by soconaill | Jun 15, 2023 | Faith Formation, News
“The adult faith to which we are called … is a faith which is owned, which has been worked through.” So insisted Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin, in a recent homily for the feast of St Kevin of Glendalough. Insisting on the need for a...
by soconaill | Jun 8, 2023 | News
“If the Catholic Church is going to survive on the island of Ireland in a relatively robust form it needs to start doing it through the parish rather than relying on schools.” This is the conclusion of Belfast sociology professor Gladys Ganiel, following...
by soconaill | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Showing obvious concern for what is often a ‘toxic’ arena for Catholics – and even a place of disrespect for persons as eminent as Pope Francis – the Vatican Dicastery for Communication has issued an ‘advisory’ for good neighbourly...
by soconaill | May 28, 2023 | News
Now faced with a crisis of ordained priestly manpower, every lay person in the diocese of Down and Connor is ‘called to collaborate alongside priests and deacons to build and renew the Church’, according to Bishop Donal McKeown, administrator of the...
by soconaill | Apr 25, 2023 | News
Where Have All the Young People Gone? You can view ZOOM Recording of this event above “Are young people today the prophets in the Church, telling us, by their absence, what we don’t want to hear? Is religion one big yawn for young people, as...
by soconaill | Apr 20, 2023 | Abuse, News, Synodal Pathway
The final document to emanate from the European Synodal Assembly in Prague in February 2023 has been published. Quoting the Irish delegation twice on the subject of the ‘unhealed’ wound of abuse, the document concludes by listing eight priorities for the...
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