“Without vision, the people perish”.
I have been reading my own past posts and that of others made over the last five years on this site in relation to the mother and baby home scandal. We all ap
Key Message:
God has tailored a unique plan for each one of us.
He will be with us and make us understand His calling.
Homily:
Takeaway from first reading:
1. The first reading tells us that Samuel
"Overall, the Commission concludes that Ireland was a cold and harsh environment for the majority of its residents during the earlier half of the period under investigation." (Taoiseach)
I'm not sur
For the record..
Catherine Connolly speaking on the Report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hC_8gwb9I
Text of her speech (scroll down the page). It follows the full text of An Taoiseach Mi
Paddy, I referred only to the one chapter I have read. You should read it too, and tell me why you think it is a valuable contribution that sheds new light on life in that particular institution.
Edd
This valuable and full report, over 40 chapters and almost three thousand pages, is going to take up quite a bit of my time. I may finish it just before a less meaty report on the North's Mother &
I have hesitated to comment on a subject filled with so much pain for so many.
I will just share this personal experience.
In the early 90's (Mary Robinson was president) I heard at Mass in Stillorga
"......and it’s not clear what new light this re-examination after almost a century is supposed to shed."
Joe, I am left speechless that you could have written those words.
What really puzzles me
Why was sexual shame so dominant in that era - with the issue of justice (especially to unfortunate young women and the children they were bearing) buried out of sight?
That the dominant moralists we
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Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021“Without vision, the people perish”. I have been reading my own past posts and that of others made over the last five years on this site in relation to the mother and baby home scandal. We all ap
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Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021"Overall, the Commission concludes that Ireland was a cold and harsh environment for the majority of its residents during the earlier half of the period under investigation." (Taoiseach) I'm not sur
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021For the record.. Catherine Connolly speaking on the Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hC_8gwb9I Text of her speech (scroll down the page). It follows the full text of An Taoiseach Mi
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021Paddy, I referred only to the one chapter I have read. You should read it too, and tell me why you think it is a valuable contribution that sheds new light on life in that particular institution. Edd
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021This valuable and full report, over 40 chapters and almost three thousand pages, is going to take up quite a bit of my time. I may finish it just before a less meaty report on the North's Mother &
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021I have hesitated to comment on a subject filled with so much pain for so many. I will just share this personal experience. In the early 90's (Mary Robinson was president) I heard at Mass in Stillorga
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021"......and it’s not clear what new light this re-examination after almost a century is supposed to shed." Joe, I am left speechless that you could have written those words. What really puzzles me
Tues 12 Jan 2021: Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is published.
January 12 2021Why was sexual shame so dominant in that era - with the issue of justice (especially to unfortunate young women and the children they were bearing) buried out of sight? That the dominant moralists we
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