Three groups in the Church need specific attention from the new “umbrella group” formed at the All Hallows meeting: the general laity, the herarchy and the priests (via the ACP), writes Martin Murray. He reflects on the meetings in the Regency Hotel and All Hallows, and suggests some ways forward.
A group of English priests recently issued a Call to Action, which was published in The Tablet.
• The ACP Leadership Team wish them every success in their initiative, and look forward to working closely with them.
In Fr Brendan Hoban’s latest article for the Western People, he writes that we in the ACP are at the heart of the Church. We are insulted to be called dissidents. Church leaders need to engage respectfully and realistically with us.
The relationship between clergy and lay members of the ACP was discussed at the meeting last week in Cork, which was attended by clergy and some lay members in Cork & Ross and Cloyne dioceses.
Details have been announced of a meeting next Wednesday night to plan a gathering in the west similar to that held in the Regency Hotel in Dublin at the May weekend.
A meeting has been arranged for 30 May to form a lay ‘umbrella group’ representing people interested in reform in the Church
Fr David Cooper is chair of our sister association in the U.S.(the AUSCP, the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests). This is his response to Brendan Hoban’s ‘Points of Clarification regarding the ACP’ posted on this page.
This piece was written by Brendan Hoban, on behalf of the Leadership Team of the ACP. It is our effort to state clearly where we stand as an association on some issues that are important, and hopefully to clear up some confusion.
The following email was sent to all our members yesterday.
Current ACP members and new members in Cloyne diocese and Cork & Ross are to meet on Monday 21 May. Tony Flannery will attend.
For those looking for an account of our gathering on Monday 7 May, you will find many of the texts of the talks in the Article Category “Towards an Assembly”…
With acknowledgement to the Western People, this is Brendan Hoban’s reflection on the great gathering last Monday in Dublin’s Regency Hotel: ‘Towards an Assembly of the Irish Church’. Brendan is a member of the ACP’s Leadership team.
A meeting of Clogher ACP took place in Clones on Wednesday 2nd May. Nine Priests attended, six sent apologies. >We gave most of our meeting to reflect on how we…
This gathering at the Regency Hotel, Dublin on the May Bank Holiday Monday, was open to all, lay and clergy alike.
This statement was issued by the ACP at the end of the gathering in the Regency Hotel, Dublin on 7 May, ‘Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church’
This is a summary of Adrian Egan’s talk at the gathering on May 7th. Adrian didn’t work from a script, so this is his best memory of the main points of his talk.
This is the poem that John F. Deane read at the day in the Regency on May 7th.
This is the text of Cathy Molloy’s talk at “Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church” on May 7th. Cathy spoke on her Vision for the Future of the Church.
This is the text of the talk given by Aoife McGrath at the Vision session of the ACP sponsored gathering: Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church
Tony Butler’s talk at the Vision session of “Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church”.
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