ACP members are warmly invited to the launch of “Snow Falling on Chestnut Hill: New and Selected Poems” by John F. Deane in The Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, on Tuesday 27 November 2012 at 6.30 p.m.
The book will be launched by Jack Harte, fiction writer, founder and recent Chairman of the Irish Writers’ Centre. Music from Kevin Rowsome, Piper
Seamus Ahearne OSA reflects on the story of Lazarus and challenges us to “Wake up. Taste the beauty of life. Notice the wonder and mystery. See God dancing in people, moments and nature. Come out of the tomb. Be bold”
Pádraig McCarthy directs our attention to a meeting held on 24 October between Pope Francis and Jesuits who had gathered in Rome for their 36th General Congregation. Pope Francis conducted a “cordial dialogue” with delegates who asked him questions which Francis did not want to see beforehand.
Mary O’Vallely sent in this beautiful reflection for Mother’s Day
Report on a recent meeting of the Leadership of the ACP.
The response of the Irish Bishops to our meeting of 04 June last (with Bishops Boyce, Drennan and McKeown) is disappointing and disheartening.
Leadership demands a much more open and creative engagement with the issues addressed in the June 4 meeting.
Sarah Mac Donald reports in the National Catholic Reporter on the recent call by the ACP to pause the introduction of the permanent diaconate in Irish dioceses until the Vatican’s commission on women deacons has concluded its report and Pope Francis has made a decision based on its findings.
