‘We are Called to an Adult Faith’ – Archbishop Dermot Farrell
“The adult faith to which we are called … is a faith which is owned, which has been worked through.” So insisted Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin, in a recent homily for the feast of St Kevin of Glendalough. Insisting on the need for a...
Can Faith Truly be ‘Transmitted’?
No one should presume that they can ‘transmit’ their own faith to anyone else! This was the stark and yet encouraging message from Fr Michael Conway in a Zoom presentation to ACI on Thursday October 6th 2022. Emphasising the central importance of the grace...
Dublin Moves Towards Parish-and-Family-Led Early Sacraments
The ‘one big day and that’s it’ approach to First Communion for children is set to end in Ireland’s largest diocese. Instead Dublin archdiocese is to move to a parish-and-family led model of preparation, in which children approaching...
Adult Faith Formation: Is ‘Alpha’ the Answer?
The popular Alpha programme of video introductions to Christianity is itself a reflection of the troubled history of the church. As its designers intended, it provokes questions that need discussion – of where the church has been in the past and where it...
Irish Bishops to Invest in Adult Faith Formation ‘Right Away’?
Ireland’s bishops may move decisively to boost adult faith formation right away – because that move does not need to be approved by next year’s Universal Synod on ‘Synodality’ and is clearly called for by almost all of the diocesan...ACI – Latest News
THE SYNODAL PATHWAY
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding 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.
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The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding 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.
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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