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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    MM

    Eddie@9 "The young man assured our friend, quite unabashedly, that our generation had ruined the Church but that his was here to save it." Hard to take, but life will knock the corners off our young f

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Eddie Finnegan

    Thank you, Seamus, for another down to earth but inspiring piece. Like Mary@3, many of us would share your concern over some of the very conservative and very fundamentalist new apprentices to priesth

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Noel Casey

    'Many have lost the sense of God. Some are totally disinterested.' Perhaps, but Berkeley gave me at least a reason for not being so pessimistic and downhearted. Six of our young people died tragicall

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  • 19th July. 16th Sunday

    July 19 2015
    Antonio Abuan

    Thank you very much for the well thought homily direct to the point. The presentation is comprehensive and deal with the Word of God and real life situation and aspects of life. God bless

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  • Fr. Paudie Moloughney R.I.P.

    July 6 2015
    Brendan Hynes

    I worked with Paudie in Brazil and consider myself privileged to have known him. He was a big man with a big heart who loved Brazil and had a passion for social justice. We are the poorer for his pass

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Chris McDonnell

    . Ordination and Marriage; Exclusive options? Forgive the length of this comment Last weekend, the Tablet covered one story extensively, the issue of married priests in the Western Latin Rite. The

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    I suspect that many clergy are spiritually depleted and cynical. In that case we should bow to the spiritual energies of youth, and put our "expertise" at their service. Be "facilitators" in other wor

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Des Gilroy

    A very powerful and relevant analysis of the current state of the institutional church which should be placed before our bishops as an agenda item to be meditated and prayed on. To survive, every or

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Darlene Starrs

    I concur Father O'Leary....tis powerful writing...and faith ought not to be about the religion...but...about Jesus Christ... and making the connections about Christ to every day life and ordinary peop

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Mary Vallely

    I agree with Joe O'Leary. Wonderful writing, stirring words and I would share Seamus' concern about the calibre of new applicants to the priesthood. 'Liturgy and Eucharist lives in the clay of life' s

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