Dear Fr Hoban: "clergy are an ageing and tired body" - so are the practising laity, by the way, and if you don't see that, you are guilty of exactly the same kind of reality-avoidance which you critic
This is a brilliant resource for getting in touch with the heart of Patrick cutting through the fog of uncertainty that some scholars surround the saint with.
"The hope on May 7th would be that we might give ("the sleeping-giant of the laity") a prod. Maybe a good 'Belfast Prod' is just what we need. Like the Belfast Telegraph's sub-editor who, on 29 July 2
According to the 2011 Annuario Pontificio, Catholic bishops (at December 2009) are 0.0004% of the church; priests are 0.04%. This means that non-bishops and non-priests are 99.9596% of the church. The
Shane, your romanticization of the intellectual prowess of 1950s Irish Catholicism is overdone. The Vatican II generation of theogians were far more prominent internationally than their predecessors a
I have extreme difficulty understanding Dave Pierre's statistics regarding alleged 'false allegations'. Even Father Stephen rossetti, himself a Catholic Priest and therapist who ran a treatment centr
It is interesting to see the similarity of concerns of US priests over the new translation of the missal. It continues to grate on the nerves of clergy and laity alike, even among the elderly it cause
"Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next"
If the post-war baby boomers had heeded Dean Inge's advice rather than so selfishly indulging in iconoclastic vandalism
The increase in membership in the Dublin area may be partly "due to the initiative of the Dublin unit" but I suspect it is mainly due to the antics of the Archbishop!
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Brendan Hoban writes on the ACP’s May gathering
March 14 2012Dear Fr Hoban: "clergy are an ageing and tired body" - so are the practising laity, by the way, and if you don't see that, you are guilty of exactly the same kind of reality-avoidance which you critic
Meeting of newly-formed Association of US Priests
March 12 2012Joe, 'iconoclastic vandalism' is EXACTLY "what they were about". Many of them would also have been quite proud of it.
Info on St Patrick available on new website
March 17 2012This is a brilliant resource for getting in touch with the heart of Patrick cutting through the fog of uncertainty that some scholars surround the saint with.
Brendan Hoban writes on the ACP’s May gathering
March 14 2012"The hope on May 7th would be that we might give ("the sleeping-giant of the laity") a prod. Maybe a good 'Belfast Prod' is just what we need. Like the Belfast Telegraph's sub-editor who, on 29 July 2
Brendan Hoban writes on the ACP’s May gathering
March 14 2012According to the 2011 Annuario Pontificio, Catholic bishops (at December 2009) are 0.0004% of the church; priests are 0.04%. This means that non-bishops and non-priests are 99.9596% of the church. The
Meeting of newly-formed Association of US Priests
March 12 2012Shane, your romanticization of the intellectual prowess of 1950s Irish Catholicism is overdone. The Vatican II generation of theogians were far more prominent internationally than their predecessors a
The Truth About Falsely Accused Priests – Dave Pierre
January 7 2012I have extreme difficulty understanding Dave Pierre's statistics regarding alleged 'false allegations'. Even Father Stephen rossetti, himself a Catholic Priest and therapist who ran a treatment centr
Meeting of newly-formed Association of US Priests
March 12 2012It is interesting to see the similarity of concerns of US priests over the new translation of the missal. It continues to grate on the nerves of clergy and laity alike, even among the elderly it cause
Meeting of newly-formed Association of US Priests
March 12 2012"Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next" If the post-war baby boomers had heeded Dean Inge's advice rather than so selfishly indulging in iconoclastic vandalism
New Members of the Association
March 2 2012The increase in membership in the Dublin area may be partly "due to the initiative of the Dublin unit" but I suspect it is mainly due to the antics of the Archbishop!
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