Clonfert Diocesan meeting of ACP
A meeting will be held in St. Joseph’s Centre, Killimor on Monday March 21st at 2.30pm for the priests of Clonfert diocese.
All are welcome
A meeting will be held in St. Joseph’s Centre, Killimor on Monday March 21st at 2.30pm for the priests of Clonfert diocese.
All are welcome
Brendan Hoban is saddened at the Iona Institute’s rush to the lawyers on being called ‘homophobic’, and contrasts it with the Institute’s earlier comments on the ACP, which did not lead to a legal remedy being sought (first published in the Western People).
In response to readers’ requests, Tony Flannery has put all the relevant documents of his case with the CDF together in one post — to make the situation clearer for those who are interested.
Seamus Ahearne OSA reflects on the aftermath of the meeting between the ACP and Dublin priests’ council and Archbishop Martin. As a Church, we need to talk, bishops, priests (Nuncio) and people together!
Sean McDonagh highlights Patrick’s experience of forced migration and slavery, which would give the saint an understanding the plight of Ireland’s migrants today.
Sean O’Conaill suggests that if no priest is allowed to express an opinion contrary to the Vatican position, we cannot be sure what any priest really believes
About twenty five priests attended the meeting in Ovens on 12 April, as did Tony Flannery from the Leadership Team. It was a lively, energetic meeting, with plenty of contributions from the people present. The first item on the agenda was a report on the survey conducted among ACP members in Munster in preparation for the Apostolic Visitors. Respondents said that their own personal morale was high, but that they believed that priests’ morale generally was low….