We are Church Ireland is organising an Advent Assembly on Sunday , December 2nd 2012 at the Davenport Hotel , Lower Merrion Street at 3pm .
It will be an all-inclusive joyous occasion in the Spirit praying for reform within our Church and everyone is welcome.
Sarah Mac Donald, writing in the National Catholic Reporter, gives an interesting account of the Irish bishops’ visit to Pope Francis.
“But while Francis was telling the bishops he wanted to hear their problems and criticisms, back in Ireland, the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), … issued a statement expressing themselves as “disappointed, frustrated and angry” that, after six years of attempting to engage the bishops in a “respectful and mutual consideration of issues central to the health and well-being of the Irish Catholic church,” the bishops had “pulled the plug on any future engagement with the ACP.”
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Brendan Hoban, writing in the Western People, feels that many have missed the true historic significance of the commission, established by Pope Francis, to examine the issue of the ordination of women as deacons .
“Leaving aside the ordination issue it has been obvious for years that women could have been involved at a much higher level in church affairs but that they were systematically excluded by an unapologetic sexist mentality in the Vatican.”
“The cat is out of the bag. By establishing the commission and outlining its remit, Francis has effectively opened up the issue of women’s ordination for discussion, even though a few short years ago his two predecessors tried ‘definitively’ to close that discussion down. A few short years ago we weren’t even allowed to think about women’s ordination. Now the Catholic Church is officially considering the ordination of women deacons.
August 2, 2016 may well be remembered as a crucial day in the history of Catholicism.”
Brendan Hoban reflects on the Kevin Reynolds case. With acknowledgement to the Western People, for whom this article was written
Pat Rogers, reports on The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests’ recently concluded 2015 Assembly, It was held in St. Louis, June 29 – July 2.
The AUSCP say that they continue to seek ways to connect with other organizations that are vital to the mission and ministry of the Church.
You can see more about the AUSCP at their website, www.uscatholicpriests.org, or at their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/AUSCPriests
