The Way – weekly newsletter from the Irish Bishops’ Conference
| Sharing Good News Weekly newsletter of the Bishops’ digital platform The Way 12 February 2025 – Issue 247 Catholic Communications Office, Maynooth |
Link to Newsletter:
Similar Posts
WANTED! Priests to assist with Croagh Patrick pilgrimage during month of July…
Croagh Patrick – Image Mayo News More priests are needed to assist in the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage in July. This year, the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage is being extended across…
Chris McDonnell: A time of greeting, a time of wonder
A time of greeting, a time of wonder Chris McDonnell April 22.2022 The days that follow Easter and the Resurrection share a common characteristic, they are days of wonder…
The Pillar: Card. Müller’s non-renewal at DDF followed financial investigation
The Pillar: “We’re a Catholic media project focused on smart, faithful, and serious journalism, from committed and informed Catholics who love the Church…” has just posted the following article on…
Séamus Ahearne: COP26, Sanctuary, Death and Strictly Indi as Dancing Queen
“Either we stop it or it stops us.” COP26: The two young lassies were noisy. Vinisha Umashankar and Greta Thunberg. Vinisha said: “We’ll build the future, even if you are…
Vatican News: Pope at Consistory: It’s not the Church that attracts but Christ
Pope Leo XIV opens the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals and recalls that Christ draws us to follow Him, warning that division in the Church scatters the faithful. By Deborah Castellano…
Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women
Vatican Radio announces that Pope Francis has appointed a commission that ‘could study the question” of the diaconate of women, “especially with regard to the first ages of the Church.” ‘
Interestingly for a Vatican body the commission is gender balanced.
When I read of ‘the vocations monstrance’ in the newsletter of The Irish Bishops’ Conference I thought it was a practical joke. What nonsense! How do the bishops plan to ensure that no woman may discern a vocation to ordained ministry while praying at this monstrance?
I absolutely agree with Phil.
I take issue with the language ‘Altar announcements’. If one has a proper understanding of the Liturgy no announcements should ever be made from the ‘Altar’ (should it not be ‘altar table’ – again it shows a traditional one sided understanding of the Eucharist as Sacrifice – where is the Meal element and being fed from the Bread of life??) – this language also echoes the pre-Vatican 2 world – that emphasises the centrality of the priest. It’s indicative of how far away we are from the ‘pobal De’ consciousness. It cements further Phil’s point – how insensitive and exclusive we are of women in our Liturgy. Is this kind of language an indication of an entrenched mindset behind this new ‘vision’? Lets live in the past- which is another country!
St. John Henry Newman’s famous dictum, “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often”. The teachings of Jesus do not change but the applications of these to the modern world we live in requires evolving change & development. Does this ‘vision’ allow for ‘enlarging the space of our tent’? There is not even one mention of the Irish Synod in the poster – another indication of no consciousness or possible seriousness of embracing the way of Synodality. I remain unconvinced by this new ‘vision’!