President Emeritus, Mary McAleese gave the Von Huegel Lecture at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. She is a patron of the Von Huegel Institute and an Honorary Fellow of St. Edmund's College. The lecture focussed on the essential role of collegiality in the governance...
The UK based Catholic Magazine The Tablet have launched an online survey to gauge the feelings of Catholics around the world on Pope Francis' first year as Pontiff. The survey can be accessed at the link below and takes no longer than five minutes to complete. Share...
The Association of Catholic Priests regrets the Irish Bishops’ decision not to make public the results of the consultation they have conducted with the Irish people on the Vatican questionnaire (Irish Catholic, 13 February). Their statement that the results of the...
January 31, 2014 To supporters of Catholic Church Reform: A Gathering/Synod of the Faithful to be held in Rome CCR's Advisory Group is proposing to hold a meeting in Rome October 2 and 3, two days prior to the start of the Extraordinary Synod called by Pope Francis....
Last December and January ACI invited members and interested parties the opportunity to contribute their opinions on key issues within our Church relating to marriage and family. The results of this survey have now been analysed and are presented in this report. As...
Click below to read Jo O'Sullivan's latest blog:"Why do I bother ?"
For six years Ian Elliott was CEO of the Irish Catholic Church's 'National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Church' (NBSCCC). During that time he was responsible for imposing accountability for child protection on all Irish dioceses and religious...
Less than a year into his papacy, Pope Francis has raised expectations among the world’s one billion Roman Catholics that change is coming. Jason Horowitz and Jim Yardley report in the New York Times. Click here to read the article...
This week Jo O'Sullivan reflects upon dialogue within our church and compares the relationship to that of a 'fractured family.' Click here to read a A Fractured Family and don't forget to post your comments below...
This week, former President Mary McAleese's discontent with how gay and lesbian people are received in our Church was published. Also this week the Irish artist Hozier climbed international charts with his song Take Me to Church. Accompanied with a dramatic video,...
The following article, written by Michael Quinn an ACI member, was recently published in the Irish Examiner. It touchingly describes his experience of losing his 23-year-old daughter Veronica. Based in Newry but originally from Cork, Michael and his wife Terri founded...
Jo O'Sullivan, a member of ACI and a regular contributor to the ACI and ACP forums, tells us of her Christmas and says that she "became a bit 'Holy!'" Click here to read "I got a bit worried about myself over Christmas!"
In responding to a Vatican directive to listen "as widely as possible" to Catholics' views on issues like contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce, bishops globally must gather information from the "grass roots" of the faithful, the Vatican official overseeing the...
Family Composition Statistics Some information from the 2011 Census (in the Republic of Ireland) may help as background information for the Synod Survey. This presents an accurate picture of Irish society in 2011 which can greatly inform how you consider your own...
The 20th-century Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote: "The only task worthy of our efforts is to construct the future." My concern today is how to construct a new future for women around the world through the global outreach of the church. The American...