Celebrity is Over – the Meaning of Pentecost
“Unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” (John 16:7) ‘Where is your God? ‘the sceptics ask – but sceptics too will catch a virus – and need the person standing next to them to...
Are Conservative Irish Catholics Ready for Mission?
“Many of the young have left because they have not found holiness in the Church, but rather mediocrity, presumption, division and corruption.” This is the conclusion of the 2018 World Synod of Catholic bishops on Youth.1 If Ireland’s bishops thought differently about...
Pope Francis and Authority: The Collapse of ‘Command Catholicism’
“…the only authority is the authority of service, the only power is the power of the cross.’ Pope Francis – quoted by Cardinal Mario Grech in his address to the bishops of Ireland, March 4th, 2021. ‘He’s just a nice guy. He really...
The Creed is for Whistleblowers – Not Dogmatists
By far the worst thing ever to happen to the Christian Creeds of the early centuries was that they became tools of persecution by hunters of Christian heretics in the Middle Ages. (c. 476 CE – c. 1453) The second-worst thing that happened to them was their use...
ACI – Don’t Wait for Bishops to Initiate Change
Reacting to the long awaited response of the Irish Bishops to ACI proposals for change made in 2019, the ACI Steering Group advises members and all lay people not to wait for bishops to act. ACI 2019 proposals Oct 1st 2019 ACI meeting with two bishops Response by Two...ACI – Latest News
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) marks a watershed in its history - a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
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Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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