ACP Statement about the upcoming referendum on the Eighth Amendment
ACP Statement about the upcoming referendum on the 8th Amendment
ACP News
Happy Easter
Sometimes it’s good to stand back and take a break, especially from the frantic pace of life and especially from the often frenetic world of social media and the internet.
Maybe it would be good for all of us to pause and slow down over the Easter period and take a rest from computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Of course, if you wish, feel free to continue to post comments to the website over the Easter but comments will not be moderated or published until Easter Monday.
“Who made the changes to the World Meeting of Families promotional material?”
Statement from the ACP asking for clarification about the removal of Bishop O’Connell’s (Archdiocese of Los Angeles) words from the promotional video clip for WMOF, following the earlier removal of photographs from a leaflet,.
Posting Comments on ACP Website
Following deliberations it has been decided to introduce some changes with how comments are posted on the ACP website.
“We need to stop sending mixed messages on important issues.”
Statement from The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) regretting both the removal of pictures of same-sex couples from World Meeting of Families (WMOF) booklets circulated to Irish parishes and the barring of the former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, from a conference to be held in the Vatican on “Why Women Matter.”
ACP Information Card: Correspondence from and to the Kildare & Leighin Council of Priests
Correspondence from and to the Kildare & Leighin Council of Priests concerning the ACP information Card issued at the recent AGM.
The card outlines rights priests have in civil and canon law and are taken from “Guidelines for the Care and Management of Respondents (i.e. priests) Standard 4” as outlined by the National Board for Safeguarding Children.
Healing Circle
A short note by Tim Hazelwood about the first of the healing Circles
Problems posting comments now resolved
Problems posting comments are now resolved.
Healing Circle
The ACP has organised its initial Healing Circle for members and non-members.
Date: Tuesday 28 Nov 2017
Time: 2.00-5.00pm
Venue: Ovens Parish Centre, Co Cork (near Ballincollig)
Audio CD of the recent Annual General Meeting of ACP
A copy of an audio cd of our AGM is available from Eist Audio Productions by contacting Eist on 087 2789 390 or by emailing eist@eircom.net.
AGM Local Radio Coverage
Attached is a link to an audio file of coverage of our AGM. The original was broadcast on Mid West Radio on their ‘Faith Alive’ last Sunday.
Impressions of the AGM
Seamus Ahearne attended our AGM this year as a member rather than as one of the leadership team. He shares his impressions of the annual meeting with us.
Annual General Meeting 2017
Report of the 2017 AGM of the Association of Catholic Priests
A copy of an audio cd of our AGM is available from Eist Audio Productions by contacting Eist on 087 2789 390 or by emailing eist@eircom.net.
Know your rights and obligations
The ACP has launched an Information Card for priests with guidelines about their rights. These guidelines are in keeping with recommendations made by The National Board for Safeguarding Children.
Welcome Dialogue
The ACP is happy to inform members that a meeting is being arranged between representatives of the ACP and the Irish Episcopal Conference, represented by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin and Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, President of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
Alternative to the “new missal” already exists
Despite the recent decisions announced by Pope Francis the issues with the ‘new’ Missal are immediate and ongoing. There was, and is, a ready alternative available.
Annual General Meeting of the ACP
The Annual General Meeting of the ACP will take place at the Buccaneers Rugby Clubhouse in Athlone on Tuesday, 07 November, 2017, from 2.00pm to 5.00pm, in The Bounty, Dubarry Park, Athlone, Co Westmeath.
Seán Fagan Memorial Lecture
The First Seán Fagan Memorial lecture will be given on Monday 13 November 2017 by Theologian Angela Hanley.
Venue: Arrupe Room, Jesuit Communications Centre, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 4
Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Date: Monday 13 November 2017
ACTA Conference, (the Catholic Church Reform Movement of England and Wales)
Tony Flannery reports on the conference in Birmingham organized by ACTA, the Catholic Church Reform Movement of England and Wales.
The main theme was to reflect on the future of parishes in the context of the rapid decline in numbers of priests available for ministry.
A Dialogue of Hope, Critical Thinking for Critical Times
Gerry O’Hanlon alerts us to a new publication that intends to spark a real and “constructive engagement and dialogue between secularists and religious believers, in order to imagine an alternative narrative” to one where “conventional economic models have failed, politics is fractured, what it means to be human is contested, and there is a Punch and Judy show of opposition between secularists and believers.”
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