27th Sunday Ordinary Time – Bidding prayers etc
Opening Comment During this month of October, we thank God for the beautiful gift of life, as we answer the missionary call to spread the Good News to the world….
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Over 400 people attend ACP meeting in Galway
The ACP Leaderhip Team report on the the ‘Towards an Assembly’ meeting in Galway, which not only had a large attendancem by also energy and enthusiasm to match the Dublin gathering in May.
Clogher bishop attends ACP meeting
The Diocese of Clogher’s ACP organisers report on their September meeting, at which Clogher clergy reflected on Priesthood today.
Priests have earned the right to speak about the state of the Church
Brendan Hoban believes that priests should have the freedom to speak out at this time of crisis for the Church. He proposes practical responses to current difficulties in this article, which was first published in the Irish Times of 2 October 2012 (Rite and Reason.
26th Sunday Ordinary time – Bidding prayers etc
All are welcome in the house of the Church: “anyone who is not against us is for us”. All are invited to gather to worship God our Saviour.
Quo Vadis? — Mary McAleese speaks
Mary Cunningham suggests that Mary mcAleese’s interview with Pat Kenny provides ‘food for thought’
General Meeting of ACI announced
The Association of Catholics in Ireland [ACI] have announced the date of a general meeting in Dublin. It will follow the AGM of the ACP on 10 November. A draft statement of objectives has also been published.
Wedding in France: Can some priest help?
Anna Barwick from SARL Chareau Rigaud in France seeks a priest to perfrom a Catholic marriage in France
An unusual request to ACP members
Tony Flannery asks ACP members to vote for Roisin O’Shea, who “has been very helpful in working for justice for one of our members, and has been generous in offering her services for others that may be in need.”
Why can women not be deacons?
Mary O. Vallely queries the exclusion of women from the permanent diaconate. She believes the Catholic Church has failed to address the vast untapped resource of women, particularly the religious sisters and single women.
Come to Galway — Brendan Hoban
Brendan Hoban invites you to the Assembly Day in Galway on Saturday, October 6th, with the reminder of the value of days like this.
What Archbishop Martin thinks of the ACP
This is a short extract from a long interview with the Archbishop of Dublin in the Sunday Times of 23 September 2012, by Justine McCarthy — and the ACP’s response to it.
‘Ireland’s Troublesome Priests’ feature on BBC Radio 4
‘Ireland’s Troublesome Priests’ , presented by Ruth McDonald, was first broadcast on Sunday, Sept 23rd at 1.30pm on BBC 4. It can be heard on iPlayer on the BBC website.
25th Sunday Ordinary Time – Bidding prayers etc
We gather this Sunday to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way.
Shame over sexuality has blinded Church to sex abuse
Seán O Conaill argues that clergy-inspired shame over the phenomenon of sexuality has brought about the magisterium’s blindness to the effects of clerical abuse of children.
Sin of clericalism is at heart of sexual abuse crisis
Scott Appleby believes that at the heart of the sexual abuse crisis is the sin of clericalism — a constellation of ideas and practices rooted in the conviction that ordination to the priesthood confers a special and privileged status that places the priest above the non-ordained baptized by virtue of the sacrament itself
Vatican process against Basque theologian continues
Jesús Bastante of the Spanish newspaper, El Público, reported in 2011 that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had opened a process against Basque theologian José Antonio Pagola. Pagola’s book Jesus: An Historical Approximation is available from Convivium Press. This is an English translation of Bastante’s article
24th Sunday Ordinary Time – Bidding prayers etc
In our journey through life we walk the path Jesus walked, so it is hard for us to escape suffering, no more than he could. We remember his suffering and death, knowing that it brought him glory and that it will do the same for us.
Complete a survey on the new Missal
Pádraig McCarthy presents a survey on the experience of the new translation of the Missal (one for priests, and another for laity) and invites ACP members to complete it
Change in Venue for Southern Gathering announced
‘Towards an Assembly’ in the South is now to take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island
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