ACP Meeting postponed
The ACP Leadership / Advisory Group meeting planned for Tuesday 30 April has been postponed to a later date.
An old work song sets Chris McDonnell, writing in the Catholic Times, reflecting on the beauty and awesome power of water. His musings lead him to think “It is a time of aridity in the Church, so much has happened that has left us parched and thirsty, casting about, looking for a drink to satisfy our thirst.”
Brendan Hoban shows that within 20 years a tiny cadre of aged priests
will be struggling to say Masses in a tiny complement of churches. He believes a fundamental re-think on priesthood is required (first published in the Western People)
Western People, 26.3.2024 In today’s papers (as I write) there’s a report on an investigation by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit into the activities of a Garda unit based in the…
Western People 21.5.2024 A Dublin parish priest recently took exception to what he regarded as critical comments about priests by Pope Francis and Fr Tony Flannery in The Tablet, a…
Listen! Chris Mc Donnell CT December 18 2020 In these days before Christmas, share these few words with your children and grandchildren, the story of the Jesus Child. Listen,…
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS STATEMENT 8 Aug 2021 The leadership of the ACP believes that the recent disagreement between the Government and some members of the Catholic Bishops offers an…