"Also, we must acknowledge that individual priests in parishes, through the advice they gave to parents of unmarried pregnant women, and in some cases through public condemnation from pulpits, helped
Once again when we are shamed by the Tuam Babies scandal the voice of our official church leaders remains silent. They have never given us leadership on the abuse of power within the C.D.F in the past
I felt surprised at the comments made by the ACPI this morning on the RTE news with the issuing of this statement. Is the ACPI recommending the all the elderly clergy in Ireland who were acting as pri
There are lots of unmarked graves in Glasnevin, including in the relatively newer St. Pauls. My great grandparents and three of their children (ages of death from at birth to 15 months) are buried in
The revelations are sickening and my heart goes out (too late now) to the mothers affected. I agree with the above statement. Parish priests could and should have urged families to be compassionate. T
Nowadays we take it for granted that graves will be marked, but it has not been always so. I remember the first time I saw the Angels’ Plot in Glasnevin – it was a wilderness. It has now been enor
I went along to hear Werner at our Newman Association here in Edinburgh last month and what an uplifting experience it was. I had been aware of him for some years --always assumed he was a priest, pro
Seamus writes with great tenderness and loving charity and I suppose as a fellow priest he understands the priestly mindset more than most. I have great sympathy for anyone trapped in a role for whic
Thank you, Werner, for that fine, thoughtful meditation on where our Church is today, and what direction we should be taking, to keep our doors open. A very helpful input for our Lenten reflection.B
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Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017"Also, we must acknowledge that individual priests in parishes, through the advice they gave to parents of unmarried pregnant women, and in some cases through public condemnation from pulpits, helped
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017Once again when we are shamed by the Tuam Babies scandal the voice of our official church leaders remains silent. They have never given us leadership on the abuse of power within the C.D.F in the past
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017I felt surprised at the comments made by the ACPI this morning on the RTE news with the issuing of this statement. Is the ACPI recommending the all the elderly clergy in Ireland who were acting as pri
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017There are lots of unmarked graves in Glasnevin, including in the relatively newer St. Pauls. My great grandparents and three of their children (ages of death from at birth to 15 months) are buried in
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017The revelations are sickening and my heart goes out (too late now) to the mothers affected. I agree with the above statement. Parish priests could and should have urged families to be compassionate. T
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse
March 4 2017Nowadays we take it for granted that graves will be marked, but it has not been always so. I remember the first time I saw the Angels’ Plot in Glasnevin – it was a wilderness. It has now been enor
New Models of Christian Community – Toward a Post-Clericalist Church
March 2 2017I went along to hear Werner at our Newman Association here in Edinburgh last month and what an uplifting experience it was. I had been aware of him for some years --always assumed he was a priest, pro
‘Apologia pro vita sua’ (or something like that).
March 3 2017Seamus writes with great tenderness and loving charity and I suppose as a fellow priest he understands the priestly mindset more than most. I have great sympathy for anyone trapped in a role for whic
New Models of Christian Community – Toward a Post-Clericalist Church
March 2 2017Thank you, Werner, for that fine, thoughtful meditation on where our Church is today, and what direction we should be taking, to keep our doors open. A very helpful input for our Lenten reflection.B
‘Apologia pro vita sua’ (or something like that).
March 3 2017Nice reflection and where we are Seamus.
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