When I read Fr John Hassett’s reasons for resigning I experienced mixed emotions. I was first overcome with sadness that such a gifted Priest should resign. Then I experienced happiness and gratit
Fr John Hassett, thank you so much. Your stance has lifted my spirits and given me great hope at a time when the institutional Church is really getting me down (to put it mildly). It seems that the Go
I would like to express my thanks to Fr John for taking such a noble stand on the issue of how Tony Flannery has been treated. It would have been so easy to say 'sure one action won't change Rome' an
Thank you John for your stepping down which is a courageous "standing up"
And no it is certainly not illogical: It is the logic of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Love. "when one member of
How heartwarming to read this. The Holy Spirit is at work here. I think there are 115 theologians who have been silenced or censured by the last two popes. We mustn't forget the others as well as "our
Today's gospel reading would speak louder to us if it had continued to verse 17, 'no one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak ......neither is new wine put into old wineskins'.
In other wo
Gerry: I have heard you speak many times. We need to be focused on becoming open to be prophets to be inclusive and not to be afraid. We are not living under a swastika.
Very difficult for you to make this stand. Well done and thank you for standing up for decency, justice, the right and good.
I'd say too he's not the first and won't be the last. Maybe he should be.
Fr John, thank you for your courage. I believe that fear is at the root of much, if not all, the problems we face from the Vatican and indeed throughout the Church. Let's pray that the God of uncond
In the last paragraph of my recent posting "And so Lent begins" , I wrote:
We face a centralised governance of the Church where local experience and need seem to count for lit
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Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013When I read Fr John Hassett’s reasons for resigning I experienced mixed emotions. I was first overcome with sadness that such a gifted Priest should resign. Then I experienced happiness and gratit
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013Fr John Hassett, thank you so much. Your stance has lifted my spirits and given me great hope at a time when the institutional Church is really getting me down (to put it mildly). It seems that the Go
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013I would like to express my thanks to Fr John for taking such a noble stand on the issue of how Tony Flannery has been treated. It would have been so easy to say 'sure one action won't change Rome' an
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013Thank you John for your stepping down which is a courageous "standing up" And no it is certainly not illogical: It is the logic of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Love. "when one member of
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013How heartwarming to read this. The Holy Spirit is at work here. I think there are 115 theologians who have been silenced or censured by the last two popes. We mustn't forget the others as well as "our
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February 15 2013Today's gospel reading would speak louder to us if it had continued to verse 17, 'no one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak ......neither is new wine put into old wineskins'. In other wo
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February 13 2013Gerry: I have heard you speak many times. We need to be focused on becoming open to be prophets to be inclusive and not to be afraid. We are not living under a swastika.
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013Very difficult for you to make this stand. Well done and thank you for standing up for decency, justice, the right and good. I'd say too he's not the first and won't be the last. Maybe he should be.
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013Fr John, thank you for your courage. I believe that fear is at the root of much, if not all, the problems we face from the Vatican and indeed throughout the Church. Let's pray that the God of uncond
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
February 15 2013In the last paragraph of my recent posting "And so Lent begins" , I wrote: We face a centralised governance of the Church where local experience and need seem to count for lit
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