One of the arguments used for the maintaining of compulsory celibacy is the 'availability' for service that it supposedly allows its adherents, over those who are in married relationships. To me this
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On the issue of women ordained sacramentally to the diaconate in the first millenium .
http://americamagazine.org/issue/422/article/catholic-women-deacons
http://www.womendeacons.org/index.shtml
I want to pay tribute to the integrity of our married priests (without portfolio as Liamy has put it). Thank you for your witness.
Of course COMPULSORY celibacy has nothing to do with sanctity and ev
Would a priest's wife be barred from having a professional life of her own?
Would this have to be in the religious sphere?
I know there are some examples in the church of Ireland of a marriage of male
Liamy, I would add another service to the list of those services that have all but disappeared from rural Ireland and that is the local creameries in parishes where farmers once queued in ass carts, h
...and the spouses of ordained women?
" Their greatest role will be first and foremost to love their wife and children"?...
Perhaps we can also learn from other Christian churches in that respect....
Brian, the title of your article ['Proven Women /Mulieres Probatae'] led me to expect something else - but you gave that possibility a mere six words in the tail-end of your final paragraph: "opening
What does Jesus say and do when he comes across a fig tree with green leaves and expects to find fruit, but, there is none? Much to the shock of the disciples, Jesus curses the tree; it withers and di
We can read the parable in the social context of the time. Jesus does not necessarily approve of what people do in his stories.
John J Pilch (The Cultural World of Jesus Cycle A) writes: "The parable
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October 5 2014One of the arguments used for the maintaining of compulsory celibacy is the 'availability' for service that it supposedly allows its adherents, over those who are in married relationships. To me this
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September 30 2014@ 3 On the issue of women ordained sacramentally to the diaconate in the first millenium . http://americamagazine.org/issue/422/article/catholic-women-deacons http://www.womendeacons.org/index.shtml
ACP AGM Wednesday 01 October 2014 – Married Priests – Liamy Mac Nally
October 3 2014I want to pay tribute to the integrity of our married priests (without portfolio as Liamy has put it). Thank you for your witness. Of course COMPULSORY celibacy has nothing to do with sanctity and ev
“Proven Women”
October 5 2014Would a priest's wife be barred from having a professional life of her own? Would this have to be in the religious sphere? I know there are some examples in the church of Ireland of a marriage of male
ACP AGM Wednesday 01 October 2014 – Married Priests – Liamy Mac Nally
October 3 2014Liamy, I would add another service to the list of those services that have all but disappeared from rural Ireland and that is the local creameries in parishes where farmers once queued in ass carts, h
“Proven Women”
October 5 2014...and the spouses of ordained women? " Their greatest role will be first and foremost to love their wife and children"?... Perhaps we can also learn from other Christian churches in that respect....
“Proven Women”
October 5 2014Brian, the title of your article ['Proven Women /Mulieres Probatae'] led me to expect something else - but you gave that possibility a mere six words in the tail-end of your final paragraph: "opening
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October 5 2014Thank you Father for you wonderful and helpful contribution on the days readings.
5th October. Twenty-Seventh Sunday
October 5 2014What does Jesus say and do when he comes across a fig tree with green leaves and expects to find fruit, but, there is none? Much to the shock of the disciples, Jesus curses the tree; it withers and di
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October 5 2014We can read the parable in the social context of the time. Jesus does not necessarily approve of what people do in his stories. John J Pilch (The Cultural World of Jesus Cycle A) writes: "The parable
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