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Missal Wording

Missal Wording

by | Sep 26, 2017 |

The ACI welcomes the decision by Pope Francis to return the authority for liturgical translations to bishops and urges the Irish bishops to move quickly to restore the pre-2011 vernacular Mass liturgy.

ACI Press Release – May 30th 2013

by | May 30, 2013 |

Support from the UK for the ACI Launch. The Association of Catholics in Ireland [ACI] received a message of support to-day from a ‘sister’ reform organisation in the UK on the eve of the launch of the new Irish Catholic reform group. The message highlights the growing...

February 23rd 2013

by | Apr 17, 2013 | ,

ACI PRESS RELEASE 23rd FEBRUARY 2013 ACI plan meeting in Limerick on March 1st 2013 The Association of Catholics in Ireland was formed last year out of a growing sense of powerlessness felt by many members of the laity arising from the lack of opportunity for real...

Letter to Papal Nuncio, January 26th 2013

by | Apr 17, 2013 |

Letter to the Papal Nuncio Dear Archbishop Brown, As members of the Steering Group of the Association of Catholics in Ireland [ACI], we are saddened by the impasse which has developed in the case of Fr. Tony Flannery. The clarifications issued by Fr. Tony since his...

September 27th 2012

by | Apr 17, 2013 |

ACI PRESS RELEASE September 27th 2012 General Meeting of ACI announced for 10th November 2012 The ACI will hold a General Meeting on Saturday 10 November 2012 in the Regency Hotel, Dublin. The meeting will commence at 11.00 am and will follow the ACP Annual General...

ACI’s Campaign for Lumen Gentium 37

The Promise of Synodality

What we have experienced of synodality so far gives ACI real hope that a longstanding structural injustice in the church may at last be acknowledged and overcome.

As all Irish bishops well know, the 'co-responsibility' they urge lay people to share - as numbers and energies of clergy decline - has been sabotaged time and again by canonical rules that deny representational authority and continuity to parish pastoral councils.  ACI's 2019 call for the immediate honouring of Lumen Gentium Article 37 becomes more urgent by the day and is supported by the following documents - also presented to the ICBC in October 2019.

The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents and victims of clerical abuse who taught Catholic Bishops to prioritise the safeguarding of children in the church

Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.

A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.

For the full story of ACI's campaign for the honouring of Article 37 of Lumen Gentium, click here.

Prayer

"Come Holy Spirit, Renew Your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost. Grant to Your Church that, being of one mind and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of blessed Peter, it may advance the reign of our Divine Saviour, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen."

Saint Pope John XXIII, 1962 - In preparation for Vatican Council II, 1962-65.

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