Rewilding Church – Creating Spaces to Nurture Faith: Patricia Higgins, Recorded June 1st ’23
Recorded on Thursday, June 1st 2023 Could the image of ‘rewilding’ offer hope to those concerned about adult faith development? In environmental terms rewilding is defined as a process that’s nature-led and human-supported. Would an analogous...
10th Sept, 2023 – Martyred Polish Family to be Beatified
Setting a new precedent for the Catholic church, an entire martyred Polish family of nine, including a newborn child, is to be beatified on September 10th, 2023, placing them en route for sainthood. The entire Ulma family was executed by Nazi Germany in 1944, along...
Online AI Comes for ‘the Deposit of Faith’: ‘Magisterium AI’
A new Artificial Intelligence application – ‘Magisterium AI’ – is now available as a resource for those seeking a ‘digest’ of official Catholic Church teaching on any question. The answers provided by the app are derived from a...
Pope Francis Defines Clericalism and Worldliness as Status-Seeking
In answer to questions by Jesuits in Portugal, and in a letter to the priests of Rome, Pope Francis has defined worldliness and clericalism as ‘climbing’ or ‘status-seeking’ – a fascination with ‘the temptations of power and social...
Controversy Over Visit by Cardinal Dolan to Armagh
Survivors of clerical abuse in the diocese of Dromore have protested at the announced visit by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York to the neighbouring archdiocese of Armagh on August 27th 2023 – for a Mass of thanksgiving for the foundation of St Patrick’s...ACI – Latest News
THE SYNODAL PATHWAY
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding children in the church
Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.
A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.
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The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding children in the church
Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.
A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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