Articles

Priorities for the ACI by Séan Ó Conaill [29th July]

Priorities for the ACI by Séan Ó Conaill [29th July]

by | Jul 29, 2013 |

'If the programme for this pontificate is to release the Catholic Church from 'self-referentiality' and narcissism, how best could the ACI respond? Is our own published statement of objectives in any way vulnerable to a charge of ecclesiastical narcissism - focused...

A Future for Faith? by Cathy Molloy [15th July]

A Future for Faith? by Cathy Molloy [15th July]

by | Jul 15, 2013 |

The following article, published in The Furrow, April 2013, Vol LXIII, Number 4, pp 196-207, is based on a talk given at the 27th Annual Pobal Dé Conference March 2nd 2013, at the Jesuit Conference Centre, Milltown Park, Dublin 6. Cathy Molloy is a member of the ACI...

Articles on Reform and Renewal [25th April]

by | Apr 25, 2013 |

We are currently looking for interesting articles to upload here. If you have perhaps come across an article on the theme of Church reform and renewal that you found interesting or inspirational please forward it to us on aci.ireland@yahoo.com.

ACI’s Campaign for Lumen Gentium 37

The Promise of Synodality

What we have experienced of synodality so far gives ACI real hope that a longstanding structural injustice in the church may at last be acknowledged and overcome.

As all Irish bishops well know, the 'co-responsibility' they urge lay people to share - as numbers and energies of clergy decline - has been sabotaged time and again by canonical rules that deny representational authority and continuity to parish pastoral councils.  ACI's 2019 call for the immediate honouring of Lumen Gentium Article 37 becomes more urgent by the day and is supported by the following documents - also presented to the ICBC in October 2019.

The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents and victims of clerical abuse who taught Catholic Bishops to prioritise the safeguarding of 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.

For the full story of ACI's campaign for the honouring of Article 37 of Lumen Gentium, click here.

Prayer

"Come Holy Spirit, Renew Your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost. Grant to Your Church that, being of one mind and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of blessed Peter, it may advance the reign of our Divine Saviour, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen."

Saint Pope John XXIII, 1962 - In preparation for Vatican Council II, 1962-65.

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