by soconaill | Jul 7, 2017 | Articles, Catechesis, Education, Faith Formation, Featured, Parish Development, Schools
While the absence of teenagers and young people generally from our churches has been growing for more than a decade, there is no evidence that the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference has ever systematically researched the causes of this. Why is this, when...
by MartinM | Jun 18, 2017 | Articles, Featured
A commission to study the question of ordaining women deacons in the Roman Catholic Church was formally announced in August 2016 and began its work in November of 2016. As the commission undertakes its work, it is important that Catholics — lay and ordained...
by MartinM | May 19, 2017 | Articles, Featured
I’m writing this at a time of probing the meaning of Resurrection, and of Eucharist in terms of memorial, thanksgiving, table fellowship, love feast. It’s an account of an experience I had recently of celebrating a memorial. It was the first anniversary of...
by soconaill | Apr 15, 2017 | Articles, Featured
From the moment of His divine conception in the womb of Mary to His ultimate death on a cross, Jesus the Christ emptied Himself into the perfection of human form and thus into all encompassing, human love. In taking human form Jesus took on and reflected the...
by soconaill | Apr 7, 2017 | Articles, Featured
“The resurrection of Jesus is fundamental to our faith, but that does not mean it happened exactly as it is described in the various biblical accounts. What it does tell us is that, after the desolation of Jesus followers as a result of his death, they...
by soconaill | Mar 3, 2017 | Articles, Featured
Reprinted by permission of National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company, 115 E Armour Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111 NCRonline.org. NCR Editor’s Note: Marie Collins of Ireland was appointed in 2014 as one of two survivors of clergy sex abuse to serve on Pope...
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