Power to the People ; with 'the Parish' Under Threat, One of Our Best-Loved Writers Says It's Time to Give...
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IS THE church the clergy? Or is the church the laity - you and me in other words? Well, we are about to find out the answer to that question in today's Ireland.
For years the clergy ran the church and we were quite happy to sit back and just let them get on with it. The church was there when we needed it and many of us felt that that was enough.See the full content of this document
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Power to the People ; with 'the Parish' Under Threat, One of Our Best-Loved Writers Says It's Time to Give...
The priests ran it. That was their job. Now all that is about to change and in many places that change is already well on its way. The number of priests is dwindling fast and many parishes are soon going to be without one.
The parish as we know it is disappearing. I...See the full content of this document
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