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
The Leadership Team of our association report on the AGM — which takes place in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Tuesday, Oct. 29th at 2.00pm. This event marks three years of the ACP.
Brendan Hoban in his most recent Western People column wonders when the limits to loyalty will reach breaking point for Irish Catholics. “The Catholic Church, as bishops and sometimes parish priests remind us, is not a democracy but if people are used to their opinions being taken seriously in every other walk of life, they tend to raise a collective eyebrow when the Catholic Church decides that decision-making is confined to a tiny elite.”
Sean McDonagh tells us of his experience of the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Fiji.
Sean also tells of the terrible air pollution the over exuberant use of fireworks during the festival caused in Delhi.
Any lessons for over enthusiastic thurible swingers?
Gay Catholic Voice Ireland announce a seminar for gay Catholics to be held in Dublin in April, which takes its inspiration from Pope Francis’ words on the plane from Rio: “Who am I to judge?”
Paddy Byrne, the youngest priest of Kildare and Leighlin diocese, writes of his experiences (first published in the Carlow Nationalist)
Presenting: a brief profile of the three new members of the ACP Leadership Team, and an update on the original team members.
