Tag: The Irish Times
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Priest urges women to protest at ‘sexist language’ in missal
Fr. Seán McDonagh says that Irish Catholic women should write to bishops around the country in protest at sexist language in the new version of the Roman missal.
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Liturgy and Church Reform?
by Pádraig McCarthy “The response from the Executive Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference to the Association of Catholic Priests was offered as a response to the the Association. Yet it does not address any of the genuine concerns which were put to them.”
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Pricey First Communion
Parents in Ireland spend €1,000 (= $1,428) on average on their child’s First Communion.
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Statement Expected from Ireland’s Bishops
“At Maynooth this week members of the bishops’ Commission for Worship, Pastoral Renewal and Faith Development met the Association of Catholic Priests. Forthright criticisms of the new translation were expressed by priests. Their discussions coincided with the spring meeting of the Irish Episcopal Conference.”
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The New Missal in Letters to the Editor: Mostly Thumbs Down
When the subject of the new Mass was raised at our annual meeting of my own parish council, one highly respected parishioner asked on simple question: “Why?” That was greeted with an immediate round of loud applause.
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Irish women respected by the church?
Almost three-quarters of Catholic women do not feel their church “regards women with a lot of respect” in contrast to 94 per cent of Protestant women who feel they are respected.