by MartinM | Jul 16, 2013 | Books
In 1982, 46 priests of Killala diocese gathered for their annual retreat. That was 30 years ago. In less than 20 years time, in 2032, when we will be celebrating 1600 years since the coming of St Patrick, the statistics indicate that the number of priests in Killala...
by maryanne | Jul 16, 2013 | Books
What is the future of the churches in Ireland? The recent census in Northern Ireland confirms that fewer people are identifying with any church, whether Catholic or Protestant. Is this a sign of end times for church, or just church as we know it? Like any institution,...
by maryanne | Jul 15, 2013 | Books
In her first book since leaving Aras An Uachtarain, Mary McAleese has produced a masterful and highly accessible study of how Vatican II’s teachings on collegiality, or how power and responsibility were to be shared between the Pope and the college of bishops...
by maryanne | Jul 14, 2013 | Books
In this short but provocative book Brother Louis calls the institution church to account and transformation. He does so not with any malice or mean-spiritedness, but rather with a sense of urgency and love. He knows that several members of the...
by maryanne | Jul 13, 2013 | Books
Vatican II is not past history but a treasure for us today. It has put people back at the centre of the Church’s teaching and pastoral ministry. Learning what this means in everyday life has been a challenge to Liverpool priest Kevin Kelly, for the whole of his...
by maryanne | Jul 12, 2013 | Books
Changing perspectives are part of life. Priests, at a meeting on emigration in Erris, Co Mayo, fifty years ago, recognised change in the advertisements for air travel on the wall behind them. But no one could have imagined the pace of change in the last half...
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