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Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland Part 5 – Liturgical Reforms and Conclusions

Today marks the conclusion of a five-part series on this blog on Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland, based on a paper I recently gave at the ‘Religious Conflict and Difference’ conference at Stranmillis College in Belfast. Today I … Read more...

Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland Part 4: Principles of Neo-Monastic Living (and Conference on Celts, Anabaptists, and New Monasticism 9 November)

Last week I started a series on this blog on Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland, based on a paper I recently gave at the ‘Religious Conflict and Difference’ conference at Stranmillis College in Belfast. Today I continue the … Read more...

Churches and Reconciliation: Challenges for Christian Leadership?

In a comment on yesterday’s post, in which I introduced what will become a series on ‘Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland,’ Fr Martin Magill, the parish priest at St Oliver Plunkett’s in Lenadoon, Belfast, wrote:

“I very much

Religion, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Northern Ireland: Some Initial Reflections

hands across the divide In yesterday’s post, I promised further blogging about the contents of a paper I delivered at the ‘Religious Conflict and Difference’ conference at Stranmillis College in Belfast last week, titled: Religion in Northern Ireland: How Can the Churches Contribute to … Read more...

Is Ireland Ready for Priestless Parishes?

The headlines in today’s Irish Catholic will come as no surprise to those who are aware of the long-term decline in priestly vocations in Ireland: ‘Church Prepares for Priestless Parishes.’ As the reporter, Michael Kelly, puts it: