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From The Irish Times: Tues 17 August 2021: Church criticism of Covid curbs may trigger review of place of sacraments in school by Fr Tony Flannery It is now a…
We Are Church Synod Listening Session ZOOM Meeting 7.30pm – 9.00pm Thursday 10th March 2022
Pope Francis wants to hear from YOU Our Church is in dire need of reform! Pope Francis is asking EVERYONE to speak out. At this ZOOM session we will break…
Sexuality – a church’s need to learn as well as teach
Brendan Hoban in his Western People column takes a look at a new proposed programme on Sex Education in schools, at what could be the next debate / battle “between civil and religious contexts’ where “distrust and accusation are the order of the day.”….
“The hope would be that … we’ve learned a bit from our mistakes: that we don’t know it all; that we can learn from those we may disagree with; … and especially that, given all that has happened in recent decades, we’re not in the best place to pontificate on matters sexual. In other words, that we can learn as well as teach.”
Nine students begin seminary studies
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Vocations
In debates about how to counter the declining number of priests in the Catholic Church it is often argued that despite having a married clergy, women and men, the Church of England is not attracting vocations either. In a recent interesting article in The Tablet Jonathan Wynne-Jones seems to give the lie to that argument with an account of 1000 ordinations in the Church of England this year.
Lent—a time for almsgiving (Joan Chittister)
Mary Vallely, who states she’s a JC fan (yes, both!), would like to share this reflection for Lent.