by soconaill | Sep 16, 2022 | Faith Formation, Family, News
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...
by soconaill | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Faith Formation, Featured, WithSidebar
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...
by soconaill | Jun 23, 2022 | Education, Faith Formation, News, WithSidebar
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...
by soconaill | Jun 16, 2022 | Faith Formation, Featured, WithSidebar
A compilation of references to the need for Faith Formation and Catechesis in Irish diocesan synodal synthesis reports – June 2022. Achonry “There is need for much better faith formation at all levels – adults and children – with many...
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 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?...
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