2020 vision-The Pandemic
Prayers We sit here in our living rooms, Our shelves are full of great food, With lots of time to do at ease, All the things to improve our mood. Who would believe a day would come, When staying at home could be so much fun. When idle time becomes a virtue, Being on...
Eugene Duffy – Time to Look at Fundamentals
“We should look at fundamentals rather than practicalities of reopening churches.” This was the headline for an Irish Times article by a lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, on Tuesday June 2nd, 2020. Pointing to the ageing profile of most of...
Catholics busy in restoration of Minneapolis
‘Catholics join solidarity efforts in Minnesota’ This is the heading for a story by the National Catholic Reporter of another aspect of events in Minnesota – spontaneous volunteering to repair and restore hope in Minneapolis, racked by policing...
Pope Francis Opposed by 30% of Church?
Perhaps 30% of Catholic clerics globally oppose Pope Francis in favour of what they regard as ‘tradition’, in the view of veteran Vatican reporter Marco Politi. A ‘hard core’ of cardinals is also planning for the next papal conclave, Politi...
Irish Diocesan Amalgamation – Already Ongoing?
Prayers “The process of amalgamation [of dioceses] has already started.” So, according to this week’s Irish Catholic, has announced Pope Francis’s representative in Ireland, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo. Already this reorganisation is...ACI – Latest News
Welcome to our new ACI Look, enabled by the generosity of our members!
In December 2019 we were waiting patiently for a response from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference - to ACI's Report on lay Involvement in Parishes, in light of the vocational call to all of the baptised at Vatican II.
We had no idea of what would be hitting the whole world when this new 'Look' would launch. Or that intense prayer would be needed right now - to maintain serenity as family life is disrupted, and 'home schooling' may well be ongoing - and very close and dear loved ones may be in danger of leaving us without a proper 'goodbye'.
Conscious that all Minds and Hearts -across this whole planet, our only Home - will now be joined in the deepest prayer for those endangered, and for their rescuers - we await in confidence the Lord who crosses the deep to save us all - to lead us to the very different World - and different Church - that awaits.
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