Congrats to the Columbans for making Mary McAleese welcome in a way that Pope Francis, Cardinal Farrell, and the organizers of the World Meeting of Families clearly are not: https://www.irishexaminer.
#18 OK, Joe - point taken.
It all reminds me of Stan to Ollie: "Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into!"
That mess is already upon us here - and Francis has said don't worry about making a
Sean, you puncture the Vatican's talk about promoting the laity by asking them to put their Canon Law where their mouth it. I imagine that resistance to change is just as entrenched there as in regard
#16 "All the other Christian churches have shown us clearly that female clergy are normal and natural, and perfectly well represent Christ."
Do any of those other churches give to their clergy anythi
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When the prodigal son came home, sheepishly looking for some kind of acceptance, his father could have read out a list as long as your arm to him about all the wrong he had done
Sean, I remember a meeting in a tent in Maynooth to follow up on John Paul II's visit and galvanize lay involvement and youth involvement. Vatican II already massively promoted lay involvement. I don'
THE ROAD TO ROONAGH PIER
(for Fr Patrick Burke R.I.P)
Beneath the Reek,
on the road to Roonagh Pier,
cultivated verges dress the roadside,
brightly painted properties with sloping gardens
spilling gl
I was the golden boy, the first-born son, and the boy who went away to be a priest. It did me no favours. It cast the other siblings in my shadow, my two sisters and my young brother. But as life went
#12 The ordination of some women will do as little for the dignity and status of most women in the church as the ordination of some men currently does for that of most men. It is also likely to buttr
I thought Fr Gerry’s words quite prophetic, Joe@13
I think he is stating that the old model of Church is now dead and gone and that this is a positive step BUT but that there is a great danger of
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Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018Congrats to the Columbans for making Mary McAleese welcome in a way that Pope Francis, Cardinal Farrell, and the organizers of the World Meeting of Families clearly are not: https://www.irishexaminer.
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018#18 OK, Joe - point taken. It all reminds me of Stan to Ollie: "Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into!" That mess is already upon us here - and Francis has said don't worry about making a
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018Sean, you puncture the Vatican's talk about promoting the laity by asking them to put their Canon Law where their mouth it. I imagine that resistance to change is just as entrenched there as in regard
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018#16 "All the other Christian churches have shown us clearly that female clergy are normal and natural, and perfectly well represent Christ." Do any of those other churches give to their clergy anythi
Pastoral Theology for a Post-Modern World
June 28 2018Pastoral and personal When the prodigal son came home, sheepishly looking for some kind of acceptance, his father could have read out a list as long as your arm to him about all the wrong he had done
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018Sean, I remember a meeting in a tent in Maynooth to follow up on John Paul II's visit and galvanize lay involvement and youth involvement. Vatican II already massively promoted lay involvement. I don'
Fr. Patrick Burke R.I.P.
July 2 2018THE ROAD TO ROONAGH PIER (for Fr Patrick Burke R.I.P) Beneath the Reek, on the road to Roonagh Pier, cultivated verges dress the roadside, brightly painted properties with sloping gardens spilling gl
Ordination of women; Why not ?
June 27 2018I was the golden boy, the first-born son, and the boy who went away to be a priest. It did me no favours. It cast the other siblings in my shadow, my two sisters and my young brother. But as life went
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018#12 The ordination of some women will do as little for the dignity and status of most women in the church as the ordination of some men currently does for that of most men. It is also likely to buttr
Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 22 2018I thought Fr Gerry’s words quite prophetic, Joe@13 I think he is stating that the old model of Church is now dead and gone and that this is a positive step BUT but that there is a great danger of
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