Announcement of Assembly
The ACP, in conjunction with some others, are organising a gathering, which we are calling “Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church”. It will take place on Monday, May…
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Clogher ACP meeting: Clones, 25 Jan 2012
A meeting of Clogher ACP took place in Clones Co. Monaghan on January 25th 2012. Twenty seven Priests attended, including Bishop Liam, two priests from Armagh Diocese and three priests…
Priests out of Ministry
A BRIEF UPDATE ON DEVELOPING A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PRIESTS OUT OF MINISTRY We continue to make steady if slow progress. We will not call a meeting of priests out of…
Can anyone help in this Search
I wonder if you can help, We were married 45 years ago by Father J Hearty, At St Teresa Church Ashford Kent England, Father Hearty had not long been ordained,…
January Update to ACP Members
The following update has been sent out to all our members; by email to those who have an address, and by post to others.
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…
An Association of Priests and People? – Mary O Vallely
Mary Vallely, from Armagh, is raising the question as to why we have an association for priests only. Should we not have one made up of priests and people together?
A model which could help the Assembly of the Irish Church?
How does one proceed with an Assembly involving a wide spectrum of the Catholic Church in Ireland? The process used by the We the Citizens movement could be worth considering.
ACP Meeting at Marianella, Orwell Road on Tuesday December 13th 2011
This, the last of our regional meetings before the New Year, was one of the most vibrant ACP meeting that I have attended. There was a sense that people felt they were free to say it as they experienced it, and that led to a very interesting and stimulating exchange of views.
Read the report here.
Belgian Catholics call for Reform
A new movement in Belgium: Click to read
John Allen of the NCR on the Kevin Reynolds Story
A new symbol of false sex abuse allegations by John L Allen Jron Dec. 02, 2011 Here is a link to the John Allen article: Next month will mark the…
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests: Dec. 1st
This Statement is issued in response to the publication of the audit of six dioceses by the National Board for Safeguarding Children
Liturgical Resource for Celebrants
The Liturgical Resource document below is based in the 1998 IECL Euchariustic Prayers
It contains
- The Ordinary of the Mass from the Offertory to the end.
- A selection of Prayers over the Gifts
- Prefaces for use through the year
- Eucharistic Prayers 1, 2 3, 4, 5; Reconciliation 1 & 2 and one of the Eucharistic Prayers for Children.
The whole document fits into a 60-pocket display folder and gives the celebrant all that he needs at the altar.
The list of contents is at the end of the file.
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests in response to Archbishop Martin’s interview on Morning Ireland: Nov. 28th
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests in response to Archbishop Martin’s interview on Morning Ireland: Nov. 28th The Association of Catholic Priests welcomes the comments of the Archbishop…
Meeting for the southern dioceses held on 23 Nov.
ACP members in the southern dioceses attend a meeting in Charleville on Wed November 23rd 2011 35 Priests attended the hour and a half meeting. Tim Hazelwood (Cloyne) chaired and…
Access to media coverage of the Reynolds/RTE case
With thanks to Eamon Aylward for supplying this to us.
Remonstrating with Rome
There is good precedent for remonstrating with the Pope!
Radio coverage of defamation case by Fr. Kevin Reynolds against RTE
Download a podcast of the Pat Kenny Show on Radio 1 on Friday 18th November 2011 (MP3, 9mb)
High Court Statement – Fr Kevin Reynolds
Read the full text of the statement that was read out in the High Court by Fr Kevin Reynolds’ barrister once the settlement had been agreed High Court Statement (PDF,…
RTE v. Fr Kevin Reynold: who was doing the preying?
Brendan Hoban reflects on the Kevin Reynolds case. With acknowledgement to the Western People, for whom this article was written
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