Articles

In the year 1953 two young girls, both about seven years of age, were living very different lives. One had just been put into an orphanage, while the other, a…

Taken from the Western People, this is Brendan Hoban’s reflections on the latest news out of Maynooth, that seminarians are being separated from the rest of the student body

How did the Church in Ireland discern  their direction in difficult times in the past? They held many Synods, when such consultation was far more difficult  to arrange than today. Although these were clerical events, today it’s clear consultation must be opened up.

This is an article in the Furrow of January 2012.

The introduction of pastoral workers in Dublin diocese has clearly not been without its problems and difficulties, as was obvious at the meeting in Marianella last month.

Here a priest of the diocese, Paddy Moran, is reflecting on some of these difficulties.  He is calling for transparency in how this situation is dealt with, because that is the only way that proper understanding will be achieved.

I thank Pat Seaver for his challenging words (posting below).  I believe he may have started an important conversation, one that is being avoided and indeed with other necessary conversations…

This is an excellent article from someone who spent most of his life as a Christian Brother, and is now a priest of Limerick diocese.  He gives his impressions in a straight and clear way, without any equivocation.  We would love to get a response from other priests.