What Now for the Catholic Church? – RTÉ Radio 1 Leap of Faith programme
RTÉ Radio 1 – The Leap of Faith, Friday 26 Nov 2021
What now for the Catholic Church? Presenter Michael Comyn
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What now for the Catholic Church? Presenter Michael Comyn
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Not a good day at the office for Michael D Western People 28.9.2021 There was a lovely moment last week at the end of President Michael D. Higgins’ visit to…
Seamus Ahearne casts his eyes about on recent happenings.
“May all of us catch the light and begin our song. May the chorus of life – dawn on us daily. Let’s sing our song.”
Just a note on today’s statement from the bishops after their Summer meeting this week: http://www.catholicbishops.ie/2011/06/16/june-general-meeting/ You may wish to put my comments on the website. The statement from…
We Are Church presents a Zoom with Kieran O’Mahony OSA Tues, 9 November 2021 19:30 – 21:00 GMT Link to details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/restoration-or-reformation-kieran-omahony-osa-tickets-191800338977
Liam Power offers a very timely insight into the practice of Yoga and how it could enhance Christian meditation and prayer.
“….many Christians find the practice of yoga very beneficial to their health and wellbeing and that it can help them rediscover silence and the richness of solitude in their lives. Paradoxically, it can lead them to a deeper Christian spiritual life and even to a more meaningful participation in the Eucharist.”
Reflecting on his life’s experiences Brian Fahy reminds us how so many people who were strong and experienced in so many theatres of life were reduced to silence simply by the fact that the Church loomed too large in its authority.
“Let us encourage one another to speak and say how we feel and not allow the often, unconscious forces of power to suppress or stifle the truth that needs to be said and heard.”
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Back then, as junior chaplain in UCC, I did not realize to what extent a new Cork was being born. The oppressive drabness and insidious taboos they were shaking off seemed to form the very element of the church, whose decline was just setting in. The church would have benefited hugely from engaging with these young activists and visionaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmz4K2z7dY&t=424s