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  • Exodus of young people is the Church’s core problem

    October 18 2012
    stephen

    This article is the reason that the Catholic Church in Ireland is the way that it is. Why bother showing up to mass every Sunday for the ugly music, the apologetic New Age sermons, the legions of euch

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  • Priests are under unique and damaging pressures today

    November 16 2012
    Kevin

    I do hope that whether the priests are in service or, service 'outisde' so to speak, that you can get support systems in place. The needs are universal, human, in a unique context. You don't have some

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  • ACI to set up its own website

    November 18 2012
    Noel McCann

    In response to Pascal's request I am posting a copy of the Statement of Objectives below. Please note the ACI email address [aci.ireland@yahoo.com] which can be used to communicate with the ACI Steeri

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  • Our communities should represent what God wants for our world

    November 14 2012
    John Healey

    @Ger Gleeson. It was not my intention to pour cold water on anyone, but it would be misleading to suggest that because Jesus was accepting of sinners he was accepting of sin and unwilling to call sin

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  • On Prayer and Paedophilia.

    September 16 2011
    John Trower

    God is great! And so is Steve Gilhooley! From your many friends in Kilsyth who will not forget what you did for us bringing many souls to God!

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  • Our communities should represent what God wants for our world

    November 14 2012
    Ger Gleeson

    I was truly saddened by John Healey's post (no 4) above. It appears to me that John was throwing cold water on Fr Peters work. I do not know Fr Peter personally, but I was present when he gave his add

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  • Priests are under unique and damaging pressures today

    November 16 2012
    Bob Cushing

    Brothers, thank you for your candid revelations and commentary on your present experience of the stress and struggle in the priesthood. As others have said, the US is not Ireland, but we find most of

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  • Priests are under unique and damaging pressures today

    November 16 2012
    Joseph Quigley

    What Father Gerry wrote about Ireland could apply with very little modification to Australia, where I live. This should not be surprising since the Catholic Church in Australia tended to be more Irish

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  • ACI to set up its own website

    November 18 2012
    Pascal O'Dea

    I was not able to attend the meeting on the 10th in Dublin but a family member showed me the draft statement of objectives that were endorsed by the gathering. Is it possible to post a copy of the sta

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  • Priests are under unique and damaging pressures today

    November 16 2012
    Seamus Ahearne osa

    Thanks Gerry. Your article, was heartfelt. It resonates with the experience of many. Joanna Merry's article in the current issue of the Furrow tells a similar story. I have said often during the yea

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