ACP members asked to pay annual fee
The ACP Leadership Team report on their first meeting of 2014 — and request that members pay the annual fee of €20 this month.
Author: Tony Flannery
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Shamed Cardinal urged to tell life story by President McAleese
Former Irish president Mary McAleese has urged disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien to tell his life story — to help gay people in all walks of life who have felt the need to pretend to be heterosexual.
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Unity must not be confused with uniformity
Gabriel Daly shares a letter he wrote to the Irish Catholic, in response to the interview with Cardinal Levada published recently in that paper.
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This may help you complete the Synod survey
Padraig McCarthy provides helpful data from the 2011 Republic of Ireland Census, which may help those completing the synod questionnaire — which asks for information about ‘what is happening in your area’.
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Why I am not willing to complete the synod survey
Michael Kavanagh, a married man in his sixties, has serious questions about the survey in preparation for the Synod on the Family. He believes the Church needs a true theology of the family.
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German bishops say pope endorses divorcee Communion plan
The ACP Leadership Team reports that the German Bishops are taking the Pope at his word, and acting accordingly — and they ask: “what are the chances that Irish Church authorities might do the same?”
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Survey for the Synod on the Family is available here
Take the Survey Now In preparation for the Extraordinary Synod on the Family to be held 5th – 19th October 2014, the Vatican has asked national bishops’ conferences around the…
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Irish bishops comment on papal initiatives
The Irish Bishops‘ statement at the end of their Winter meeting in Maynooth included comments on the two major initiatives from the Vatican in recent days – the questionnaire on the Synod on the Family, and Pope Francis’ document, The Joy of the Gospel. (Published on the bishops’ website: read the full statement here)
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English-speaking bishops should learn from their German counterparts
William Grimm believes that the large majority of priests are unhappy with the new English translation of the Missal. He suggests that bishops should make the 1998 translation available, and allow their priests to use it — imitating the robust approach of the German bishops.
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Clogher ACP group discusses Brendan Hoban’s article on Priesthood
Jimmy McPhillips reports on the recent Clogher ACP meeting, which took Brendan Hoban’s Furrow article as its theme. (Read his article here.)
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Will church leaders rise to the challenge of Pope Francis?
Tony Flannery rejoices in the difference Pope Francis is making in the Church, but fears that local church leadership may not have the capacity to implement the change the pope wishes for.
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Pope Francis publishes his first letter: ‘The Joy of the Gospel’
The ACP Leadership Team share this brief summary of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii gaudium, published on 26 November 2013 (taken from the Vatican Information Service).
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Tony Flannery’s book is courageous and important
David O’Neill, a retired lecturer in theology in the UK (and former Augustinian priest) reviews Tony Flannery’s book, A Question of Conscience
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What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy
Brendan Hoban lists sources of disenchantment in the Irish diocesan clergy — and suggests what might enchant them (first published in The Furrow, November 2013).
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ACI and ACP member Ger Gleeson has died
Adrian Egan CSsR reports the unexpected death of Ger Gleeson, one of our website’s regular contrubuters.
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ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published
About eighteen months ago some priests of Dublin Archdiocese approached the ACP Leadership with the proposal that a study of Judge Yvonne Murphy’s Investigation of Clerical Child Abuse in the Archdiocese be conducted.
Retired High Court Judge from Hong Kong, Mr. Fergal Sweeney, was commissioned to do this work.
We here publish his report:
Commissions of Investigation and Procedural Fairness Report (40 pages, PDF)In conjunction with this, Fr. Padraig McCarthy of the Archdiocese has just published a book on the same subject. This does not duplicate Fergal Sweeney’s work but includes further areas of analysis of the Murphy Report. Padraig’s book, An Unheard Story (published by Londubh) will be available in most bookshops.
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Leadership Team: UPDATE
Presenting: a brief profile of the three new members of the ACP Leadership Team, and an update on the original team members.
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Synod preparatory document is now available to all
The Leadership Team of the ACP share the latest document from the Vatican, in preparation for the Synod on the F amily to be held in 2014. This contains a questionnaire that is meant to be widely circulated. The principal document, the Lineamenta, which includes the questionnaire, is now available as a PDF file on the Dublin diocesan website
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Tablet Rome correspondent to speak at Dublin meeting
Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent of the Tablet, will speak at an event, jointly sponsored by the ACP and the ACI. He will speak about Pope Francis, and the possibility of renewal and reform in the Church under his papacy.
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Government should read review of Murphy Report before launching further investigations
Padraig McCarthy reviews Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s response to the legal review of the Murphy Report, agreeing that it makes valid points — but also pointing out that there is more to be said.
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