The Pre-Synodal Assembly took place in Athlone on Sat 18 June 2022. It has been described as a national and historic occasion. Monica Morley interviews Brendan Hoban and Bishop Paul Dempsey (Achonry) on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme (Sun 19 June 2022).
by Kevin E McKenna Link to full article (printed below): https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/06/02/due-process-clergy-sexual-abuse-accusation-245117 The firestorm of accusations against priests of the sexual abuse of minors has created the suspicion, often fueled by…
US Bishops’ support of Trump is shameful Western People 29.6.2021 Imagine this scenario. For the June meeting of the Irish Catholic bishops, plans were set in train for the bishops…
Midnight deliveries as the storm abates. An observation is that when a storm comes slowly it lasts a long time and when it comes quickly it blows over fast. So,…
Eugene Cullen Kennedy is emeritus professor of psychology at Loyola University Chicago. In the National Catholic Reporter he comments on what motivates the catholic bishops of the U.S.A. under the leadership of Pope Francis.
“We must feel for these men trained to be one kind of bishop now searching for some way to become another. For this and other blessings already beyond counting, we may be grateful to the loving God who gave us Francis.”
The third of four reports from the Vatican by Brother Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications, Diocese of Parramatta and Pope Francis Fellow, Newman College, University of Melbourne. Most of…
Homily for Sally [from Seamus Ahearne osa] The last time Sally came into this Church was on the 2nd November. It was a time to remember our dead and especially…
Pre-Synodal Assembly, Athlone, Sat 18 June 2022 – a review
Listening to this report here in Suffolk was very encouraging. Particularly so as whilst my parish worked really hard at identifying what needed to be done to re-energise a dying church, the reaction of the East Anglian diocese has been to ignore the need for major change. It just talks of catechetic needs rather than proper reform, leadership and the need to listen to its remaining and prospective members.
Athlone you are lucky: treasure your bishop.