Fr Tom Grufferty When Garry O’Sullivan asked me to write an article on “Relentless Ministry” in the Catholic Church, I had never associated these two words as companions. I then began to investigate the topic myself personally. Here is my response: From the first day of my time at All Hallows College in the…
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The Fate of Our Churches
Relentless Ministry – In a new series written by Priests, we will explore what most priests describe as “Relentless Ministry” and the challenges of being a priest in Ireland today The issue of closing churches has been grappled with so far in a seemingly haphazard way that needs to be tackled sooner rather than later.…
Clergy are going to need a lot of help if hope is to be restored to our Church today
Relentless Ministry – In a new series written by Priests, we will explore what most priests describe as “Relentless Ministry” and the challenges of being a priest in Ireland today As we clergy grow less in number, the word I hear most spoken of from my brother Priests, is the word ‘relentless’. And it’s…
Urgent here and now issues not being addressed for priests
Relentless Ministry – In a new series written by Priests, we will explore what most priests describe as “Relentless Ministry” and the challenges of being a priest in Ireland today Speaking to priests recently, the key take-away is how busy they all are. In one group of priests– a quick survey showed– none of them…