Regional ACP Meeting in Claremorris – report
The Meeting of Western Region of the Association of Catholic Priests took place at the McWilliam Hotel, Claremorris, Co. Mayo on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Tony Flannery of the leadership…
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Report of Clogher ACP Meeting
A meeting of Clogher ACP took place in Clones on 26th October. Eight Priests attended, six sent their apologies.
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TIMELINE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS LEADING TO THE THIRD EDITION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL By Rev. Robert Osborne Louisville, Kentucky http://liturgyforum.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/missal-timeline/#more-70
Bishop Maurice Taylor, in a wonderfully written booklet, It’s the Eucharist, Thank God, combines a beautiful teaching on the Eucharist with a unique personal view of that time period when…
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32nd Sunday of the Year — Prayers of the Faithful etc
Opening Comment At this time of year, our deceased relatives and friends are often in our minds. Our faith tells us that we needn’t grieve over them like people with…
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Confused Prayer on First Sunday of Advent
The prayer after Communion seems to say we learn to love the things of heaven from the passing things of this world – but the Latin prays that it be from the mysteries celebrated in the liturgy. See letter in Tablet of 5 Nov: http://www.thetablet.co.uk/pdf/5298
Pádraig McCarthy
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Assembly of the Irish Church
At a meeting of the leadership team of the ACP on November 3rd we decided that we would initiate the process of organising an Assembly of the Irish Church. It…
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Interesting results of poll conducted by Iona Institute
These are interesting, and quite disturbing, poll finding released by the Iona Institute. They show either a high degree of ignorance or prejudice among many Irish people towards priests. Or maybe it is saying something about the way media are reporting cases of clerical sexual abuse. Read for yourself.
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Reflection on the AGM, and the way forward. Joe McGuane (Cloyne)
Some thoughts on the AGM of the ACP 2011. The Proces by which bishops are appointed. I do not remember any discussion on this despite, I think, four dioceses being…
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The New Missal: How is it going for you, our members?
I wonder would any of our members be willing to share with us how you are faring with the New Missal. Are you using the full Missal yet, and if…
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Meeting of ACP; Western Region
There will be a regional meeting of the ACP (for dioceses of Achonry, Elphin, Clonfert, Killala, Galway and Tuam) at 2.00pm on Wednesday,November 16th in the MacWilliam Hotel, Claremorris. All…
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Tony Flannery on the ACP
This article was first published in the Irish Catholic
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Clonfert Diocese meeting of ACP
A meeting of the Clonfert group of priests members of ACP was held in Gullane’s Hotel, Ballinasloe on Monday 24th. There were eighteen present – among them P.J. Madden from…
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Request from some priests out of ministry
A small number of us priests who are out of ministry because of boundary issues realise that we can get through the sense of isolation and exclusion by being companions…
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Paddy O’Kane (Derry) on the AGM
This is Paddy O’Kane’s account of the AGM, and of his own contribution. As you can see, he called on us to invite a bishop on to our leadership team.
Out of our 560 members, only four are from Derry diocese, so it is one of our weakest areas.
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Michael Commane: The Association AGM
This article has already appeared in the IN&M Regionals, for whom Michael is a regular contributor.
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Questions on RTÉ apology case
The apology from RTÉ to Kevin Reynolds suggests some important questions, not just for RTÉ, but also for the Minister for Justice and for One in Four
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Liturgy Preparation
One of the readings at Mass today gives a vision of the feast in heaven, when death is no more and tears are a thing of the past. Those who gather to worship God this Sunday get a fore-taste of that heavenly meal in the sweet Communion they share on earth…
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A Challenge to RTE: Margaret Lee
While it is satisfying that RTE has apologized unreservedly to Fr. Kevin Reynolds, I cannot help believing that we have replaced the arrogance of the institutional church with that of…
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RTE Apology to Kevin Reynolds
The ACP wish to congratulate Kevin at having his name cleared. It is also of particular satisfaction to the Association because, when none of the Church authorites was willing to stand by him, our legal team took on his case, and pursued it successfully. We thank them for their great work on our and his behalf. Click here to read the actual apology.
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Two ACP members reflect on the AGM
Wilfred Harrington OP and Jim Stanley CSsR share their reflections
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