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  • Church should stand its ground on school patronage

    April 11 2013
    Mícheál

    Unfortunately there is no relationship in this survey between sample size and representativeness. The latter only applies where the sample is a true random sample. In this case, the respondents are s

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  • Church should stand its ground on school patronage

    April 11 2013
    Mary Cunningham

    On examining the full report on http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/Report-on-the-surveys-regarding-parental-preferences-on-primary-school-patronage.pdf, and focusing on the statist

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  • Church should stand its ground on school patronage

    April 11 2013
    Joan Murphy

    Wonderful article claiming our right as Catholics to speak our truth. Yes Brendan the church may be on its knees but with clarity, conviction and courage we can still be true to ourselves and our pari

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  • Church should stand its ground on school patronage

    April 11 2013
    patrogers

    Wonderful! A great piece, Brendan. I hope it's brought to Ruari Quinn's attention, so he can maybe moderate his overblown plans for intervention and change. Could he perhaps change his focus to ensure

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  • 12 April 2013. Friday in the Second Week of Easter

    April 12 2013
    Mark

    Jo, well said. We've all been told, from our youth, to obey the Church's teaching and to respect our elders. But it's not that simple, is it? Four things occur:- Firstly, as in all areas of expert

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  • 12 April 2013. Friday in the Second Week of Easter

    April 12 2013
    Padraig

    Sounds like you on your way, JO 🙂 You might not find or understand 'church teachings' - like most of us ever do - but you will find a greater 'church' and learn much more than you might imagine. T

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  • 12 April 2013. Friday in the Second Week of Easter

    April 12 2013
    Eric

    @ Jo O'Sullivan....... i would definitely start learning the Early Church - ways the seeds that were planted - the Doctors of the Church. Learn each Century from when and who the Bible was written, w

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  • Pope Francis may end the fear and oppression in the Church

    March 28 2013
    Joanne Carroll

    @Soline 11, thank you soline for the beautiful poems/prayers from Hopkins and Simeon the New Theologian. They remind me of the crucial truth, and raise me to hope. And thank you, Tony, for your measur

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  • 12 April 2013. Friday in the Second Week of Easter

    April 12 2013
    Jo O'Sullivan

    It's funny how today's Readings are about following one's conscience, because that's something I've been grappling with for a while now. On watching the Would You Believe programme on abortion on Mond

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  • Sometimes seeing is not believing: loving is

    April 3 2013
    mjt

    Mary, It`s been a privilege to have been part of such an enlightening discussion, and to be able to communicate with such passionate and fervent believers, all striving for what`s good and true. Final

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