This, the last of our regional meetings before the New Year, was one of the most vibrant ACP meeting that I have attended. There was a sense that people felt they were free to say it as they experienced it, and that led to a very interesting and stimulating exchange of views.
Read the report here.
If these new guidelines come into practice it would appear that priests will be in even bigger trouble. It is worrying to hear that Ian Elliot describes a protocol that calls for all priests against whom an allegation has been made to be publicly named as “balanced and fair as possible”.
A new movement in Belgium: Click to read
A new symbol of false sex abuse allegations by John L Allen Jron Dec. 02, 2011 Here is a link to the John Allen article: Next month will mark the…
This Statement is issued in response to the publication of the audit of six dioceses by the National Board for Safeguarding Children
Combined summary table from the NBSCCC Diocesan Reports
Pádraig McCarthy
The Liturgical Resource document below is based in the 1998 IECL Euchariustic Prayers
It contains
The whole document fits into a 60-pocket display folder and gives the celebrant all that he needs at the altar.
The list of contents is at the end of the file.
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests in response to Archbishop Martin’s interview on Morning Ireland: Nov. 28th The Association of Catholic Priests welcomes the comments of the Archbishop…
The new English translation of the Roman Missal has, understandably, been getting much attention.
The new Irish language translation was also introduced on the same day. The printed version of Ord an Aifrinn arrived in the Veritas store in Dublin just two days before that. Perhaps those who took part in celebrations in Irish (from any part of the congregation!) would offer their reflections.
Pádraig McCarthy
The Statement made by the Minister was very strong, as you can read. Fr. Kevin Reynolds’ good name was vindicated in the High Court on November 17th 2011. One week later Minister Shatter has not uttered a single word of apology to Fr. Kevin Reynolds for these slanderous comments. Should the Minister step aside?
This is an excellent article from someone who spent most of his life as a Christian Brother, and is now a priest of Limerick diocese. He gives his impressions in a straight and clear way, without any equivocation. We would love to get a response from other priests.
ACP members in the southern dioceses attend a meeting in Charleville on Wed November 23rd 2011 35 Priests attended the hour and a half meeting. Tim Hazelwood (Cloyne) chaired and…
With thanks to Eamon Aylward for supplying this to us.
There is good precedent for remonstrating with the Pope!
Some light pastoral adaptations of the new translation of the four regular Eucharistic Prayers to assist clarified proclamation. Unofficial! For personal study!
Download a podcast of the Pat Kenny Show on Radio 1 on Friday 18th November 2011 (MP3, 9mb)
Read the full text of the statement that was read out in the High Court by Fr Kevin Reynolds’ barrister once the settlement had been agreed High Court Statement (PDF,…
Brendan Hoban reflects on the Kevin Reynolds case. With acknowledgement to the Western People, for whom this article was written
The following Press Statement was released this (Saturday) evening, Nov. 19th by the leadership of the ACP relating to issues which we feel are important resulting from the completion of the case of Kevin Reynolds V RTE
Thu, 17/11/2011 – 22:28 The anti-Rome tendencies of some in the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) is not to my taste and I believe that Association would be more acceptable…
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