The title of the talks is: Repairing a Damaged Church
1. March 3rd: (Monday): Caherconlish, Co. Limerick. (Millennium Centre)
2. March 12th (Wednesday): Ballinasloe (Gullane’s Hotel)
3. March 19th: (Wednesday): Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow: (Church of Ireland School)
4. March 25th: (Tuesday) Sligo (Clarion Hotel)
5. April 2nd: (Wednesday) Dublin (Stillorgan Park Hotel)
The talks normally begin at 8.00pm.
A meeting to plan a regional assembly for Munster is being held this Wednesday in the Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown. All are welcome!
Fr Tony Butler finds Tony’s “silencing” scary and reflects on fear in his own life and in the Church
Tony Flannery reports that a letter has been sent to Pope Francis on behalf of reform movements in many countries, the ACP included.
What do we actually know about St Patrick? Do we know anything for sure? How can we find out? Behind all the later traditions which grew around him, reflecting his influence on the people of Ireland, we have his own words. There’s now a website where you can get back to the real St Patrick. Let your parish know about it. Pádraig McCarthy.
Bernard Cotter believes that reducing funeral liturgies to the question of whether or not they should include a eulogy misses the broader point: is a funeral Mass always pastorally appropriate?
As a preparation for our discussions ‘The Vocations Crisis, will clustering work?’ at our AGM on 01 October, we commend to our members two articles from the September Furrow, On the Edge by Donagh O’Meara and The Last Priests in Ireland by Donald Cozzens, which map out the context for our discussion.
We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend the AGM in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, 01 October 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
