'Off the wall'? I don't think so. Jo, you write with such clarity, passion, enthusiasm and hope (as you always do). Keep on dreaming! Suenens is sometimes quoted as saying: "Happy are those who drea
It seems to me that Margaret made a number of statements:
1. This article is a great example of what this site and this organisation should be about- priests supporting priests.
2. As lay people we kn
'What's left, zealots, fundamentalists and right wingers?' Well thanks for the tolerance that we orthodox Catholics have come to expect from those who consider themselves 'progressive'. Dialogue seems
When someone is down, our first instinct is to help them up, to care for them and to re-assure them. Time enough for the discussion as to the why’s and wherefore’s of their predicament.
Isn’t t
Brendan, thank you for another excellent piece, absolutely honest as always, and, as John rightly says @12, "spot on".
"The lives that priests live ....... demand a level of psychological and emot
@11 Eddie,
Therese lived over a 100 years ago, well before Vatican II, and used whatever was at her disposal then (both in terms of language and signs) to try and communicate/express what was within h
Spot on Brendan. Look forward to seeing the priests from the bulging american seminaries heading our way ! Even looking more forward to seeing how they will go down with a 21st century congregation.
Ger and others, I will be coming down from Armagh and staying overnight so I am sure we will get a chance to meet on the Friday afternoon and/or the Saturday morning. Great to see that Paddy Ferry is
How will all this Little Flower-arranging, relics-hugging, tonsure-fetishising female clericalism be any better for the life of the People of God than all the title-chasing, follow-my-leader-deferenti
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Pope Francis has given people permission to have doubts
September 28 2013'Off the wall'? I don't think so. Jo, you write with such clarity, passion, enthusiasm and hope (as you always do). Keep on dreaming! Suenens is sometimes quoted as saying: "Happy are those who drea
Pope Francis has given people permission to have doubts
September 28 2013Blessed Mother Teresa was once asked what in her opinion was the first thing that would have to change in the Church. Her answer was: you and I.
Fr. Iggy O’Donovan says ‘goodbye’ to Drogheda
September 15 2013It seems to me that Margaret made a number of statements: 1. This article is a great example of what this site and this organisation should be about- priests supporting priests. 2. As lay people we kn
Fr. Iggy O’Donovan says ‘goodbye’ to Drogheda
September 15 2013'What's left, zealots, fundamentalists and right wingers?' Well thanks for the tolerance that we orthodox Catholics have come to expect from those who consider themselves 'progressive'. Dialogue seems
Pope Francis has given people permission to have doubts
September 28 2013When someone is down, our first instinct is to help them up, to care for them and to re-assure them. Time enough for the discussion as to the why’s and wherefore’s of their predicament. Isn’t t
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013Brendan, thank you for another excellent piece, absolutely honest as always, and, as John rightly says @12, "spot on". "The lives that priests live ....... demand a level of psychological and emot
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013@11 Eddie, Therese lived over a 100 years ago, well before Vatican II, and used whatever was at her disposal then (both in terms of language and signs) to try and communicate/express what was within h
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013Spot on Brendan. Look forward to seeing the priests from the bulging american seminaries heading our way ! Even looking more forward to seeing how they will go down with a 21st century congregation.
ACP’s annual meeting is in a fortnight’s time
October 5 2013Ger and others, I will be coming down from Armagh and staying overnight so I am sure we will get a chance to meet on the Friday afternoon and/or the Saturday morning. Great to see that Paddy Ferry is
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013How will all this Little Flower-arranging, relics-hugging, tonsure-fetishising female clericalism be any better for the life of the People of God than all the title-chasing, follow-my-leader-deferenti
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