Opening Comment
As we journey through the first week of Lent, we pause from our lenten penances to honour Patrick, the apostle of the Irish. In our celebration of this solemn feast, we worship God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier, who brought our ancestors into the Christian fold through the preaching of St Patrick.
This is a letter written to Cardinal Sean O’Malley by one of our members, Peter McCarron, who is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin. He wrote it in a personal capacity.
Opening Comment
We celebrate the first Sunday of Lent. All over the world today, men and women are beginning a period of preparation for their baptism at the Easter Vigil. Like them, we spend Lent preparing to renew our baptismal vows at Easter, looking forward to our blessing with Easter water and to receiving the gift of a new start.
A meeting will be held in St. Joseph’s Centre, Killimor on Monday March 21st at 2.30pm for the priests of Clonfert diocese. All are welcome
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – February 28, 2011 – Fr. Sean McDonagh, SCC will receive the Eighth Annual Partnership for Global Justice Award on Sunday, May 1, 2011. …
20 priests gathered at Canon Duffy’s residence in Clones on the 2nd March 2011. 10 other priests sent their apologies. Fr. Sean Mc Donagh from the leadership team outlined the…
The meeting began at 3.30 pm with the Bishop Seamus Freeman chairman of the Commission for Worship, Pastoral Renewal and Faith Development welcoming the representatives of the ACP. Others present…
Opening Comment
The care of God for all of creation draws us together to praise our Creator.
Penitential Rite
As we prepare ourselves for this celebration, let us renew our trust in God’s gracious forgiveness: (pause)
A meeting organised by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) was held for the Diocese of Killaloe in the Lakeside Hotel Ballina-Killaloe on Wednesday 23 February 2011. There were 31…
Two suggestions on how to move forward in the current situation. 1. Given the sincerely held but conflicting views within the Irish Catholic community, we need to step back…
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A meeting of the Association took place for Limerick Diocese on Feb. 8th. Twenty one priests attended, and apologies came from four more. A wide-ranging discussion took place. The following…
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An Open Letter to the U.S. Catholic Bishops on the Forthcoming Missal Anthony Ruff | FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Y our Eminences, Your Excellencies, With a heavy heart, I have recently made…
To the EDITOR: Please, commas, capitals etc below are deliberate. Many thanks. Brian Grogan SJ Madam, – Good friends, citizens, Romans all, a niggle deep assails my soul when…
We received the following email from Fr. Michael Ryan. Note that he is encouraging us to sign up to the ‘What if we just said Wait’ petition on the internet….
The Following is from the National Catholic Reporter Irish priests want new missal postponed Feb. 04, 2011 By Sarah MacDonald Catholic News Service Faith & Parish Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF…
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