Fr. Pat and Fr. Mattie, I want to thank you for the moving and honest reflections you have shared with us above. This has been another good day. Earlier we heard fron Fr. Gerry Hefferan from Australi
Seminarian II, you are absolutelly right. The history proves that the church has a serious problem with discerning whether one has a vocation. All the scandals of the church are a direct result of ina
On Holy Thursday it was with a sense of sadness and increasing anger that I tried to assimilate the news of the action taken against Tony Flannery and Gerard Moloney by the Congregation for the Doctri
it is with saddness that I write these few words, while the Catholic church in Ireland is tearing itself apart in the row over Fr.Flannery's 'silencing'. I recall, as if it were yesterday, the words
Reply to Eileen (Comment 12): Thank you for this kind response.I still await a reply, however, from even one out of 800 priests to say that they disagree with Fr Hegarty's description of traditional C
Theodore, one must remember that the Church must also discern whether one has a vocation. When one feels the call, and trusted people encourage them they should submit themselves humbly to the judgmen
What hope there is in reading such a respectful comment as that of Fr Pat Donnellan.
It gives me great hope when I see people making their view clearly while at the same time using language that is tr
Limbo, churching of women after childbirth, no innocent children who were female could serve Mass, and finally, the treatment of those misfortunes who committed suicide and thier families... This all
Re: The Churching of Women
It cannot be pointed out often enough that if you look at the actual text of the ceremony and the teachings of the pre-Vatican II manuals, it was NOT a purification ceremony
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A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Fr. Pat and Fr. Mattie, I want to thank you for the moving and honest reflections you have shared with us above. This has been another good day. Earlier we heard fron Fr. Gerry Hefferan from Australi
Nothing about young people in ACP survey?
April 13 2012Seminarian II, you are absolutelly right. The history proves that the church has a serious problem with discerning whether one has a vocation. All the scandals of the church are a direct result of ina
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012On Holy Thursday it was with a sense of sadness and increasing anger that I tried to assimilate the news of the action taken against Tony Flannery and Gerard Moloney by the Congregation for the Doctri
Tony Butler laments the “silencing” of Tony Flannery
April 9 2012it is with saddness that I write these few words, while the Catholic church in Ireland is tearing itself apart in the row over Fr.Flannery's 'silencing'. I recall, as if it were yesterday, the words
Contemporary Catholic perspectives revealed in ACP survey
April 12 2012Reply to Eileen (Comment 12): Thank you for this kind response.I still await a reply, however, from even one out of 800 priests to say that they disagree with Fr Hegarty's description of traditional C
Nothing about young people in ACP survey?
April 13 2012Theodore, one must remember that the Church must also discern whether one has a vocation. When one feels the call, and trusted people encourage them they should submit themselves humbly to the judgmen
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012What hope there is in reading such a respectful comment as that of Fr Pat Donnellan. It gives me great hope when I see people making their view clearly while at the same time using language that is tr
Nothing about young people in ACP survey?
April 13 2012Seminarian II. There is no need to foster vocations to the priesthood. There is rather a need to open the door to those who are called.
Kerry priests react to Tony Flannery news
April 13 2012Limbo, churching of women after childbirth, no innocent children who were female could serve Mass, and finally, the treatment of those misfortunes who committed suicide and thier families... This all
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Re: The Churching of Women It cannot be pointed out often enough that if you look at the actual text of the ceremony and the teachings of the pre-Vatican II manuals, it was NOT a purification ceremony
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