Does the deepening crisis of the Irish Catholic Church now demand the implementation of Catholic lay ‘Rights’, as declared by Vatican II‘s Lumen Gentium, Article 37?
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Can US Catholics bridge their country’s deepening divide?
Deeply divided politically, US Catholics may be their country’s best hope of healing, says Thomas Reese
Prayers of the Faithful – Comment
Comment on the Prayers of the Faithful from "A Very Appreciative Priest" Just a quick note to thank you for the excellent prayers of the faithful you produce weekly on your website. I used to write my own and have a large collection of them but I've been using the...
Faith Development Research Project – DCU
What does ‘faith development’ mean to you? This Mater Dei research project wants to hear from everyone interested.
Amazonia, Brazil, to have married priests?
An October 2019 synod in Rome will discuss the possibility of ordaining ‘elders’ – married men – for indigenous communities with too few priests.
‘Clericalism began with the apostles’ – Thomas Reese SJ
Responding to a call from James Carroll to ‘abolish the priesthood’ Thomas Reese SJ insists that clericalism results simply from human ambition.
Rev Brandan Robertson to address WAC Ireland on LGBT Inclusion
Thu 13th June, 2019 – Activist and Pastor Brandan Robertson to speak to We Are Church Ireland on LGBT inclusion.
WAC Ireland to hear Tina Beattie
8th June 2019 – Professor Tina Beattie to address We Are Church Ireland on prospects for advancing the role of women in the Church.
Howth Parish Reform and Renewal Group
Monday May 20th, 2019 – Joe Mulvaney of We Are Church introduces his book recounting his faith journey and his vision of the future church.
Pope Francis may fail to reform Curia: Thomas Reese SJ
One of the church’s top experts expects the Church’s central government to remain stuck in the 18th century.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin calls for ‘change’ – but leaves no blueprint
“The Irish church, if it wants to survive and flourish, has to change and has to overcome some of the ways in which it is entrapped."
How Women founded Christianity and may revive it today (WAC_I)
Mary T. Malone speaking at ‘We are Church’ meeting
Monday 13th of May 2019, 7.30 pm
Mercy Centre International, 64A Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Howth Parish Reform & Renewal Group
HOWTH PARISH REFORM AND RENEWAL GROUP – met with Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM, Cap in All Hallows College – on Tuesday, 22nd February 2011.
A Lenten Reflection – Saturday 6 April 2019
A Lenten Reflection – Saturday 6 April 2019 – Sisters of Charity – St Mary’s Church, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4
Nigerian nun speaks truth to negligent bishops
Transparency should be the hallmark of mission, according to Sister Veronica Openibo, superior of the Order of the Holy Child Jesus, speaking in Rome.