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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Pádraig McCarthy

    The French government had indicated religious ceremonies would be banned until June 2 at the earliest, but Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told the Senate this might be advanced by four days. “Many

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Cainneach O Bradaigh

    There have been a number of priests and religious who have died of the virus in the Dublin area and in other places. God help their families and communities.

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Pádraig McCarthy

    It's good we're discussing the challenges. Mattie's comment exemplifies how local situations can vary enormously, and planning must be undertaken according to normal size of congregation, size and la

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    I completely agree with Mattie's note of caution. Over here too I hear absurdly optimistic predictions of when we can expect normal worship to return.

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Mattie Long

    I would counsel a note of caution. Is there a temptation to do too much too soon, to run before walking? There cannot be any grand re-opening on 20 July, or in any of the weeks or even months immedia

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Thanks, Mattie for your most appropriate heading: Return from Exile! We have eleven more Sundays of exile before the Return ... but the Lord is with us in our exile. Seán (#3): Yes, definitely th

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Seán Ó'Murchú

    It is great to see that the discussion has commenced. Go raibh maith agat (Thank you) Pádraig. I remember many years ago in a Dublin parish, when the debt on the parish church had been cleared and it

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  • Wrestling with God, an angel or life itself

    May 1 2020
    Eddie Finnegan

    Seamus's daily exercise now includes all-in wrestling with Virtual Masses and what those re-ordered and disordered sanctuaries reveal. He's not alone. Over the weekend the website of the Bishops' Conf

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    I am always amazed, Eddie how you get all this insider information.

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  • 03 May, 2020. 4th Sunday of Easter

    May 3 2020
    Stella Stephenson

    The church is full of hypocrites and yes there is always room for one more. That’s right, we all are hypocrites. We are not perfect. Sometimes in life we say one thing and do something else. W

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