Support group for Priests and Religious out of Ministry is established
The ACP Leadership Team reports the contact and meeting details of the new support group
Author: Tony Flannery
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The Church should listen to its priests
Brendan Hoban analyses the virtual implosion of the Church in Ireland and asks why the Irish bishops cannot bring themselves to speak to an association which represents 1,000 priests, who are as concerned about the Irish Church as the bishops
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Thank you, Association of Catholic Priests!
Darlene Starrs from Canada, who recently discovered the ACP website, finds it a great sign of hope for her.
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ACP proposes agenda for meetings with Priests’ Councils
The ACP Leadership Team propose an agenda for meetings between the ACP and priests’ councils around the country
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Swiss abbot appeals for church reform
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt reports on the strong plea for church reform issued by the Abbot of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, a member of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (first published in the 21 December issue of the National Catholic Reporter, USA).
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Abortion: is rational debate possible?
Margaret Lee presents the relevant facts in the debate in Ireland on proposed legislation around pregnancy and termination.
• This is an emotive issue. The ACP Leadership Team reminds readers of the principles to apply in commenting on the subject; you will find them above the ‘Comment box’ at the end of the article. In particular, any type of name-calling will be edited.
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Is the Budget a topic for a homily on the Good News?
Pádraig McCarthy believes the Budget should figure in priests’ homilies and queries the silence of official church voices
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Clogher ACP group considers pastoral supervision of priests
Clogher ACP members met to consider pastoral supervision/reflection for priests, and leanred that no comparable professional walk of life leaves the requirement for self-care absolutely to its own personnel.
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The ACP supports Fr. Roy Bourgeois
The ACP Leadership Team has issued a statement of support for the U.S. Maryknoll priest recently dismissed from his Religious congregation and excommunicated
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ACP leaders bring priests’ concerns to Ian Elliot
The ACP Leadership Team report on their meeting with Ian Elliot, the CEO of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
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Forum held in Cork church suggests similar groups in every parish
Máire Mulcahy reports on the recent meeting in Dennehy’s Cross parish in Cork as a follow up to the Assembly for the South.
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Killaloe laity and clergy want significant change in Church
Fintan Deere reports on the results of a listening process in Killaloe diocese (on Ci News)
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ACI to set up its own website
The Steering Group of the Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) reports on its review of the Regency Hotel launch of the ACI on 10 November. An ACI website is to be developed to facilitate communication within the association.
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Priests are under unique and damaging pressures today
Gerry Moloney analyses the pressures many priests experience today and their causes, reflecting on the recent tragic death of a Mayo priest.
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Our communities should represent what God wants for our world
Peter McVerry imagines a parish where everyone’s needs are met, in which everyone felt loved and valued and respected, no-one was marginalised or made to feel unwanted, where everyone’s views were listened to with respect and discussed in love and tolerance: the Kingdom of God on earth
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Advent Celebration: We are Church: Dec. 2nd
I was at this last year, and it was a lovely event. A good way to start Advent
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Don’t deny the chalice to the laity!
Rosaline Redican believes everyone should be invited to receive from the chalice at every Mass and asks why the bishops have not followed through with their teaching in 1998 that this should be the case.
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ACI’s first general meeting held in Dublin
The Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI)’s first general meeting took place on 10 November after the ACP’s AGM at the Regency Hotel in Dublin
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Cork people invited to forum in Bishopstown parish
A forum to be held in Dennehy’s Cross Church in Cork will address the next steps to be taken towards reform in the Irish Church
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Who do the Irish bishops think they are?
Ted Schmidt gives a strong reaction to the Irish Bishops’ refusal to meet with the ACP. His comments were first published on 6 November, in his blog, Theology in the Vineyard
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