12th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Bidding Prayers
The love of the Lord is better than life, so we bring our needs into the divine presence, trustfully, at this Sunday’s Mass.
The love of the Lord is better than life, so we bring our needs into the divine presence, trustfully, at this Sunday’s Mass.
The ACP Leadership Team has been to meetings with most of the Diocesan Priests Councils over the past few months. Here is our report on those meetings.
We, the leadership of the ACP, fully endorse and support this statement from our colleagues in Austria.
In this Sunday’s Mass, we bring our prayers to the Lord, who forgives the guilt of our sin: we are confident of God’s power to save us and raise us up.
Now that the special feasts are behind us (Trinity Sunday and the Body and Blood of Christ), the Church resumes its journey through Ordinary Time, imbuing it with the Spirit of Easter and Penetcost.
Dan Morris-Young looks forward to the second annual assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, to be held in Seattle later this month (first published in the NCR: read original story and comments here.)
Saurya Cherfi reports in the Irish Examiner on the High Court apology received by Fr Liam O’Brien
The ACP Leadership Team welcomes the apology a Kerry priest has received in the High Court for a false allegation
Tony Biviano asks Irish priests to support an online petition on behalf of three Australian bishops, who want the Church to address the issue of abuse of children ‘ for Christ’s sake’
The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ was traditionally called ‘Corpus Christi’: today we celebrate the great gift we share in Holy Communion — the Bread of Life and the Cup of Eternal Salvation.
Jimmy Mc Phillips reports on a recent meeting of ACP members in the Diocese of Clogher, which took place shortly after a Clogher priest had to stand down from ministry. The meeting also considered a plan for grouping parishes recently put forward by Bishop Liam
Brendan Hoban introduces his new book, Who Will Break The Bread For Us? Disappearing Priests, which names the bleak reality for the Irish Church and calls for an end to denial.
The A.C.I. (Association of Catholics in Ireland) have published the programme for their meeting on Saturday next in Dublin. Details may be found in the EVENTS section at the top of this page.
Kieran O’Mahony OSA is to present a conference on ‘Homosexuality and the Bible’ in All Hallows College in June. Full details in EVENTS section (see menu on top of this page).
So many Church people today blame ‘materialism’ for the loss of faith: here, Sean O Connaill suggests that materialism is not the problem, but rather covetous or mimetic desire. The fundamental human need that drives surplus material acquisition is a need for something entirely non-material. Homilists are challenged to reflect this in their words.
Seamus Ahearne responds to Eddie Finnegan’s noting that so few priests write on this site. He suggests that in the life of a priest, words are enormously important – written or spoken.
Today is Pentecost Sunday, the 50th day of Easter. We celebrate the completion of the Easter mystery in the coming of the Holy Spirit — and ask for the gift of that same Spirit as we gather today.
Alan Hilliard shares a New York Times profile of the Austrian reform leader Fr Helmut Schüller, published on 22 March 2013. Read the original here
Brendan Hoban reflects on the recent appointments to the Irish Bishops’ Conference and wonders if Rome’s new policy of appointing outsiders in each case will work.
Remembering and celebrating Jesus’ ascension today, we worship the God of timeless glory.
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