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February 2026

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Albert McDonnell	Are small dioceses capable of fulfilling their pastoral mission?
Noelle Fitzpatrick	Synodality and Activating the Spirit in All: The Case of Florence Nightingale
Gerry O’Hanlon	After Kilkenny and Rome – A Synodal Update
Patricia Carroll	TAn experience of unity in diversity: Jubilee of Synodal Teams Rome
Philip McParland	A Fresh Look at Lent
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January 2026

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T P O’Mahony	Leo XIV – What Kind of Pope?
Kevin O’Gorman	Educating the Educators
Margaret Daly-Denton	An Ecumenical Dream for the Third Millennium
Michael A. Conway	The Thing with Feathers: Hope in a Time of Transition
Neil Xavier O’Donoghue	Is the Irish Church Worth a Mass?
Peter McVerry	The Church: Death and Resurrection
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December 2025

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Amelia Fleming	Mary in Gaza: Maternal Solidarity and the Christian Call to Justice [Part Two]
Chris Hayden	What are You Laughing at? Humour in Preaching and Speaking
Patrick H. Daly	The Redemption of Sunday
Patrick Murphy	The Image of a Compromised God? Rethinking Creation Between an Atheist, a Pope and a Dominican
Philip McParland	Prayerfulness
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November 2025

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Amelia Fleming	Mary, Mother of Justice and Hope in Advent
Liam Bergin	Baptised in Christ: Reborn for Mission
Glenn Morrison	“Let light shine out of darkness”: Discovering the Conscience through Grace and Forgiveness
Noelle Fitzpatrick	Synodality and the Activation of an Adult Faith: The Example of Florence Nightingale
Sean O’Leary	Priests Navigate New Times
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October 2025

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Eamon Martin	Intercession for Priests
Johanna Merry	Reflection: Friendship and Prayer
Martin Delaney	Shepherding the Shepherds When Obedience Meets Care: Walking Together in Times of Change
Rory D'Arcy	‘A Million Reasons’ Marking 50 Years of Boards of Management in Irish Catholic Primary Education.
Thomas O'Loughlin	The language of our liturgy: do we take account of an environment of speaking and listening?
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September 2025

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Anthony Kidarathil	Culture of Kenosis for a true Human Ecology
Gillian Hick	Reflections and Questions of a Prison Chaplain
Kevin Egan	On Aspiring to be a Credible Minister in an Institution Struggling with its Credibility
Michael A Conway	Faith in a Changing World: Living in the Shadow of Crisis
Suzanne Mulligan	Gaza
T.P. O'Mahony	Pope or Council?
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July August 2025

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Daniel O'Connell	Ethos and Catholic primary schools: the current situation and suggestions to build it up
John Paul Sheridan	To Form and Be Formed: The Vocation and Ministry of the Catechist
Martin McGee	Reading for Life: “And catch the heart off guard and blow it open”
Patrick H Daly	Bishop William Philbin: Changing Profiles of Irish Patriotism
William Bedford	Imagining Church
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June 2025

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Denis Robinson	Love Comes first: Reflections on Catholic School Ethos
Gerry O’Hanlon	Discerning the Decision Point – Next Steps on the Synodal Pathway in Ireland
Harry Bohan	Remembering Bishop Willie Walsh and His Legacy
Helen Grealy	Celtic Christianity: Hope for our Churches
Kevin Egan	Sacrament of Hope – a Credible Metaphor?
Michael A. Conway	Synodality: A Journey with a Future
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May 2025

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Anna Rowlands	A Politics of Hope and Catholic Social Teaching as a Guiding Light
Hilda Geraghty	Is God really so delightful?: The possibility of on-going Revelation
Meins G.S. Coetsier	‘Wisdom in Old Age’: Reflection & Renewal
Philip McParland	Elements of a Spiritual Path – The Way of Jesus
Sean O’Conaill	‘Holiness’ in the Wake of Catastrophe
TP O'Mahony	The Papacy and Democracy
William Bedford	These Holy Places
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April 2025

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Johanna Merry	Prayer: An Entangled Relationship
Kevin Egan	The Struggle between Hope and Cynicism
Patrick H Daly	Archbishop Noël Treanor: a singular churchman
Philip McParland	Elements of a Spiritual Path – The Way of Jesus
Salvador Ryan	Perinatal Loss, Spiritual Solace, and Silent Grief in 1920s Dublin
Sean O'Leary	A Sacred Symphony of Hope
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