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Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church”

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Statement of the Pastors’ Initiative Austria on the “Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of Parishes at the Service of missionary mission of the Church.”
“If we were to lead our parishes with this exhorted monarchical clericalism we would be losing those Christians who are jointly responsible and who are the salt and the light of a parish that is turned towards the people.”

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  1. Paddy Ferry says:

    You know, I don’t think I found that very good. Roy Donovan and Soline were very good and the former priest in the audience who left to get married was very moving in expressing his sadness that he can no longer be a priest. The man –Pascal, I think, — who spoke very well about the Synod was good as was the woman in the same sex marriage.

    The low point for me was when the woman to the bishop’s right — who seemed very pleased to be studying theology –asked why Jesus did not call his mother to the priesthood. This was part of her argument against the ordination of women. Despite her knowledge of theology she obviously thinks that Jesus called the apostles as the first priests. I wonder why was she on the panel.
    If I remember correctly the first ordinations were dated on 220ad in what had begun as a priestless movement.

    Why were men like Brendan and Tony not part of the program? I thought they would have at least been on that panel.
    Perhaps tomorrow night will be better.

    Beannachtaí agus oiche mhaith.

    (Ed’s Note: RTÉ’s weekly Upfront programme, hosted by Katie Hannon, which followed the documentary, was also given over to the question about the future of the church in Ireland. It featured a broad array of issues discussed by a panel and invited studio guests.)

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  3. Peadar O'Callaghan says:

    Wonderful and inspiring to watch in the past two nights young and not so young priests, religious and lay People of God bearing witness before TV audiences to the radical nature of celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church and its relevance for today.
    Choosing the way of the Cross is difficult to ‘advertise’ when seeking vocations: “,,, the Cross … is the expression of the radical nature of the love that gives itself completely, of the process in which one is what one does and does what one is; it is the expression of a life that is completely being for others.” (cf. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity, p.282)
    Let’s have more radical lovers on the island.

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