Also regarding Limerick, many local Catholics will doubtless be pleased by the news that the former Sacred Heart Church in the Crescent, which seemed destined to become a health club before falling in
LP, I have read the diocesan leaflet (a single page), called Planning a Catholic Funeral, and I am not sure if you are making the same point as the leaflet when you say 'because they are not regular c
LP, indeed you're right. Now why didn't I know that when I have an old classmate priesting in Shrewsbury? And he's still doing funerals and requiem Masses!
@Kevin Walters and "The Little Yellow Book":
Kevin, the question is not "Whatever happened to the Little Yellow Book" so much as Whatever happened to its main author/compiler, Fr Laurence Soper? Lon
What I take from Fr De Souza's article is that one cannot expect any institution to have complete moral integrity. So what happens then to an institution that claims (unlike any sporting organisation
This is an interesting essay.
It seems to me to illustrate the invasion of a subtle 'secularizing' tendency within the church from the 1960s onwards in dealing with the abuse of minors and children
On reading and reflecting on this article by Fr. Raymond de Souza, I had an uneasy sense that it was a not so subtle attempt to diffuse and deflect clerical sexual abuse. This has been a tactic emplo
Sean (Derry) - I agree that the deacons might solve some of the problem. There are many cases in which a family might want to have an ordained minister conduct a funeral service but in which, beca
To contend means at times to confront, to fight. It is not easy. What could be more difficult to do than that in the cause of justice and right? We can feel that we are stepping away from God. But we
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We are Church meeting in Limerick
September 4 2012Also regarding Limerick, many local Catholics will doubtless be pleased by the news that the former Sacred Heart Church in the Crescent, which seemed destined to become a health club before falling in
We are Church meeting in Limerick
September 4 2012Hope your meeting went well today and was a great success. Best wishes from We Are Church (UK)
Shortage of priests is having drastic consequences
September 5 2012LP, I have read the diocesan leaflet (a single page), called Planning a Catholic Funeral, and I am not sure if you are making the same point as the leaflet when you say 'because they are not regular c
Shortage of priests is having drastic consequences
September 5 2012LP, indeed you're right. Now why didn't I know that when I have an old classmate priesting in Shrewsbury? And he's still doing funerals and requiem Masses!
Why people fail to confront sexual abuse
September 6 2012@Kevin Walters and "The Little Yellow Book": Kevin, the question is not "Whatever happened to the Little Yellow Book" so much as Whatever happened to its main author/compiler, Fr Laurence Soper? Lon
Why people fail to confront sexual abuse
September 6 2012What I take from Fr De Souza's article is that one cannot expect any institution to have complete moral integrity. So what happens then to an institution that claims (unlike any sporting organisation
Why people fail to confront sexual abuse
September 6 2012This is an interesting essay. It seems to me to illustrate the invasion of a subtle 'secularizing' tendency within the church from the 1960s onwards in dealing with the abuse of minors and children
Why people fail to confront sexual abuse
September 6 2012On reading and reflecting on this article by Fr. Raymond de Souza, I had an uneasy sense that it was a not so subtle attempt to diffuse and deflect clerical sexual abuse. This has been a tactic emplo
Shortage of priests is having drastic consequences
September 5 2012Sean (Derry) - I agree that the deacons might solve some of the problem. There are many cases in which a family might want to have an ordained minister conduct a funeral service but in which, beca
Why people fail to confront sexual abuse
September 6 2012To contend means at times to confront, to fight. It is not easy. What could be more difficult to do than that in the cause of justice and right? We can feel that we are stepping away from God. But we
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