Annual General Meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests
Green Isle Hotel (near Newlands Cross)
Theme: Priesthood in a Time of Crisis
Tuesday October 4th a Public Session:
7. 30 to 9.30pmSpeaker: Fr. Kevin Hegarty – Priestly Ministry Today, An insider’s view.
T his will be followed by a Presentation to Fr. Seán Fagan SM for his years of service to Irish Theology
Wednesday October 5th 9.00- 10.30 am. Business Meeting for members.
11.00 to 12.30 – Dr. Marie Keenan – Challenges for Priestly Ministry in Ireland Today.
Accommodation available at the Green Isle, and also just down the road at Bewley’s, Newlands Cross
Twelve priests, including Bishop Liam, attended our 5th gathering of Clogher ACP on Wednesday 31st August in Clones. There were three apologies. We began our meeting with a very beautiful,…
Dairne McHenry is a Sister of the Sacred Heart. This article is in the September issue of The Furrow. She puts a challenge to her colleagues, the women religious
Some of our members in Limerick Diocese, at a meeting last week, suggested the following as possible topics for our AGM next month
Green Isle Hotel (near Newlands Cross) Theme: Priesthood in a Time of Crisis Tuesday October 4th a Public Session: 7. 30 to 9.30pmSpeaker: Fr. Kevin Hegarty – Priestly Ministry Today,…
James Good argues that priests against whom allegations are made should not be removed from their priestly ministry pending investigation. Punitive action against such priests would be unjust, illegal and unconstitutional; they remain innocent until proved guilty
The Association of Catholic Priests, while it welcomes the fact that Bishop Magee did an interview, believes that what he said was inadequate. Like many other senior clerics, the language…
This is the report of a very interesting meeting that was attended by members of our Association from the dioceses of Cork and Ross and Cloyne on Tuesday last, 9 August.
We recently met with a couple of priest who are out of ministry, and they made an interesting request to us, which we were more than happy to comply with. Please read this post, if you are interested in this issue.
The Association of Catholic Priests has not called for a postponment of the Eucharistic Congress. That was a personal suggestion made by me in an article in the Irish Times….
Our colleagues in Clogher are setting a headline for all of us, with the regularity of their meeting and the substance of their agendas.
Joe O’Leary, for those who don’t know him, is a priest of Cork and Ross, who lives and works in Tokyo. He is a member of the association from the beginning, and a regular contributor to the website.
We would naturally be interested in comments; from members only in this instance, please.
This is a reflection written on the morning after the Cloyne Report, based on my experience of working for many years in the parishes around that diocese.
I wonder if you can help. My cousins, Des and June Whelan, now living in Sydney, Australia, are attempting to trace their friend Fr. Pat McInerney. I think they may…
The first Annual General Meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests will take place in the Green Isle Hotel on Tuesday evening, Oct. 4th and Wednesday morning, Oct. 5th. The…
The Irish Examiner has a two day feature on Irish Priests, which are well worth reading. They are on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of June.
On Friday there is a good interview with Brendan Hoban on the Association.
And Saturday profiles Fr. Paul O’Boyle of Kildare and Leighlin, giving a very good outline of the varied work of a priest today.
James Alison, author of Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay, will be in Dublin for the following TWO events:- Wednesday 29 June 2011 ― Retreat Day The theme…
This is the address given by Angela Hanley to the ACP meeting in Portlaoise on June 2nd. The meeting concerned the introduction of the New Missal
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests The Association of Catholic Priests wishes to affirm its full support for the priestly work of Fr. Ciarán Enright, Chaplain Arbour Hill Prison,…
This is an excellent article by Padraig McCarthy. Also available in The Furrow
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