by soconaill | May 13, 2022 | Articles, Catechesis, Education, Faith Formation, Featured, Schools, WithSidebar
In defending Ireland’s system of Catholic schools, Irish Catholic bishops and educationists have failed to promote a realistic shared understanding of religious faith development, post-Christendom – and are now placing an impossible burden upon committed...
by soconaill | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles, Environment, Featured, WithSidebar
With humans the likely cause of the next great extinction of life, Ireland’s foremost eco-warrior can’t sit still and warns us to begin creating liturgies to awaken a resistance. Sean McDonagh The publication in Paris of the Global Assessment Report in May...
by soconaill | Apr 5, 2022 | Articles, Faith Formation, Featured, WithSidebar
In the wake of global institutional failure, can Catholic faith any longer be, essentially, faith in an organisation? ~ When will Irish church leaders begin to speak creatively and convincingly about Christian faith in the wake of Christian institutional failure?...
by soconaill | Mar 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured, WithSidebar
“We see many of the Euro-Atlantic countries are actually rejecting their roots, including the Christian values that constitute the basis of Western civilisation. They are denying moral principles and all traditional identities: national, cultural, religious and...
by edel | Feb 13, 2022 | Articles, Featured, WithSidebar
By Thomas O’Loughlin | Reposted with kind permission of La Croix International If we are to listen to one another in a synodal Church, then we will have to be more careful lest our use of sloppy language leads us astray. We all do it! We use...
by soconaill | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured, WithSidebar
For Thomas O’Loughlin a synodal Church can be brought to life only if the culture of deference is put to rest. One of the major cultural shifts in Western society in the 20th century has been the decline – in many places, the disappearance – of the...
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