We invite you to review the Faith and Spirituality Resources shown below.

Fr Ron Rolheiser speaking on A Spirituality of Willpower and Grace

Centre of Action and Contemplation (CAC)
Perhaps you would like to spend some time in prayer with the support of the CAC Daily Meditations.
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First meditation in the retreat, given by Fr Timothy Radcliffe, prior to the Synod in Rome
Fraterna Domus-Sacrofano. XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops-1st meditation,1 October 2023

Click here for access to the six meditations led by Fr Radcliffe in the retreat prior to the Synod

Interesting article on a lecture by Sr Ilia Delio relating to Thomas Merton's "Fourth and Walnut breakthrough" (click here for access)

Religious Education Congress (REC) 2023 - YouTube video. Session 7-01 - What's Hot and What's Not: A 360 Degree review of the Global Church ¦ Fr. Thomas J. Reese. Click on this text for more infromation

An opportunity to reflect on aspects of The Gospel of John with Sean Goan (Biblical Scholar). Click on YouTube logo to view in larger window

Fr Ron Rolheiser, OMI talks about Living a Mystically Driven Life. Click on YouTube logo to view in larger window

A lecture by Fr Richard Rohr relating to his book "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life". Click on YouTube logo to view in larger window

View this video of a lecture/ talk entitled Simply Good News ["How the Good News of the Gospel works and and what being human in the context of the Good News might look like ..." (source: lecture)] with Q&A, given by N.T. Wright (Biblical Scholar) in the Talks at Google series. Click on YouTube logo to view in larger window

Synod Updates
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Patrick Finn Lectures, St Mary’s, Haddington Road

The Religious Imagination and Public Life – Edmond Grace SJ

Edmond Grace is a Jesuit.  He studied law in Trinity College, Dublin, and Columbia University, New York. He subsequently lectured in law and social ethics in the National College of Ireland. He worked for several years in Gardiner Street Parish, where he played a prominent role in community leadership and the struggle against organized crime. He was a  founder member of Dublin CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign and the National Family Support Network.

Author of ‘Democracy and Public Happiness.’ He is Coordinator of the Venice Faith and Politics Workshop, run by a European Jesuit network for young adults from around Europe, and Director of PeopleTalk (Citizen-Juries Shaping Government.), an initiative of the Jesuits in Ireland to help rebuild trust in public life.

In this lecture he will look  at the place of the religious imaginary in public life, examining the thesis that public life always needs a narrative with an appeal to the heart as well as the head: secular humanism can only provide concepts, not narratives.

Thursday 15 February, 7.15pm

All welcome, refreshments and time for tal afterwards in the community room.