Annual General Meeting
Association of Catholic Priests
Annual General Meeting 2018
Wednesday 10 October 2018
The Bounty,
Athlone
Guest speaker
Dr John Feehan
Further details to be confirmed.
Association of Catholic Priests
Annual General Meeting 2018
Wednesday 10 October 2018
The Bounty,
Athlone
Guest speaker
Dr John Feehan
Further details to be confirmed.
A number of regional meetings for priests are being arranged by the ACP.
The first of these will be held in the MacWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, Co Mayo on Wednesday, 08 March at 2.00pm.
All priests of Killala, Elphin, Achonry and Tuam dioceses are invited to attend.
Update:
A meeting for the Southern Region has been scheduled for 15 March in The Parish Centre, Ovens from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
Brendan Hoban analyses the virtual implosion of the Church in Ireland and asks why the Irish bishops cannot bring themselves to speak to an association which represents 1,000 priests, who are as concerned about the Irish Church as the bishops
Tony Flannery reports on the the third International Conference of Reform Movements which is scheduled for Chicago next October.
“we aim to enter into deep dialogue, understanding our similarities and our differences, enjoying our diversity and finding common ground leading to common action. In this way we hope to strengthen our commitment, and energise our work, for Church reform.”
Seamus Ahearne appeals to ACP members to take responsibility for the church at local level
The following email has just been sent to all our members with email addresses. There are about fifty members who do not have email. If any of you know any of them, you might be good enough to pass on the content of this email to them.
James Allison, a leading theologian who is himself gay, writes about homosexuality among the Catholic clergy (First published in The Tablet on 4 August, 2018 – the first of a two-part series). Shared by an ACP member.