John began the meeting by welcoming everyone and offering apologies from those who could not attend. Teresa then led the group in an opening reflection. Agenda: The agenda consisted of a discussion of the following questions: How can we promote church trust and...
The Catholic church should make "unconventional couples" feel at home instead of making them targets of "de facto discrimination," the leader of the Italian Bishops Conference and an ally of Pope Francis said this week. To open this complete article in another window,...
~ Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) North Wicklow Meeting - Wednesday 10th September 2014 at 7.30 p.m.in the Portacabin in St Fergal’s Church Grounds, Killarney Road, Bray. The meeting will address: How can we promote trust and communication...
~ Minutes of meeting of North Wicklow branch of ACI held on Tuesday 12th August 2014 In St Fergal’s Thirteen people attended and seven other members sent apologies. As we all introduced ourselves it became clear that we were all here because we love our church and...
Was it their custom of collaborative decision-making that gained US nuns the disapproval of the Vatican? The Leadership Conference of Women Religious spent the first day of its annual assembly in Nashville, Tenn., exploring the group's "contemplative, collaborative...
The umbrella organisation 'Catholic Church Reform International' - to which ACI is affiliated - has posted a petition to Pope Francis to have the upcoming Rome synod on the family broadcast globally. To see the argument for this, and to access the petition...
Minutes of Meeting Tuesday 1st July John Kelly welcomed us and reminded us that we had chosen for our July Meeting to a) study the ACI Aims and Objectives with a view to deciding individually on whether join ACI if we had not already done so and b) discuss the Vatican...
‘The Family looking Outward’ Communication and Relationships with Wider Society of Marginalised Families and Groups. April 29th 2014 All were welcomed to the 4th Meeting on Family. We recalled the content of the previous three meetings as context for this fourth in...
On Thursday 22nd May Howth Parish Reform and Renewal present Fr William Stuart speaking on the theme of 'Discipleship.' This is in a response to the call of Pope Francis to all lay people in our church. The event is in St. Columbanus Hall, Howth at 8pm, everyone...
This article, by Professor Lisa Fullam, associate professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, USA, may interest those seeking clarity on the issue of civil same-sex marriage. Abstract: "Many Catholic contributions to the...
In the second of the series of Meetings on Family, we embarked on the complex question of Same Sex Marriage and Family. The meeting began in contemplative mode as we resurfaced from the February meeting the life giving elements of family communication and relationship...
A report from the latest ACI Dublin South meeting held on Tuesday 25th February 2014. This may give you, some of our members, inspiration on what an ACI branch meeting can look like. Thank you to our members from ACI Dublin South for providing this report. Indeed if...
As many of our members have started setting up ACI branches around the country, we publish here a report from the recent ACI Dublin South meeting held in Kimmage Manor Parish Hall on Tuesday 22nd last. This may give you, some of our members, inspiration on what an ACI...
The Annual All Hallows College Spring Series of Lectures continues on Tuesdays through March and features known speakers, many of them ACI members, on the theme of our hope for a new church. D0wnload All Hallows Spring Series Details
The celebration of Nollaig na mBan which took place in the beautiful surroundings of the Captain’s Room in the Hunt Museum in Limerick recently was a highly successful and enjoyable occasion. Organised by 3 members of ACI, it drew a capacity attendance of over 70...