Aubrey MaloneWar on Everyone (16)
Month: October 2016
The struggle to not make God our own Tribal Deity
Fr Ronald RolheiserI was blessed to grow up in a very sheltered and safe environment. My childhood was lived inside of a virtual cocoon. In the remote, rural, first-generation, immigrant community I grew up in, we all knew each other, all went to the same church, all belonged to the same political party, all were white, all…
Man on a mission
Courtney McGrailRachel Beard talks to Br Phil Ryan about working in an ageing congregation
The clock is ticking…
Christians must urgently take up the challenge of saving our planet, writes Brian Grogan SJ
The priests acts in persona Christi
Dear Editor, Re: Bro. Malachy Buckley and his question asking why we have not got women priests (Letters, IC 22/09/2016), in the West/Latin Church, the priest acts, especially in the Eucharist, in persona Christi (in the person of Christ). This, a precious gift bestowed on the male apostles, to act as Christ, a male in…
A family’s faith blossoms into something beautiful
Dear Editor, The old Irish blessing said to new mothers, “may you be a mother of a bishop”, has always been met with a tongue and cheek response, but the lovely image of Bishop Fintan and his parents (IC 29/09/2016) showed that wishful thinking can become a reality! It also showed how a family’s faith…
Call this ‘caring for children’?
Dear Editor, The Republic of Ireland is fast becoming the laughing stock of the world. Its Minister for Children was seen in Dublin, the seat of government, publicly advocating laws that would permit the killing of children. Is this caring for children? I think not. Yours etc. Fr Noel McKeown O.P., Newry, Co. Down.
‘Justifiable’ reforms are promoted
Dear Editor, Bro. Malachy Buckley’s queries on celibacy and women’s ordination and his fear of empty churches failing drastic change (Letters, 22/09/2016) have been well-aired in organisations over the past 25 or more years, firstly locally, e.g. by BASIC here in Ireland, CWO in UK and in many other countries, culminating in a present world-wide…
Mexican Church criticises ‘smear campaign’ against murdered priests
The Catholic Church in Mexico has reacted angrily to what it is calling a smear campaign against three priests recently kidnapped and murdered in the country. Last week, The Irish Catholic reported on the violent deaths of Frs Alejo Nabor Jimenez Juarez and Jose Alfredo Juarez de la Cruz in Veracruz, and that of Fr…
Share in the meal, receive the Host
Dear Editor, Eucharist is a liturgy whereby we renew the Covenant that Jesus made between all members of the human race and our Heavenly Father, making us God’s adopted children. Like any covenant that is ‘cut’ between two parties e.g. marriage, there are the terms, and a communal celebration whereby both groups celebrate the new…