Clogher ACP
Report of recent Clogher meeting:
“We must ask ourselves in all honesty if we are able to work effectively with people, because Priesthood of the future will be relational.”
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‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
Sean O Conaill, http://www.seanoconaill.com, states he is totally baffled by the apparent interpretation of some of the ‘Fall’ passages in Genesis as literal history in the recently published ‘Irish Catholic Catechism For Adults’.
Denial is not an option for bishops
Brendan Hoban, writing in the Western People, suggests that the prospect of attracting sufficient male celibate vocations is so remote and that the implications of the crisis so far-reaching that “Doing nothing is not just irresponsible but a counsel of despair. Denial is no longer an option.”
Presider’s Page for Corpus Christi (22 June)
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.
Association of U.S. Catholic Priests criticize head of doctrinal congregation for rebuke of LCWR
The Catholic News Service carries a story about the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests making their views known to Pope Francis about CDF’s Cardinal Müller’s “self-confessedly blunt” remarks to the leaders of about 57,000 women religious in the U.S.A.
The cumulative effect of scandals has a devastating impact on the Church
Fr. Gerard Maloney writes in the Irish Times of his reaction to the information, and disinformation, about the mother and baby homes.
The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
Brendan Hoban, in the Western People, reflecting on current controversies says that what really released the dam of anger and emotion was the revelation of clerical sexual abuse and the failure of Church authorities to understand its enormity and to do something about it. The revelations on clerical sexual abuse gave people the freedom to surface and to name other resentments.
Presider’s Page for Trinity Sun. (15 June)
We are invited to reflect on the mystery of God on this Trinity Sunday, as we gather to worship the One who creates, redeems and sanctifies, three persons, one God, without end.
Tuam babies
Reporting on the Tuam story has often been wild and sensational, and out of touch with known facts.
Padraig McCarthy
Will the U.S. bishops follow Pope Francis?
Jesuit priest, Thomas Reese, writing in the National Catholic Reporter, comments on the meeting of U.S. bishops. The meeting could be a turning point but he asks, will they sail with the Francis wind or will they buck the waves of change?
Experiencing God in Creation: 14 – 17 July, 2014 at the Columban Ecological Institute, Dalgan Park, Navan
Coming to see God’s presence in creation is a central feature of our Christian Faith.
St. Columban counselled, those who wish to know the great deep (God) must first study the natural world.
Not everyone is a winner with the Lotto.
Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, questions what has effectively become an institutionalised gambling culture in Ireland.
Presider’s Page for Pentecost (8 June)
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.
Proposal for a short term solution to Liturgy Problem
Donal Dorr offers some suggestions of how to deal with the problem of the ‘new Missal’.
Results of Survey of Irish Priests on the New Missal
This study has been commissioned by the ACP in order to ascertain the views of Irish clergy regarding the New Missal, introduced in November 2011.
Report on a meeting between the Association of Catholic Priests and representatives of the Irish Episcopal Conference in the Columba Centre in Maynooth on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
Report of a Meeting between representatives of the Bishops Conference and the Leadership of the ACP, which took place in Maynooth on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Jose Pagola and the Algarve
Seamus Ahearne asks what do we read as priests, or do we? What do bishops read or do they? I wonder what we might come up with, if we took Pagola’s book, mixed in with Pope Francis’ (Joy of the Gospel) and tried to remodel our Church; our parishes; our Deanery; our Diocese; our Liturgies. Can we ever ‘minister’ if there isn’t rigorous discussion, serious study and a deep commitment to making Jesus Christ and Gospel relevant in every age?
Religion and Reason; what makes sense or is plain daft?
Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column wonders whether we’re able at all to use the intelligence God has given us and to assess reasonably what fits or doesn’t fit within the boundaries of our faith, what makes sense and what’s just plain, well, daft.
Fr. Paul Surlis R.I.P.
The death has occured, on Thursday 29 May, at Crofton, Maryland of Fr. Paul Surlis
Presider’s Page for Ascension (1 June)
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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