Kevin, I will respond directly, and say that your calls for "humility" send a chill down my spine.
In the context of a long-standing culture of taboo, which victimizes gays, transgendered people, and
Lloyd, the Spirit is moving in those young people, but it is in the clergy with their sustained silences and taboos (of which "celibacy" is the capital) that the Spirit is quenched. When a transgender
Joe @ 13,
The Spirit moves in and among the 13-17 year old generation these days, that's for sure - they are not hamstrung with guidelines and red tape. Students at a local school are reeling after t
Mary Vallely@3
"Where is the love?"
The inviolate Word (Will) of God which emanates from The mind/heart of Jesus Christ can only be absorbed by serving the Truth within the heart, His direct teachin
I was present at Fr Gerry O'Hanlon's Talk in Milltown and am still reflecting on it. He exudes such calmness and serenity as does Joan Chittister and I take heart and encouragement from a tale she te
Rory Connor highlights the choice:- choose your church and what it teaches or go elsewhere. The tide of radical individualism and anti-clericalism shows itself in an increase in disorder. Drug crime,
Mary Vallely@16
“I am afraid women’s issues are on the back boiler but we do not give up hope”………..
The Spirit is likened to the "wind that blows where it will," ...
We see God’s Will in
In a previous comment (#57 in the "Catholic Ethos and Other Mysteries" discussion) I quoted from an article by Doctor Ruairi Hanley in the Irish Medical Times entitled "Minister Build That Hospital".
As a catholic married priest I endorse Anne's words, I too cannot see why parishoners would have to support his wife and family if priests were allowed to marry.
Thirty four years ago I took the decis
Paddy@21
Thank You Paddy for your kind words. I just wish that people could see what I see and that is that priests are human beings like the rest of us and should not be deprived of the choice to mar
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Reforming the Catholic Church- Speaking Notes, Gerry O’Hanlon sj
May 30 2017Kevin, I will respond directly, and say that your calls for "humility" send a chill down my spine. In the context of a long-standing culture of taboo, which victimizes gays, transgendered people, and
Married priests: call for courageous conversation
May 26 2017Lloyd, the Spirit is moving in those young people, but it is in the clergy with their sustained silences and taboos (of which "celibacy" is the capital) that the Spirit is quenched. When a transgender
Married priests: call for courageous conversation
May 26 2017Joe @ 13, The Spirit moves in and among the 13-17 year old generation these days, that's for sure - they are not hamstrung with guidelines and red tape. Students at a local school are reeling after t
Reforming the Catholic Church- Speaking Notes, Gerry O’Hanlon sj
May 30 2017Mary Vallely@3 "Where is the love?" The inviolate Word (Will) of God which emanates from The mind/heart of Jesus Christ can only be absorbed by serving the Truth within the heart, His direct teachin
Reforming the Catholic Church- Speaking Notes, Gerry O’Hanlon sj
May 30 2017I was present at Fr Gerry O'Hanlon's Talk in Milltown and am still reflecting on it. He exudes such calmness and serenity as does Joan Chittister and I take heart and encouragement from a tale she te
‘The Catholic Church has at most 10 years to adapt’
May 18 2017Rory Connor highlights the choice:- choose your church and what it teaches or go elsewhere. The tide of radical individualism and anti-clericalism shows itself in an increase in disorder. Drug crime,
Married priests: call for courageous conversation
May 26 2017Mary Vallely@16 “I am afraid women’s issues are on the back boiler but we do not give up hope”……….. The Spirit is likened to the "wind that blows where it will," ... We see God’s Will in
The New National Maternity Hospital and The Religious Sisters of Charity
May 31 2017In a previous comment (#57 in the "Catholic Ethos and Other Mysteries" discussion) I quoted from an article by Doctor Ruairi Hanley in the Irish Medical Times entitled "Minister Build That Hospital".
Married priests: call for courageous conversation
May 26 2017As a catholic married priest I endorse Anne's words, I too cannot see why parishoners would have to support his wife and family if priests were allowed to marry. Thirty four years ago I took the decis
Married priests: call for courageous conversation
May 26 2017Paddy@21 Thank You Paddy for your kind words. I just wish that people could see what I see and that is that priests are human beings like the rest of us and should not be deprived of the choice to mar
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