Presider’s Page for 18 June (Corpus Christi)
Opening Comment Today’s liturgy invites us to reflect on God’s care for the family of faith, especially through the gift of divine nourishment on our pilgrimage through life. Christ gives…
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DeaconChat
An interesting initiative called “DeaconChat’ has been launched by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, FutureChurch, and Voice of the Faithful.
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“Banging on about God”
Brian Fahy shares some thoughts provoked by his memories of his mother’s parish in Mayo. “The Church (in Bangor) is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus …. My own little church in Lancashire, where I grew up and went to mass is also dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so I was very pleased to discover that my mother’s place of worship carried the same name and the same message of love.”
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Presider’s Page for 11 June (Trinity Sunday)
Presider’s Page for 11 June (Trinity Sunday)
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A Letter to Brendan Hoban
Dominic Meehan wrote in the June edition of ‘The Furrow’ in response to Brendan Hoban’s talk at the AGM of the Association of Catholic Priests. (‘A Lost Tribe’. Brendan Hoban, The Furrow February 2017)
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Presider’s Page for 4 June (Pentecost Sunday)
Today we celebrate ‘the great beginning of the Church,’ the day the Holy Spirit first came to confused and frightened disciples. We praise God for this great Gift, and ask for a new outpouring in our day.
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Church teaching and the knowledge and understanding of modernity
Belgian Jesuit, Roger Lenaers in his books looks at the relationship between Church teaching and the knowledge and understanding of modernity.
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‘God is Still Smiling’; a seaside meditation
Seamus Ahearne offers an early morning seaside meditation for consideration and reflection.
“Why have I been always so thrilled with the liveliness of the world of God around me? Why has it been such a happy place? Why is ‘my church’ so privileged and so astonishing? Twenty years in Finglas today and and still amazed and delighted daily at the revelations of God among us. A very happy God – indeed the God of surprises.” -
The New National Maternity Hospital and The Religious Sisters of Charity
The Religious Sisters of Charity have decided to end their involvement in Saint Vincent’s Healthcare Group and to have no further involvement in the New National Maternity Hospital.
In the light of the discussion that has gone on about this subject the statement from the Sisters of Charity is carried here in full. -
Reforming the Catholic Church- Speaking Notes, Gerry O’Hanlon sj
Gerry O’Hanlon, sj has very kindly given us his speaking notes from his recent talk “Reforming the Catholic Church” in the Jesuit Conference Centre, Milltown
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Presider’s Page for 28 May (Ascension Day)
We celebrate the Ascension of Jesus today. We remember his sending out of the disciples, and his promise to remain with us until the end of time.
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Married priests: call for courageous conversation
Sarah Mac Donald writes in the NCR about recent comments by Bishop Crispian Hollis, the retired bishop of Portsmouth, concerning the ordination of married men to the priesthood which he says “needs to be explored openly within the church in England and Wales at national and diocesan levels.”
With fewer than 40 students in the national seminary at Maynooth it is an issue that is crying out to be explored in Ireland as well.
Liamy McNally is quoted as saying “There is no priest shortage!” ….. “We have many priests, but they are married and so are not allowed to have a public ministry,” ….. “in the early church those with a vocation to priesthood were married, whereas today, those who feel called to priesthood must also have a vocation to celibacy.” -
“Reforming the Catholic Church” a talk by Gerry O’Hanlon SJ
A talk by Gerry O’Hanlon SJ on “Reforming the Catholic Church”
2.00 pm Saturday 27 May 2017
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Manchester, Monday, 22 May 2017, 10.30 p.m.
Chris McDonnell reacts to the tragic events in Manchester
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Don’t appeal to ‘blasphemy’ as a defence
Brendan Hoban writes in the Western People that we should not rely on an appeal to the Constitutional offence of blasphemy to quell the ‘populist rantings of those who have no sense of God (and no feel for the religious quest)’.
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Presider’s Page for 21 May (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
Each Sunday in Easter time, we celebrate the gifts we have received in Baptism and Confirmation. We rejoice that the Spirit is our Advocate, who continues to support us in the difficulties of life.
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Wellbeing of Priests: Planned ACP Regional Meetings
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Regional Meetings on the Wellbeing of Priests.
ACP Members are encouraged to extend an invitation to all priests.Ardagh & Clonmacnoise, Clogher, Kilmore and Meath; Wednesday 7th June 2.00pm, The Kilmore Hotel, Cavan Town
Clonfert, Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora: Thursday 15th June 2.00-4.30pm
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Sixth Sunday of Easter – Liturgy Preparation
Sixth Sunday of Easter – Liturgy Preparation
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‘The Catholic Church has at most 10 years to adapt’
Writing in the Irish Times Mark Patrick Hederman suggests that there is little time left for the Catholic Church in Ireland to adapt to the realities of life as it is now lived before being reduced to a tiny irrelevant minority.
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With open hands
Chris McDonnell, writing in the Catholic Times, pays tribute to Henri Nouwen and finds that one of his metaphors ‘with open hands’ to be ‘very pertinent to our present times. A few days back we saw pictures of Francis at Al Azhar mosque in Cairo where he embraced the mosque’s Grand Imam, Ahmad al-Tayeb, who urged the West not to hold an entire religion “accountable for the crimes of any small group of followers.” That image of greeting between a Christian and a Muslim runs counter to our populist press view of castigation of a whole people through the actions of a few.’
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