Today’s reading from Matthew 15 seems to me to be one of the most remarkable stories of Jesus.
In a world where gods were considered to be of a particular place or people rather than universal, the
This response is from pastors working at the coalface who, by definition, know much more about the parish and its problems than the Vatican bureaucrats do. The unidirectional non-dialogical mode of co
@5 Pádraig McCarthy
This is the original which I received by email. I also could not find it on their website which has not been updated for a while.
Herzliche Grüsse,
Colm
Stellungnahme der Pfar
“Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing
So much is revealed by the continuing failure to recognise the principle of the primacy of conscience - even though this failure was revealed as of huge danger in the deference to clergy that was indi
Colm -
Thanks for the translation.
Can you give the direct link to the original document in German? I don't see it on the home page of Pfarrer-initiative to which you give a link.
Gesundheit.
Pádraig
I agree with Roy Donovan except for his use of the word maybe in speaking of The Vatican and The Curia. There is no maybe in my opinion, both need to be dismantled completely
To coin a phrase from former British Labour MP, Denis Healy, when referring to the Thatcher government, this Church "is not rotten TO the core - it is rotten FROM the core!"
Homily for August – 16 - 2020
Key message:
Pursue in love for Jesus.
Takeaway from first reading:
God is not God only for a small group of people. He is God for all. He does not show discriminat
Thank God there is now an increasing awareness of the shameful history of how we have treated people whose skin colour was other than white and of how women were dismissed and denied opportunities to
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August 16 2020Today’s reading from Matthew 15 seems to me to be one of the most remarkable stories of Jesus. In a world where gods were considered to be of a particular place or people rather than universal, the
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Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020@5 Pádraig McCarthy This is the original which I received by email. I also could not find it on their website which has not been updated for a while. Herzliche Grüsse, Colm Stellungnahme der Pfar
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020“Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020So much is revealed by the continuing failure to recognise the principle of the primacy of conscience - even though this failure was revealed as of huge danger in the deference to clergy that was indi
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020Colm - Thanks for the translation. Can you give the direct link to the original document in German? I don't see it on the home page of Pfarrer-initiative to which you give a link. Gesundheit. Pádraig
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020I agree with Roy Donovan except for his use of the word maybe in speaking of The Vatican and The Curia. There is no maybe in my opinion, both need to be dismantled completely
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020To coin a phrase from former British Labour MP, Denis Healy, when referring to the Thatcher government, this Church "is not rotten TO the core - it is rotten FROM the core!"
16 August, 2020. 20th Sunday, Year A
August 16 2020Homily for August – 16 - 2020 Key message: Pursue in love for Jesus. Takeaway from first reading: God is not God only for a small group of people. He is God for all. He does not show discriminat
Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”
August 13 2020Thank God there is now an increasing awareness of the shameful history of how we have treated people whose skin colour was other than white and of how women were dismissed and denied opportunities to
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