Saving our parishes from becoming well-run but dead bureaucracies

Saving our parishes from becoming well-run but dead bureaucracies Mass at St Mary’s Church in Belfast city. Photo: Hugh Russell.

Editor’s Comment One of the great sadnesses shared with me when I speak at parish missions and novenas around the country is the absence of young families. Often a grandfather and grandmother will be there with cheerful grandchildren, and at the cup of tea afterwards will share their dismay that their grown-up children – the…

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