An Association of Catholic Priests meeting for Limerick Diocese will be help in the Woodlands House Hotel on Tuesday next, April 12th at 3.00pm. Sean McDonagh of the Leadership Team…
Mary McAleese’s book, Quo Vadis, is being launched on Saturday 20 October in Marianella, Orwell Rd, at 12.30pm. Members of the ACP who wish to attend are welcome
Fr. Jimmy McPhillips of Clogher Diocese defends his fellow Fermanagh man and ACP member, Fr Brian D’Arcy CP.
A disturbing quote from Pope Francis on the subject of women and political office.
Sunday night: Eilis O’Hanlon has admitted on Twitter that there was no proper authentification for her quote. Sunday Independent!!!
A Priesthood Imprisoned:
Presentation by Marie Keenan to the AGM
“I am not sure whether we are Killing our Priests as is the title of this AGM but I am sure that we are imprisoning them in a prison of invisibility, silence and to a great extent impotence.”
“most of all I urge you to take care of yourself in this time of uncertainty and challenge.”
The New York Times profiles Father Helmut Schüller, the ‘mild but rebellious priest’ who was part of the 2011 ‘Appeal to Disobedience’ by 400 priests in Austria. This initiative began with a small group of priests, talking about the problems faced by their parishes, about the lack of successors to take their places, and about the fusing of congregations.
(A version of this article appeared in print on March 23, 2013, on page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: With New Pope, Spotlight Returns to a Mild but Rebellious Priest.)
What is the subject of the lecture?
The lecture will be about Seán Fagan – a bit about his background and work and mostly his tribulations with the CDF.