Mary O. Vallely queries the exclusion of women from the permanent diaconate. She believes the Catholic Church has failed to address the vast untapped resource of women, particularly the religious sisters and single women.
Brendan Hoban summarises the background of the ACP, and explains in some details what the association is about — and what we are not about.
Gerry O’Hanlon SJ suggests that the prevailing mood in the Church in relation to Vatican ll is a sense of disappointment, of hopes unfulfilled (article first published in the Winter 2012 issue of Studies).
The ACP Leadership Team report on their meeting with Ian Elliot, the CEO of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Kathleen McDonnell in her address at Claremorris explained why she and others in Killaloe diocese felt compelled to speak out against the introduction of the male only permanent diaconate.
Brian, an Irishman and former Redemptorist, sent us this excellent reflection on the situation Cardinal Brady finds himself in; and he suggests a way out.
