Phil #7:
"Today, I see laypeople viewed as the last resort in many parts of the Church, it is only when necessity rears its head that we become important!"
Yes, that pinpoints the obstruction. That is
This survey points out that in the diocese of Limerick in the last year more than 120 parish volunteers have been trained to lead public prayer. The Mass is a public prayer. Some of these volunteers,
My thanks to this website for producing this excerpt from RTE, which I stopped viewing once I saw the composition of the panel.
We don’t have a schism, but there are now a number of churches wit
"On the morning, April 5th, Kennedy sat down for an interview with Jack Paar, who asked what his reaction had been to King’s assassination. “That more and more people are turning to violence,” K
The road to God knows where
The story of the Road to Emmaus is a great story and a great help at any stage of our life. Two men walking along a road, heads downcast, dreams dashed, hopes annihilated.
To Padraig @ 5
I often ask “should” I care because it is a valid question for lay people and without getting too deeply into the gender issue it is such a relevant question for women in particula
John Paul II: "Sometimes, lay men and women do not seem to appreciate to the full the dignity and the vocation that is theirs as lay people."
How can they when the Irish church that the same pope di
The Examiner report is entitled: "The state of the Catholic Church on the island of Ireland today."
But it turns out to be much more like the ACP title above: An Ageing Priesthood. Not at all the same
In answer to Phil Greene, it wouldn't be in the foreign priests' self-interest to speak up. Change isn't going to come from conservative priests from the developing world. Change can only be generated
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An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018Phil #7: "Today, I see laypeople viewed as the last resort in many parts of the Church, it is only when necessity rears its head that we become important!" Yes, that pinpoints the obstruction. That is
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018This survey points out that in the diocese of Limerick in the last year more than 120 parish volunteers have been trained to lead public prayer. The Mass is a public prayer. Some of these volunteers,
Is the Church verging on schism? RTE Prime Time Programme
April 4 2018My thanks to this website for producing this excerpt from RTE, which I stopped viewing once I saw the composition of the panel. We don’t have a schism, but there are now a number of churches wit
Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 04 April 1968)
April 4 2018"On the morning, April 5th, Kennedy sat down for an interview with Jack Paar, who asked what his reaction had been to King’s assassination. “That more and more people are turning to violence,” K
04 April. Easter Wednesday
April 4 2018The road to God knows where The story of the Road to Emmaus is a great story and a great help at any stage of our life. Two men walking along a road, heads downcast, dreams dashed, hopes annihilated.
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018To Padraig @ 5 I often ask “should” I care because it is a valid question for lay people and without getting too deeply into the gender issue it is such a relevant question for women in particula
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018John Paul II: "Sometimes, lay men and women do not seem to appreciate to the full the dignity and the vocation that is theirs as lay people." How can they when the Irish church that the same pope di
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018The Examiner report is entitled: "The state of the Catholic Church on the island of Ireland today." But it turns out to be much more like the ACP title above: An Ageing Priesthood. Not at all the same
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018In answer to Phil Greene, it wouldn't be in the foreign priests' self-interest to speak up. Change isn't going to come from conservative priests from the developing world. Change can only be generated
An Ageing Priesthood
April 3 2018Phil Greene, you express my sentiments exactly. Thanks.
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