentions to the Apostleship of Prayer, the Pope’s Prayer Network and asks the AoP to spread these intentions to Christians everywhere. Successive Popes have given this mission to the AoP, which is looked after by the Jesuits, for many years. It is for this reason that the AoP is known as the Prayer Network of the Pope; the Holy Father Francis takes a keen personal interest in this ministry.
Gerard Gallen SJ and Mark McDevitt SJ reflect on their experience as members of the team supporting the Hearts on Fire parish mission in Boscombe at the end of July.
The ‘Hearts On Fire’ mission week might have come and gone so fast, it will not be easily forgotten, as most of our parishioners have shared with us in this great experience.
