Update on AGM: November 9/10: Regency Hotel, Dublin
We have made some changes to our plans for the AGM. The main one is that the second session on Saturday morning will be open to all, lay and clergy. Read the details here.
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Croi Nua Programme: an information evening.
We are happy to recommend and promote this programme, designed and presented by Hilary Musgrave and Monica Brown. This is a notice about an information evening in All Hallows College.
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Ireland in Crisis: A possible way out. Colm Hughes
This article, sent to us by Colm Hughes, challenges us to get involved in an area of life in which great priests of the past, like James McDyer, distinguished themselves. We encourage priests to read it, and if it stirs any energy and interest in you, get in touch either with us or Colm, and maybe something could be done.
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21st Sunday Ordinary Time
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: We gather as people who have chosen to serve the Lord, chosen to walk the Christian way. We worship God who leads us on — and ask for strength to continue as we have begun.
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Irish Catholic Mothers: Sean O Conaill
Here Sean raises interesting questions about the impact of the last twenty years or so on the faith of Irish Mothers. We are grateful to Sean for raising important questions for discussion on our website.
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20th Sunday Ordinary Time
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: Whoever eats the flesh of the Lord and drinks his blood will live for ever. We celebrate Jesus’ promise, believing we will share the eternal destiny of all who have this divine life in them.
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Where are the penitents? Trends in Confession: John Cornwell
An interesting article on the current state of the Sacrament of Confession by John Cornwell. Taken from The Tablet.
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Assumption of the BVM
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: On this late summer feastday, we worship God who brought the Virgin Mary into glory. She entered heaven because of the victory over death won by Jesus: we hope to share this destiny.
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Katie Taylor – darling of the media and Ireland’s new-found Chrisitan hero?!
Following on from Jo O’Sullivan’s piece, this is a further reflection on the Katie Taylor phenomenon; and this one comes from a man in Bray, Aidan ffrench. He raises some interesting questions.
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New Evangelisation: Getting real. Mary Cunningham
Any effort at new evangelisation or renewal of faith in the Roman Catholic Church is doomed to failure unless there is a radical shift to address the dysfunctional magisterial teachings on sexuality.
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The Bread and the Olympics
The Olympics and John Ch. 6. Two different worlds. Or are they?
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19th Sunday Ordinary Time
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: We gather together as friends, called by the Lord to forgive each other as quickly as God forgives us.
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Tom Rastrelli: Priests who lie; the dilemma of sexual orientation and the priesthood
This is an excellent article, beautifully written. With acknowledgement to the Huntington Post
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We are all of equal and infinite value: Dr. Rosemary McHugh
This came in as a comment on Sean OConaill’ s piece; but I thought it deserves to be put as a post of its own. It is very good.
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Sean OConaill on the New Evangelisation
“In the Catholic Church it has often seemed that a sin of the flesh was the only sin, and obedience the only virtue.” This observation by Yves Congar still seems…
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18th Sunday Ordinary Time
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: From the days when the Jewish people wandered in the desert to this very day, God has been food to the hungry and meaning to those who lose their way. We celebrate our Lord’s loving-kindness.
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Olympic Liturgy!
The opening ceremony of the London Olympics was striking for its liturgical rites and allusions.
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17th Sunday Ordinary Time
OPENING COMMENT FOR MASS: United with Christians all over the world, we acknowledge one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God as our Father. We worship as one family, and pray for greater charity and love among all the baptised.
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Report on meeting of Steering Group for Lay Association (ACI)
This is the report from the latest meeting of the Steering Group working at setting up an umbrella Lay Association. This contains the proposed name of the association, a draft Statement of Objectives, and outlines a period of discussion before final decisions are made. The hope is that as many as possible will get involved in the discussion, both here on the website and at the ACP regional meetings in October.
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Will the Catholic church still be standing in a few generations?
This is a provocative piece from the National Catholic Reporter. As always, comments will be welcome. Would you agree of disagree?
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