The two things that I found most difficult to cope with when I came back to the church after 20 years was...the laity don't think or read but just knew all bishops were saints...and you could never ge
"There is an absence of honesty in all of this."
So there is, and a dishonesty also in the failure of the Irish Catholic educational establishment to study what happens to pre-pubertal 'faith' in adol
SOME MARRIAGE STATISTICS FOR IRELAND FROM CENSUS 2016
CSO Census 2016 Report on Marriages and Civil Partnerships
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/mcp/marriagesandcivilpartnerships2016/
Rita,
your piece is both inspirational and challenging, the congregational involvement in the liturgy, your example of adult faith development and sensible words in favour of women priests speak for
Children are quick at picking up what their parents real attitude is towards our institutional church:
* where women are regarded as less than second class
* where lay people are excluded fr
Thanks for your very moving reflection, Rita. I can sense your frustration and pain at the state of the Church in Ireland. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to invest to much energy and effo
Here is the US, the same issues somewhat come up.
What works best and its a real challenge is good creative liturgies, really good music and having the kids involved.Sacramental
Con Devree @35 also Sean O'Conaill @48
A good point to finish on Sean, as was the point made by Con, as his hope is my hope also, to face the fire we all must face the completion of redeeming grace
I heard a horrible Good Friday sermon in 1977 in which the ohysical details of the crucifixion were luridly exposed with no theological or spiritual comment. Schoolchildren were taken to Mel Gibson's
#46. The word 'sacrifice' will remain ambiguous until it is observed that there is a reversal of its meaning sequentially in scripture, from murder to self-giving. Tony's 'take' on atonement is proof
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A View from the Pew
April 13 2017The two things that I found most difficult to cope with when I came back to the church after 20 years was...the laity don't think or read but just knew all bishops were saints...and you could never ge
A View from the Pew
April 13 2017"There is an absence of honesty in all of this." So there is, and a dishonesty also in the failure of the Irish Catholic educational establishment to study what happens to pre-pubertal 'faith' in adol
Statistics: catholics world wide and in Ireland
April 7 2017SOME MARRIAGE STATISTICS FOR IRELAND FROM CENSUS 2016 CSO Census 2016 Report on Marriages and Civil Partnerships http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/mcp/marriagesandcivilpartnerships2016/
A View from the Pew
April 13 2017Rita, your piece is both inspirational and challenging, the congregational involvement in the liturgy, your example of adult faith development and sensible words in favour of women priests speak for
A View from the Pew
April 13 2017Children are quick at picking up what their parents real attitude is towards our institutional church: * where women are regarded as less than second class * where lay people are excluded fr
A View from the Pew
April 13 2017Thanks for your very moving reflection, Rita. I can sense your frustration and pain at the state of the Church in Ireland. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to invest to much energy and effo
A View from the Pew
April 13 2017Here is the US, the same issues somewhat come up. What works best and its a real challenge is good creative liturgies, really good music and having the kids involved.Sacramental
The Language of Doctrine
March 30 2017Con Devree @35 also Sean O'Conaill @48 A good point to finish on Sean, as was the point made by Con, as his hope is my hope also, to face the fire we all must face the completion of redeeming grace
The Language of Doctrine
March 30 2017I heard a horrible Good Friday sermon in 1977 in which the ohysical details of the crucifixion were luridly exposed with no theological or spiritual comment. Schoolchildren were taken to Mel Gibson's
The Language of Doctrine
March 30 2017#46. The word 'sacrifice' will remain ambiguous until it is observed that there is a reversal of its meaning sequentially in scripture, from murder to self-giving. Tony's 'take' on atonement is proof
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