Whatever Happened to ‘Share the Good News?’
By January 5th 2021 there had been thousands of outraged phone calls to RTE about a satirical New Year sketch referring to God the Father as worthy of imprisonment for forcing himself upon a young woman. On January 7th the Irish Catholic weekly reported that several...
Just in Time!
In the wake of good news from Dublin of the potential of family-led preparation of children for early sacraments we hear also that parents are especially committed to family and deeply appreciative of the welcome given to them by parishes in this new model. They are...
October 2020: The Old Paternalism is Still Killing Us
54 years after Cardinal William Conway foretold the end of the ‘old paternalism’ in the Irish Catholic Church – in the year that the pope’s own closest adviser on the progress of child safeguarding in the church warned that the same paternalism is still...
Faith Formation: Pandemic Promotes Parental Role
“Catholic Church documents on the handing on of the faith declare unambiguously that it is the primary responsibility of the parents and the family. This pandemic-infested year provided a good opportunity to put this teaching into practice.” So declared...
First Comes the Experience of God’s Unconditional Love
How exactly should a reform movement like ACI view the Catechism and defined doctrine in the Catholic Church? Is there a danger that – if the Catechism is not prioritised – the ‘reform’...ACI – Latest News
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) marks a watershed in its history - a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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