Niamh

This artwork is a tribute to my departed father and to anyone who has been treated like a black sheep in the Church, in their family, or anywhere they were made to feel unwanted.

For some reason I hear Weird Al singing the first line...

I was first introduced to the God's Not Dead Franchise by an atheist and I want to believe that this series is just written for atheists to feel good about themselves but years of seeing bad theological takes I have to submit to the truth

Russell Group uni plans to axe a huge 48 courses that aren't 'financially viable' enough The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas

My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...

Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social

JCFJ's Sophie Manaeva writes:

'If public services and community leaders are not connected or engaged with each other, a vacuum is created. Within such a vacuum, misinformation and fear fester.'

Actively working with FBCs is essential to building stronger, healthier communities!

Later today, the @jcfjustice.bsky.social launch a report that demonstrates Irish society has moved decisively into a post-secular stage and it's past time for us all to leave our 20th century kneejerk nu-atheist tendencies behind

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Job in Ireland!
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Maybe there will be another Collision op-ed on Ireland really going backwards

"prisons essentially function as institutions in which to "manage" people with intellectual disabilities, just as congregated settings and psychiatric institutions did in the past." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help.

For a long time @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social has been producing remarkable journalism about Dublin but the closing line of this piece is an absolute gut-punch: www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...

Joseph O’Connor on celebrating a Kerry priest who became a war-time hero He assembled a network of activists that hid thousands of fugitives, including many escaped Allied prisoners of war

Looking forward to finishing my PhD and finally reading O'Connor's novels about Hugh O'Flaherty which have been on my to read pile for a while

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hosted by @nlsj.bsky.social, myself, Peter McVerry, and Trocaire's Jane Mellett will be navigating the Pope's first teaching, online, for free, next Wednesday at 7pm Dublin time. Join us

Reworking my literature review of my thesis and it's great to see all the growth and work that has been done since I last worked on it which was just before Lisa Powell's The Disabled God Revisited was published

They’ve lost the plot on tradition and therefore what is “traditional,” it’s very frustrating. Read ANY pope discussing THE POOR.

I really enjoyed SST and really hope to go again

I looked at SST's deadline for last year earlier this week and was relieved it was in January, thinking it would be the same because I am handing my thesis in on the 15th of December.

Now I will have to find some headspace before then to develop one of the ideas that I had put aside until 2026

Image of a poster, a mountain peak with a bright light at the top, expanding outwards in stained glass window rays. Text reads: SST Conference 2026. Theology: A Discipline of Failure? Keynote Speakers: Robert Beckford, The Queens Foundation, UK. Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University, USA. Marika Rose, Dublin City University, Ireland. 13-15 April, The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick. theologysociety.org.uk

Call for papers for the SST annual conference is out now! Come join us in April to talk about theology and failure (generous bursaries available, especially if you're a grad student): www.theologysociety.org.uk/information/

Why RFK Jr. Doesn't See the Image of God In Autistic People The Secretary of Health and Human Services looks at autistic people and only sees what they can't do, not who they were created to be.

"In autistic people, as in every member of the human species, God is pleased to dwell."
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An icon of St John Chrysostom with the quote "The rich are in possession of the goods of the poor, even if they acquired them honestly or inherited them legally."

Nothing in the Irish news is making me think about this....

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Theology in Scotland Call for Contributions (Spring 2026 issue): Theology and Mental Health 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📓 Seeking contributions (articles, theological reflections, creative work) that explore intersections of theology and mental health
👉Full call + details here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...

In medicine, “cause” always predicates the idea of prevention or cure. I think we need to be clear: what “causes” autism is irrelevant, because autism is something which neither needs to be prevented nor cured.

Trump is calling autism “out of control”

No…

Autism stigma is out of control

Ableism is out of control

Inaccessibility to basic healthcare and support is out of control

Suffice to say that the "Amish don't have autism" myth was long ago debunked. It's a case of underdiagnosis.

Child's voice: It's not your party... It's *my* party.

reading Romero today:

“[Jürgen] Moltmann says that theological concepts ‘do not limp after reality.... They illuminate reality by displaying its future.’ In our approach, to reflect critically on the praxis of liberation is to ‘limp after’ reality.“

G. Gutierrez

Congratulations!!! I look forward to reading it!

As an aside, I dreamt about 9 years ago I was writing Aquinas the musical but now I wonder should I write a musical not on the founding fathers but the church fathers... Pity my lack of musical ability

a group of people are standing on a stage in costume Alt: a group of people are standing on a stage in costume with some in a semi circle watching. Thomas Jefferson does a mic drop in front of Hamilton. The scene is from one of their cabinet rap battles.

You got to love Tertullian for this line to Marcion
"You detest a human being at his birth; then how do you esteem anybody?"

The book Joining Creation's Praise by Brian Brock on mustardy brown fabric with birds and branches with leaves and flowers which are black and white. For looking at the alt you can know that this is fabric for post PhD shenanigans that also arrived today and despite being 8 metres arrived in a box smaller than the book

The pain of this book arriving today when I can only hope to flick through it for the next month or so rather than properly start it.