"Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink."
“Women Deacons: The Call to Service”
A conversation hosted by Sister Colleen Gibson, SSJ with Dr. Phyllis Zagano.
Tuesday April 27 – 12.30am Irish time
(Monday, April 26 – 7:30 pm Eastern / 6:30 pm Central / 4:30 pm … Read the rest
Peter Wilkinson & David Timbs
“Australia’s Plenary Council”
Followed by Q & A
11.00 – 12.30 pm
Saturday 15th of May 2021
Online ZOOM event
Peter Wilkinson and David Timbs are members of a small, Melbourne based, Australian Catholic reform
The Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary has tendered his resignation to Pope Francis, having reached the age of 75. On reaching that age, it is mandatory under Canon Law for bishops to offer their resignation to Pope Francis.
https://westernpeople.ie/2021/04/21/archbishop-of-tuam-submits-resignation-to-the-vatican/
Rhododendrons, Bluebells and Dandelions
A carpet of bluebells:
A text came from M. She announced that her bluebells had appeared. I was nostalgic. My past loomed large. The carpet of bluebells in Curraghmore (near Portlaw in Waterford) flashed on … Read the rest
Scottish Laity Network
Conversation with Elizabeth Simcoe
Thursday 29th April 7.00 – 8.30 pm
Elizabeth Simcoe is currently the parish life director (lay leader according to Canon 517) for the Church of St. Vincent De Paul in Albany, NY.… Read the rest
ACP Zoom Presentation with James Alison
Tuesday 27 April 2021
7.00pm
The Pastoral Care of LGBTQ+
The Church position on LGBTQ+
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89053302467?pwd=cU1pR0o4Q1c1TlZ5TEJlRm9Md1ZIZz09
Meeting ID: 890 5330 2467
Passcode: EPwNU5
All welcome
Presentation by James Alison followed by Question & … Read the rest
Sinéad Hussey of RTÉ reports:
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland is seeking a meeting with the Minister for Health over a “draconian” move to outlaw public mass and other religious services.
A statutory instrument was published earlier … Read the rest
The Instrumentum Laboris (IL) or Working Document is the latest product of the Preparatory Stage for the 5th Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia, convened to address the huge existential crisis facing the Church in this … Read the rest
Christine Schenk writes in the National Catholic Reporter online:
My ears perked up last week when I learned that Pope Francis had authorized a “visitation” at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments following the recent … Read the rest
VATICAN HOMOPHOBIA / PATRIARCHAL ABUSE
PART 1
This is the first of two essays in response to the recent Decree by GOD stating that it is impossible to bless sin.
In earlier centuries, the Roman Curia denounced certain people as … Read the rest
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