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Sunday May 13
Happy Mother's Day!

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 as you read the articles below!
Please encourage more people
to read these articles!

Anatomy of a Reform
David Timbs
(Sunday blogger)
"Are you planning a revolution?"

A relationship in need of repair
Tablet Editorial 

Vatican's fundamental problem
Dr Eddie Molloy 
(ACP)
(an Irish Peter Johnstone!)

Reflection on May 7 gathering
Brendan Hoban (ACP)
(Don't let Vat II flame go out!)

Paul's Eucharistic Challenge
Wilfred Harrington o.p. (ACP)
See last two sections!.....
....House Churches...the way to go.
Anyone like to write about this?
c.f. Lay people will rescue Church
Dr Andrew Kania (Catholica)

Vatican vs USA nuns
Richard Rohr (ACP) (In a nutshell!)

SOS children's village, Vietnam
(ucanews)

Abuse inquiry for Legion (BBC)

This week's smile ( Mother's Day!)

V2 Reflection 140
Science vs religion???

Bible Plan: May 13
Readings for 6th Sun of Easter

John W: Daily Blog: May 13
"A Mother as Lovely as You"

Monday May 14

The Ten Commandments
Brian Lewis
(Monday blogger)
Not literally from mouth of Moses
but we should teach them

"No" to death penalty
Sr Inigo Joachim SSA, India
- welcome, Inigo, to blogging team!

 Dublin May 7 talks (ACP)

Naming the Reality
Phil Dunne 

Naming the Reality
Garry Keogh 

The Vision
Tony Butler SMA 

The Vision
Aoife McGrath

The Vision
Cathy Molloy

From the Reality to the Vision
Adrian Egan CSsR

Dear ACP - any way to speed up your website?
...it's very, very  slow

Kabul's secret Christians
Marco Tosatti
(VI)
House churches in Afghanistan!

Melinda Gates & women's health
(howmany.org)

 V2 Reflection 141
Each day is a battle

Bible plan: May 14
How Matthias took place of Judas

John W: Daily Blog: May 14
Photos from yesterday 



 Tuesday
May 15

Towards an Assembly....
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger)
 
-our own Ireland blogger who attended May 7 Dublin meeting

Scottish view of Ireland's ACP
(ACP)

Diplomat priest: Matteo Ricci
Camilla Russell (Eureka Street)
- see John W's comment

Anglican Ordinariate for Australia
Australian Bishop' Conference

Background Peter Wilkinson

USA Ordinariate teething pains

Jesus of Nazareth
Fr Des O'Donnell o.m.i.

A simplified version of "Jesus of Nazareth" by Benedict XVI

Two million new readers each month
Alexandra Topping
(Guardian)
New website helps people bring about change. Can change Church??

USA lay ministry assocation
(NCR) The future of the Church depends on the laity. Let's  support & promote anything to do with laity!

Nice review of "Joshua" (Catholica)
One of my favorite authors. Cannot recommend his books highly enough

V2 Reflection 142
Where to get hope and strength

Bible plan: May 15
All who touched him were healed

John W:  Daily Blog:
May 15
Words found for "A Mother..."


Wednesday
May 9

Adjusting to the new Missal 
is no easy ride
Letters Extra
(The Tablet)

India: Jesuit Good Samaritan
Julian Das
(ucanews)

Ireland

BBC video report of May 7
meeting re future of Church

May 7 meeting statement (ACP)

Clogher meeting statement (ACP)

Silencing us won't solve Church's problems - May 7 priests
Mark Hilliard
(Belfast Telegraph)

Hierarchy's inability to mourn
thwarts healing in church
Mary Frawley-O'Dea
(NCR)

A letter from the Pope in 2020
Karl Rhaner (Catholica)
c.f. Letter from Pope John Paul III

Distraction of "Radical feminism" 
Fr William Grimm (ucanews)

Catholic University in Hong Kong?
Gabrielle McMullen
(CathBlog)

V2 Reflection 136
Jesus' family planning

Bible plan: May 9
Why Jesus could not cure people

John W: Daily Blog: May 9
Handicapped Mainland inmate 
helped by letter and prayer

Thursday May 10

God's self-description
Fr Des O'Donnell o.m.i.
(welcome Des to the blogging team!)
See tomorrow's menu 
for another article from Des

 

Ireland May 7 gathering:

More details re May 7 meeting
Michael Kelly
(NCR)

See comments at bottom of this
report by ACP

SBS video report

South Korea: peace movement
John Dear (NCR)
80 Catholic nuns arrested on 1 day!

China

 Fate of blind activist unclear
Patrick Poon (ucanews)

Media praise Shanghai's 1st Catholic (ucanews)

The lost papers of Vatican II
Sandro Magister (Chiesa)

Vatican & transparency (VI)

PNG bishops to priests: 
stay out of politics
   (VI)

Koch: Don't exploit Council (VI)

V2 Reflection 137
The rat race of life

Bible Plan for May 10
 Donkey makes ass out of prophet

John W:  Daily Blog:  May 10
the need for regime change


Friday
May 11

On this day in 1610, Matteo Ricci
died in Beijing. Lots of material at
  www.riccicenter.com

A new (2011) book about Ricci:
Mary Laven: 
Mission to China - Matteo Ricci & the Jesuit Encounter with the East

Being unwanted
Bill Mulcahy
(Friday blogger)
How we can make a difference

Anatomy of a priestly vocation
See tomorrow's menu 
for another article from Des

Some really good news for Church
Christine Hogan (CathBlog)
See espy 2nd half of article figures

Thank you, Sisters
James Martin s.j.
(America Magazine - YouTube)


India: Church exit plan unpopular
Shailendra Boora (ucanews)

Senerenity Prayer's fascinating history
Gina Ryder (ucanews)

Reflection on Cardinal Brady case
Brian Fahy
(ACP)

US bishops' toxic tussle 
with Obamacare
Frank Brennan (Eureka Street)
("the best article on this topic")

Melbourne: Latest posting
 from Inclusive Catholics

V2 Reflection 138 
Christianity is not "anti-progress" 

Bible plan: May 11
Beautiful blessing for Jewish people

John W:   Daily Blog: May 11
Matteo Ricci reflection


Saturday
May 12

Mothers .....and more
Judith Lynch
(Saturday blogger)
Lovely Mother's Day reflection

Good News in the Church today
Fr Des O'Donnell o.m.i.
See May 15  menu 
for another article from Des

Vatican reining in Caritas
Duncan MacLaren

(Tablet)
This article will make you feel uneasy

SSPX: The internal battle
Andrea Tornielli
(Vatican Insider)

Answer to vocation crisis: diaconate
Giacomo Galeazzi
(Vatican Insider)

US bishops' next investigation target:
the Girl Scouts
(Washington Post)

China-Philippines row:
Tourism & banana bullets
(RTHK)

Philippines: 
3 journalists killed in 3 weeks
(ucanews)


V2 Reflection 139
 "People" jobs are special

Bible plan: May 12
"Learn hope from the Scriptures"

John W:  Daily Blog: May 12

Mother's Day tomorrow....

Tomorrow is Mother's Day in many countries, but not UK, Ireland...
(Wikipedia)

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jdwomi@gmail.com
 

Happy Easter Season
 to all dear readers! 


Many thanks  for checking
 this website each day

Calendar      (any more items?):


June 10-17  Ireland:
Eucharistic Congress

June 11-14  USA:
Priests Association meeting
 

July 16-20  Australia: 
National Council of Priests meeting

This week's smile
(updated May 13)
(for Mother's Day!)


Let's encourage more people 
to see 1-7  re Bishop Bill Morris
1: Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report

3: Radio interview with judge

4:  "The Age" file of letters
5: Summary re Rome
 6: Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan


Google "Morris" at top of this page
for many articles re Bishop BM

 Bp Bill Morris   
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholics for Ministry  
Frank Brennan
Peter Johnstone     
The Swag
 

        Bloggers' previous articles

Other Archives
2012

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2009
2008

16 Documents of V2 
We Are Church
STANDUP4VATICAN2
VII - Voice of the Church

Catholic Priests Ireland

PrayTell
Donald Cozzens
Misguided Missal
   

Hazel of Old Windsor         Brian Lewis       Judith Lynch 

Martin Mallon         Bill Mulcahy        Des O'Donnell

   
David Timbs      Peter Wilkinson      John Wotherspoon

Hans Kung's letter to bishops
(the best description of what's happening)

Priests say 9 Masses a day....need to ordain married men

Making do with a faulty translation

Irish priests using 1998 ICE - not new translation


Fr J. Ratzinger's writings on V2

Open letter to US bishops re new translation

Why are women not being 
ordained to the priesthood?

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