This story saddens me greatly and I concur with some of the comments that many of the young priests today are somewhat zealous and arrogant. But I am reminded that this is how I too could have been de
I don't see the point of posting this uncheckable anecdote. Is the ACP turning into a club for masochistic flagellants? Writing up this incident about one priest who had a bad day or was perceived to
Hebrews is "an idiosyncratic text"? What a frivolous remark. Is there is any part of the New Testament or indeed any figure therein, including Jesus Christ, who could not be dismissed as "idiosyncrati
I've spent a great deal of my life mentoring youth and can imagine how overwhelmed a new/young priest must feel trying to connect to a community. My emotional side calls for a healthy dose of payback
There is nothing at all new about this critque of the priesthood. It was at the heart of the Reformation. Why would anyone go the trouble of trying for the umteenth time to change the Catholic Church'
All very well! I only hope there is enough in the kitty to give us poor guys our redundancy money when we are disbanded. Poor ACP hardly had time to establish itself. A lot of people will be at a huge
It is pathetic that the so-called young priest behaved in the manner described herein. The best thing ought to have been to talk to him in person after the Eucharistic Celebration and to inform him ho
The most powerful words in Garry Wills book are on pages 20 and 21, where he suggests, more implicitly, than explicitly, that the people need not wait upon the priest for the Eucharist, as well as, th
'So many of the young men being ordained to-day seem to be in the mould of right-wing zealots, full of arrogant self-righteousness. And, I can assure their presence is not confined to Ireland.'
Paddy
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“The Young Priest and the Old Man” – a sad story
May 1 2013This story saddens me greatly and I concur with some of the comments that many of the young priests today are somewhat zealous and arrogant. But I am reminded that this is how I too could have been de
The poor pay a high price for our cheap clothes
May 4 2013Thank you, Sean. Very clear, very practical.
“The Young Priest and the Old Man” – a sad story
May 1 2013I don't see the point of posting this uncheckable anecdote. Is the ACP turning into a club for masochistic flagellants? Writing up this incident about one priest who had a bad day or was perceived to
Abolish the priesthood!
May 4 2013Hebrews is "an idiosyncratic text"? What a frivolous remark. Is there is any part of the New Testament or indeed any figure therein, including Jesus Christ, who could not be dismissed as "idiosyncrati
“The Young Priest and the Old Man” – a sad story
May 1 2013I've spent a great deal of my life mentoring youth and can imagine how overwhelmed a new/young priest must feel trying to connect to a community. My emotional side calls for a healthy dose of payback
Abolish the priesthood!
May 4 2013There is nothing at all new about this critque of the priesthood. It was at the heart of the Reformation. Why would anyone go the trouble of trying for the umteenth time to change the Catholic Church'
Abolish the priesthood!
May 4 2013All very well! I only hope there is enough in the kitty to give us poor guys our redundancy money when we are disbanded. Poor ACP hardly had time to establish itself. A lot of people will be at a huge
“The Young Priest and the Old Man” – a sad story
May 1 2013It is pathetic that the so-called young priest behaved in the manner described herein. The best thing ought to have been to talk to him in person after the Eucharistic Celebration and to inform him ho
Abolish the priesthood!
May 4 2013The most powerful words in Garry Wills book are on pages 20 and 21, where he suggests, more implicitly, than explicitly, that the people need not wait upon the priest for the Eucharist, as well as, th
“The Young Priest and the Old Man” – a sad story
May 1 2013'So many of the young men being ordained to-day seem to be in the mould of right-wing zealots, full of arrogant self-righteousness. And, I can assure their presence is not confined to Ireland.' Paddy
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