Dear Editor, Mary Kenny is mistaken when she refers to the “strange death of the SDLP” (IC 17/08/2017), because the SDLP is far from dead. Yes, they took a hit in this year’s Westminster election, but that still leaves a substantial group in the Northern Assembly and a sizeable number of councillors. However, longer term…
Category: Letters
Tremendous work of Legion of Mary goes unnoticed
Dear Editor, I was delighted to read in The Irish Catholic that five of the recently ordained priests stated they “were inspired in their vocation by the Legion of Mary”, having just read the book From Navan to China giving details of the success of the work of the Legion of Mary in China, where…
Deacons can ease overworked priests’ burden
Dear Editor, The leadership of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) have been particularly successful in recent times of getting their opinions broadcast and published in national media. I accept that all priests need to have a voice in representing their views and that the demands of priesthood in 2017 are very onerous, as older…
Cardinal Müller and the ‘elephant in the room’
Dear Editor, I can’t help noticing that, in Christopher Altieri’s Notebook about the papal sacking of Cardinal Gerhard Müller as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (IC 10/08/2017), he carefully avoids mentioning the ‘elephant in the room’ – Cardinal Müller’s attitude to the dubia expressed by four cardinals about the Pope’s…
New nuncio a welcome sight
Dear Editor, I was glad to see our new nuncio has arrived in Ireland (IC 17/08/2017). Perhaps now the elderly bishops awaiting permission to retire can finally be replaced with some young bloods who can lead the charge of the mission of re-energising the Irish Church. And dare I say it, could we also maybe…
Jesuits’ amazing survival of atomic bomb
Dear Editor, In relation to the article of David Quinn (IC 10/08/2017) on the atomic bomb, your readers might like to know that when that bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 four Jesuit priests were saying the Rosary in a house at the epicentre of the blast, where every building was demolished…
We shouldn’t limit avenues of faith formation
Dear Editor, I agree with Fr Patrick Seaver (IC Letters 03/08/2017) regarding the centrality of parents in the faith formation of children. The family, as a ‘domestic church’ is of crucial importance in the handing on of faith. I also concede that sacramental preparation may be best served solely in a parish context, once adequate resources,…
Be careful of wording of old prayers
Dear Editor, I would like through the columns of your newspaper to call on people to be careful about the prayers they use which belong to a different time and era. They reflect a bad theology. I would suggest that people stop using a prayer which contains these words: “O Jesus, forgive us our sins,…
The ordained priest acts in the person of Christ
Dear Editor, Mary Finegan (IC Letters 27/07/2017) believes that “banning women from being ordained priests is insulting”. At the Last Supper, Jesus told his apostles that, “the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all I have said to you” (Jn 14:26). Further, “when…
Stunts won’t win support
Dear Editor, I too was appalled when I saw the image on social media of a ‘repeal’ jumper spread on the altar of the Oblate church in Inchicore (IC 10/08/2017). This insult was intended to provoke the people of faith. However, I think it has back-fired on the pro-choice campaign because the people of the…