by DavidM | Mar 6, 2018 | ICBC General Meetings, News archive 2018, News archive 2019
As pastors we are aware that the conversation about unborn life is sensitive, delicate and, indeed, painful for many. We offer our reflections with the greatest of respect for everyone while wishing to make some points clearly and unambiguously. Fundamental...
by DavidM | Jan 8, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
7 January 2018 The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has expressed his sympathy to the wife and family of the late Peter Sutherland. Mr Sutherland had been for a number of years an advisor to the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See and was...
by DavidM | Jan 8, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
This homily was delivered on 7 January at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Parish of Drumbo and Carryduff As one considers the interplay between contemplation and the ordering of public life and policies, between contemplation and politics, as sketched in...
by DavidM | Jan 6, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
My brothers and sisters, as 2018 begins, I wish you, your family and all your loved ones the gifts of hope, love, and “life to the full” in the New Year. On 1st January this year, the Feast of the Motherhood of Mary, Pope Francis said that calling Mary: “Mother of...
by DavidM | Dec 19, 2017 | News archive 2017
I was born almost exactly six months after Christmas; so my first Christmas was spent in the comfort of my mother’s womb. The only gift I got was the only gift I really needed, the gift of life. I was the first child for my parents, and I imagine it was both an...
