Margaret Lee presents the relevant facts in the debate in Ireland on proposed legislation around pregnancy and termination.
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An ACP member believes he understands why the Irish bishops are reluctant to meet the ACP. This is the letter he wishes they wrote to the ACP, explaining their position in full honesty.
Clogher ACP members met to consider pastoral supervision/reflection for priests, and leanred that no comparable professional walk of life leaves the requirement for self-care absolutely to its own personnel.
The ACP Leadership Team has issued a statement of support for the U.S. Maryknoll priest recently dismissed from his Religious congregation and excommunicated
Philip Pullella reports on the Vatican’s decision to strip Helmut Schueller of the title of ‘Monsignor’.
The ACP Leadership Team report on their meeting with Ian Elliot, the CEO of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Máire Mulcahy reports on the recent meeting in Dennehy’s Cross parish in Cork as a follow up to the Assembly for the South.
The ACP highlights the Call to Action now extended to Birmingham (originally launched by Portsmouth priests)
Ellen Teague reports on the recent launch in London of Sean McDonagh’s book, Fukushima: The Death Knell for Nuclear Energy?
Fintan Deere reports on the results of a listening process in Killaloe diocese (on Ci News)
John F Deane invites ACP memebrs and friends to the launch of his most recent book of poems
The ACP Leadership Team reports on the priests’ meeting that formed part of the recent AGM of the Association
The Steering Group of the Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) reports on its review of the Regency Hotel launch of the ACI on 10 November. An ACI website is to be developed to facilitate communication within the association.
Gerry Moloney analyses the pressures many priests experience today and their causes, reflecting on the recent tragic death of a Mayo priest.
Peter McVerry imagines a parish where everyone’s needs are met, in which everyone felt loved and valued and respected, no-one was marginalised or made to feel unwanted, where everyone’s views were listened to with respect and discussed in love and tolerance: the Kingdom of God on earth
I was at this last year, and it was a lovely event. A good way to start Advent
Seamus Ahearne appeals to ACP members to take responsibility for the church at local level
The Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI)’s first general meeting took place on 10 November after the ACP’s AGM at the Regency Hotel in Dublin
Fr James Martin SJ has written a ‘New Serenity Prayer’ — recommended to ACP and ACI members, bishops etc.
A forum to be held in Dennehy’s Cross Church in Cork will address the next steps to be taken towards reform in the Irish Church
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