Words of Welcome…in various languages
Following on from Bernard Cotter’s multilingual ‘welcome notes’ in today’s Presider’s Page Pádraig McCarthy forwarded a few more handy hints – words of welcome…
Following on from Bernard Cotter’s multilingual ‘welcome notes’ in today’s Presider’s Page Pádraig McCarthy forwarded a few more handy hints – words of welcome…
From now to Easter we have what might be considered the most dramatic season in the Liturgy. In my teens I knew of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) as a writer…
Association of Catholic Priests cordially invites you to a members Zoom presentation What can the Irish Church learn from Britain? with British academic, writer and theologian Tina Beattie on Tuesday…
A report from Vatican News about the ongoing Synod; “Amazon Synod Briefing: Role of women, inculturation, synodality:.
How aware is the average parishioner, and the average priest, in Ireland of what is being discussed?
SPRINGTIME: One of our schools (St Malachy’s) comes across for Mass on the First Fridays. It is both surprising and lovely to have them. (At their request). Today (1st March)…
Sarah Mac Donald writes in NCR about the experience of Gerry Moloney at the hands of the CDF.
“You are tried, found guilty and sentenced, before you even know you were on trial. And yet the gospel tells us that people will ‘know we are Christians by our love.’ “
Gerry O’ Hanlon S.J. writes in an article about the recent referendum on marriage and its aftermath
It was first published on
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/.
“The atmosphere among the crowd in Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland was carnival like – rainbow flags flying, people smiling and embracing, a sense of delight. This, on the Vigil of the Feast of the Holy Spirit, was a kind of secular Pentecost, a communal experience of movement from fear to peace and joy.”
He quotes Archbishop Diarmud Martin in saying that the church ‘has to find a new language to get its message across, particularly to young people, and that if teaching isn’t expressed in terms of love then the Church has got it wrong.’
Gerry concludes that ‘Archbishop Martin and his colleagues here in Ireland – and further afield – need to take up with energy and enthusiasm the challenge of Pope Francis for a more collegial and dialogical church, in which the voice of all is heard. Then perhaps we can hope for an ecclesial Pentecost to correspond to the secular celebration last Saturday in Dublin, a joyful re-birth of our badly damaged church.’