Press Release: 30 Years of We Are Church International – 30 October 2026
Note: this press release relates to We Are Church International, of which We Are Church Ireland is a member. 30 Years of We Are Church: "Much Achieved, but Much Remains to Be Done" Press Release, Rome, Dublin, Innsbruck, Munich, 30.October 2026 What began as an outcry...
Reflections from WACi Members on the Synodal Assembly Day, October 17, 2026 – City North Hotel, Gormanston
Five members of 'We Are Church' - Anne Harte Barry, Denise Boyle, John Colreavy, Noelle Fitzpatrick and Jo O'Sullivan - participated in the Irish National Assembly in Gormanston, on Saturday, 17 October. We were privileged to do so and share news of it here, through...
Opinion piece_ “Towards the Irish National Synodal Assembly” _Fr. Gerry O’Hanlon SJ_The Irish Catholic Newspaper_15 October 26
As many readers know, there will be a National Synodal Assembly of the Catholic Church in Ireland on October 17 in Gormanston, Co. Meath. This is the culmination of a five-year process of consultation, listening and discernment, which was launched by the Irish Bishops...
Opinion piece _ Irish Times _ Oct.11 2026_Julieann Moran _Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway
Rite & Reason: Not everything we heard in those early conversations has travelled through the process in the same way Five years ago, the Irish Synodal Pathway began with a question: “What does God want from the church in Ireland at this time?” Since then,...
Colm Holmes, We Are Church International: No Support for Women Priests at National Assembly _ ACP blog Oct.3 2026
Blog from website of Association of Catholic Priests. No support for Women Priests at National Assembly Bishops control Irish Synodal Pathway Patriarchy has dominated the Catholic Church for several centuries, summarised as “Pay, Pray and Obey”. Pope Francis sought to...
Saturday of the Twenty- Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Saturday Mass of the Bl. Virgin Mary, 10 October 2026
Extract from First Reading _ letter of St Paul to the Galatians "All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus
An OpenLetter from a Gay Catholic Married Man to Delegates to the Synodal Assembly
Belonging, Baptism and the Gift of LGBT+ Catholics in the Church Dear Delegates, I write as a Catholic who loves the Church and who believes deeply in the Gospel's call to welcome, accompany and affirm the dignity of every person. I am grateful that the Irish Synodal...
Congratulations to Sr Mary T Barron OLA
WACI offers its sincere congratulations to Sr. Mary Barron OLA on her appointment as Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, beginning on January 4, 2027. Currently Superior General of the...
No Welcome for Trump Protest – Reflections
On Saturday, September 12, members of We Are Church Ireland took part in the “No Welcome for Trump” protest in Dublin City Centre. It was important that We Are Church Ireland show our opposition to the policies of the current US Administration, and in particular the...
Developments regarding our LGBTQI+ brothers and sisters
In recent months, authorities in Turkey have unleashed a crackdown on members of the LGBTQI+ community along with those who advocate on their behalf. While homosexuality is not illegal, there are no anti-discrimination laws in place for them, and the current crackdown...
No Welcome for Trump National Protest _Dublin _ Saturday _ September 12th 2026
Members of We Are Church Ireland will join this protest in Dublin against the visit of President Trump. Meet us outside the Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin from 12.30pm, Sat 12 September 2026.
Condolences on the death of Robert Moran, the youngest brother of Julieann Moran (General Secretary for the Irish Synodal Pathway).
We heard with great sadness of the tragic death, last week, of Robert Moran, the youngest brother of Julieann Moran. She and her brother Paul, managed to be there with Robert in time to say a heart breaking goodbye, RIP. Julieann is well known to many members of We...