by soconaill | May 17, 2021 | Featured, Statements, WithSidebar
‘I have striven to raise ye in a pride for the noble people before ye who fell in love with human nature an’ through human nature fell in love with God.’ Bryan McMahon, Children of the Rainbow When two people find each other, fall in love and care...
by soconaill | Mar 24, 2021 | Articles, Featured, WithSidebar
“…the only authority is the authority of service, the only power is the power of the cross.’ Pope Francis – quoted by Cardinal Mario Grech in his address to the bishops of Ireland, March 4th, 2021. ‘He’s just a nice guy. He really...
by soconaill | Mar 16, 2021 | Featured, Uncategorized
Are flying pigs a more likely prospect than reform of the Catholic Church? Peter Torney looks at challenges to his own optimism. In a recent document released on Thursday 10th March the Irish Conference of Bishops announced that the Irish people of God are going...
by soconaill | Mar 8, 2021 | Featured
As her native Irish Catholic Church moved too slowly toward ‘parity of esteem’ for women, Patricia Higgins explains how her own call to ministry led her to train as an Interfaith Minister, and how she hopes to respond to the changing spiritual needs of...
by soconaill | Feb 23, 2021 | Abuse, Articles, Featured, Safeguarding
In 1964, just three years short of ordination to the priesthood, the Jesuit scholastic Ken McCabe spent a week in Daingean reformatory, Co Offaly. Shocked at what he saw as the under-resourcing of the institution and the consequent impact on the staff and the boys...
by soconaill | Jan 23, 2021 | Articles, Faith Formation, Featured, Scripture Text
By far the worst thing ever to happen to the Christian Creeds of the early centuries was that they became tools of persecution by hunters of Christian heretics in the Middle Ages. (c. 476 CE – c. 1453) The second-worst thing that happened to them was their use...
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