Topic: Christianity
REDISCOVERING THE HEART OF FAITH – SERVICE
April 4, 2013 ·
By: Fr. Shay Cullen When he bent down on his knees in the youth detention jail in Rome last Holy Thursday, washed and kissed the feet of the juvenile prisoners and also a mother and child and a Muslim, Pope Francis sent a message to Catholic Church leaders and to the world. It seems to say, change […]
Read More...THE NEW POPE’S GREATEST CHALLENGE
March 12, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen There are those Church leaders that exist in the present but their mind and heart is buried in the past. There are those that live in the present but cannot see the future and have forgotten the past. There are those who combine the best of the past and the present and […]
Read More...THE CHURCH IN CRISES
March 6, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen There is a crisis in the Roman Catholic Church, not a crisis of faith, but crises of leadership, of moral authority, a crisis of institutional management and good governance and administration. The conclave of Cardinals has a tough task ahead of them as they gather to choose a successor to recently resigned […]
Read More...POPE FRANCIS’ GREATEST CHALLENGE
March 1, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen There are those Church leaders that exist in the present but their mind and heart is buried in the past. There are those that live in the present but cannot see the future and have forgotten the past. There are those who combine the best of the past and the present and […]
Read More...WHEN A POPE RESIGNS
February 18, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen It is 719 years since a Pope resigned the Papacy and stepped down from the Seat of Peter. What led up to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a matter of much discussion and reflection. Will it usher in a new practice where Popes will be expected to resign like […]
Read More...THE LESSON AND SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
December 14, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The often told story of the young student, Francis, reading out an acceptance speech after winning a Christmas prize at school thanked his mother “for being the greatest inspiration and good example, and most wonderful mother in the world who is a virtuous self-sacrificing mother that could not be equaled as a”…..then as he peered closer to […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE IS GIVING LIFE
October 31, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
If we go to church just to get to heaven is is not the best kind of faith.We need to be acting to help others It seems so selfish and self-centred. Jesus of Nazareth taught us to forget ourselves , loose our lives as it were and then we will find our true self and […]
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