The support group for Priests and Religious out of Ministry is now up and running. The first meeting of the Support Group will take place on February 2nd, 2013. Priests and Religious may access more information about this meeting by phoning one of the organisers of the meeting at 085 8607144
Fr. P. John Mannion in this article explores the disjunction between the Church’s Canon Law and the teaching of the New Testament.
He does so in the context of the dealings of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly The Inquisition, with Fr. Tony Flannery.
The injustice of those dealings and lack of due process is compounded when some commentators lay charges against Tony Flannery on the basis of what the CDF has done rather than anything he actually said.
Chris McDonnell suggests that the Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday is in danger of being seen as “seen as a liturgical dumb show with little meaning other than a mimed re-enactment of the gospel of John.”
“…we shouldn’t regard the Washing of Feet as an action related only to the liturgy of Holy Thursday, but rather as an action that can and should be shared on other occasions of prayer………. The Washing of Feet is an action of gentle kindness, an act of service and an intimate act of love …..We shape communities not by being the audience at events but by our actions in a shared act of love. Messy, untidy, with water spills during washing and the drying of feet with a towel afterwards, but that’s life, that’s how it is. .”
Fr Anthony J Butler SMA died on 16 October 2014 and was buried in Wilton, Cork on 20 October. Tony was a loyal ACP member and a frequent contributor to this site. In tribute to his passing, we re-publish his contribution of 1 August 2011 – “Looking Back and Forward”
Margaret Lee highly recommends the film ‘Pilgrim Hill‘, a low budget movie filmed in Kerry; and she praises the support given to the production by Pat Moore. Pat is a priest of Kerry diocese, and an active member of the ACP
Sarah Mac Donald reported in the National Catholic Reporter on our recent AGM
ACP appoint Administrative Secretary
Well done and good luck with this – and may those good men/women get that help and support they so desperately need. If really successful might initiate another level of support for others in our Church community who might wish some affirmation and support also, in differing contexts.
Good for you and hope men, and women are making use of the call.
God bless all in this endeavour.