October 2020: The Old Paternalism is Still Killing Us
54 years after Cardinal William Conway foretold the end of the ‘old paternalism’ in the Irish Catholic Church – in the year that the pope’s own closest adviser on the progress of child safeguarding in the church warned that the same paternalism is still...
Catholic Community: The Widest Canvas
In commenting on an earlier feature – Why Parish? – Neil Bray asked ‘what do we mean by Catholic Community?’ Asked to consider giving us a new feature on that subject, Neil sent us what follows: a summary of, and reflection on the celestial as...
First Comes the Experience of God’s Unconditional Love
How exactly should a reform movement like ACI view the Catechism and defined doctrine in the Catholic Church? Is there a danger that – if the Catechism is not prioritised – the ‘reform’...
New Francis Encyclical Oct 4th, 2020: Is the Timing Significant?
‘Brothers and Sisters All’ – that is one translation of ‘Fratelli Tutti’ – the latest encyclical from Pope Francis, to be launched on October 4th in Assisi, Italy – forever associated with the pope’s ‘name...
Catholic Oxymorons: A Disgrace to the Church
As the word ‘Catholic’ means ‘universal’ – i.e. for all – and many Catholic saints have died in bringing the faith to all nations – how have some people who identify as Catholic come to believe that Catholicism is compatible...ACI – Latest News
Welcome to our new ACI Look, enabled by the generosity of our members!
In December 2019 we were waiting patiently for a response from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference - to ACI's Report on lay Involvement in Parishes, in light of the vocational call to all of the baptised at Vatican II.
We had no idea of what would be hitting the whole world when this new 'Look' would launch. Or that intense prayer would be needed right now - to maintain serenity as family life is disrupted, and 'home schooling' may well be ongoing - and very close and dear loved ones may be in danger of leaving us without a proper 'goodbye'.
Conscious that all Minds and Hearts -across this whole planet, our only Home - will now be joined in the deepest prayer for those endangered, and for their rescuers - we await in confidence the Lord who crosses the deep to save us all - to lead us to the very different World - and different Church - that awaits.
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