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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Mar 14, 2012 17:41:38 GMT
Fr Lombard's sermon was preached at the 10.30 Mass in Sligo Cathedral on the 1st Sunday of Advent, which is one of the main Masses there on Sunday. The congregation reacted by applauding him (I have this info from someone who was at Mass there at the time).
Though not in favour of applause in church, this is something we can take heart in.
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Apr 30, 2012 13:25:27 GMT
The March-April BR has just been delivered in Veritas
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Post by hibernicus on May 2, 2012 19:24:43 GMT
Plenty of copies on display in Veritas. I will post on it soon. I note one little problem - the 16 July Dublin seminar to mark its 20th anniversary clashes with a 5-day Ignatian retreat for men at Ards Friary in Co. Donegal, given by monks from Flavigny on 15-20 July.
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Post by hibernicus on May 3, 2012 0:25:38 GMT
Summary of Mar-April 2012 BRANDSMA: Editorial: Peadar Laighleis discusses the present state of religious life in Ireland and the need for its revival, and suggests that Islamic devotion to the five pillars of Islam (prayer, fasting, almsgiving, the creed and pilgrimage) has some lessons for Catholics. Fr Joseph W Koterski, who will soon be visiting Dublin, has a piece on Christopher Dawson's view of Europe's spiritual crisis with particular reference to loss of faith in reason and the tendency towards privatised religion. Ralph Siebenburger discusses Christoph Cardinal Schonborn and what he regards as the Cardinal's injudicious enthusiasm for Medjugorje. David Manly discusses recent secularist enormities (the support of the main parties for gay "marriage", secularised schools etc) in the light of Fr Richard John Neuhaus's dictum that whenever orthodoxy becomes optional sooner or later it is proscribed. Peadar Laighleis discusses (a little inconclusively) the recent suggestion by a Northern priest that aggressive official secularism in the Republic may make northern Catholics less enthusiastic about Irish unification. Joe McCarroll has an enthusiastic review of Fr Brendan Purcell's book FROM BIG BANG TO BIG MYSTERY. A sermon by Fr Brendan Purcell on the significance of the Annunciation. Hurling Shots from the Ditch has more commentary-minded on Patsy McGarry's claim that being an agnostic qualifies him to be a fair-minded religious correspondent, expresses shame at official kowtowing to the Chinese government; notes attempts to end the tradition of opening Seanad meetings with a prayer; points out that republicanism and secularism are by no means identical; and criticises Fianna Fail's joining in attacks on religious liberty under the pretext of non-discrimination. Letters praise the BRANDSMA and Fr Lombard's pro-life sermon. Stramentarius points out how the ACP favours democracy everywhere except among their own membership, and democratic participation for everyone except their opponents - describes some unsolicited ravings he has received from sedevacantists, whose belief that the Pope is antichrist is more Jehovah's Witnesses than Catholic; notes more sneaky pro-abort propaganda from the HSE; laments how bad catechesis encourages irreverence towards the Blessed Sacrament; cites some robust C19 missionaries; expresses mildly forlorn hope for the success of the Eucharistic Congress; notes that the New York Times has proved much more squeamish in publishing anti-Islamic than anti-Catholic ads; and notes the latest pro-gay marriage and otherwise heterodox propaganda from the TABLET. Frederick Lucas turns in his grave...
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on May 3, 2012 8:43:11 GMT
Thanks Hibernicus, that's a good summary of the March-April Brandsma.
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on May 10, 2012 8:16:13 GMT
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on May 21, 2012 9:44:18 GMT
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Post by Askel McThurkill on May 21, 2012 13:47:58 GMT
Looks like it's up and running with an online subscription facility.
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on May 23, 2012 11:22:53 GMT
Not just yet - the sooner the better, though.
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Jun 20, 2012 7:26:31 GMT
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Jun 26, 2012 20:53:11 GMT
The Brandsma Review - 20th Anniversary Symposium DCU, Ballymun Road, Dublin 9 – Monday, 16 July 2012 0930 – 1130: 1st Session – Rev Prof Joseph Koterski SJ: Appreciating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: Lessons from the Likes of Dietrich von Hildebrand and Benedict XVI ; Prof James Lothian: Vatican II: Fifty years on. Followed by Discussion. 1130 – 1200: Tea/Coffee. 1200 – 1400: 2nd Session – Dr Joseph McCarroll: TBC; Dr Éanna Johnson: TBC. Open Forum. Close: 1400 Further information: Tel.: 087-9958486 or E-mail: brandsmareview@gmail.com
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Jun 27, 2012 13:31:26 GMT
May-June issue of the Brandsma Review has just gone into Veritas.
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Jul 9, 2012 11:21:27 GMT
Change in Symposium details: The Brandsma Review - 20th Anniversary SymposiumGresham Hotel, O’Connell St, Dublin 1 – Monday, 16 July 2012 0930 – 1130: 1st Session – Rev Prof Joseph Koterski SJ: Appreciating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: Lessons from the Likes of Dietrich von Hildebrand and Benedict XVI ; Prof James Lothian: Vatican II: Fifty years on. Followed by Discussion. 1130 – 1200: Tea/Coffee. 1200 – 1400: 2nd Session – Dr Joseph McCarroll: The Church as Mystery; Dr Éanna Johnson: National Directory of Catechetics – New Dawn or Final Nightmare. Open Forum. Close: 1400 Further information: Tel.: 087-9958486 or E-mail: brandsmareview@gmail.com
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Post by hibernicus on Jul 15, 2012 22:13:55 GMT
Summary (belated) of May-June 2012 BRANDSMA Peadar Laighleis discusses the (questionable) Catechism produced by the Dutch bishops in the late 1960s and the sadly-neglected CREDO OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD produced by Paul VI in response. He also offers some thoughts on how Irish Catholicism compares with its Dutch equivalent and with other Catholic nations/minorities whose Catholic identity was defined in response to Protestant/secularist/Orthodox dominance/persecution. David Manly on how the Review Group on abortion seems to be falling victim (more or less willingly) to dangerous canards (distinction between human life and identity as a person, questioning when life begins, refusal to recognise the principle of double effect and with it the distinction between willed death and death as unwilled by-product of treatment) which are deployed to argue that a complete ban on abortion is impracticable. Paul Fournier of the Latin Mass Society of Canada describes the abrupt secularisation of Quebec in the "Quiet Revolution" of the 60s, speeded by wholesale contempt for the traditional liturgy and its associated devotional culture. Ralf Siebenburger describes the quasi-Lutheran Austrian Pfarrerinitiative, a significant influence on our own ACPI, and its mainstay, Mgr Helmut Schuller. James Lothian discusses the nature of the current European economic crisis. Fr Brendan Purcell describes two debates on atheism which took place as a by-product of the recent World Atheist COnference in Melbourne - between Richard Dawkins and Cardinal Pell (in which we find Dawkins failing to understand the concept of "nothing") and between Fr Purcell himself and PEter Singer. (The latter seems to have been remarkably respectful, partly because those familiar with DR Singer will know that he is unusually honest in spelling out the implications of his theories.) Hibernicus and Nick Lowry dissect a piece on the ACPI website (by a lay supporter) which presents orthodox Catholics as Pharisees on the basis of a large number of unfounded assumptions about what "really" makes us tick. An anonymous Jesuit (using the name of the Scots Jesuit martyr St. John Ogilvie as a pseudonym) discusses the hope of the world in the Resurrection. Fr Bernard J McGuckian SJ outlines the history and ethos of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association. Fr Ronald Colquhon of the Dioces of Derry reflects on Pentecost and the work of the Holy Spirit in the soul. Hurler on the Ditch contrasts the former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave with some of the contributors to the recent Dail debate on abortion. A Cistercian from Portglenone monastery disavows the ACPI. Stramentarius discusses Garry O'Sullivan's misrepresentation of St MAximus the Confessor, Abbot MP Hederman's general blather, the "liberty for me but not for thee" mindset of certain ACPI members, the tragic fall into neo-fascism of that once stalwart pro-life champion Michael Quinn, the ordination of the well-known convert blogger Rev. John Hunwicke for the Anglican Ordinariate, and the lifework and recent death of the pro-life campaigner Phyllis Bowman, including her reaction to an Irish so-called pro-lifer who voiced anti-semitic views (she was herself a Catholic of Jewish descent, and some of her staunchest supporters were observant Jews).
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Post by hibernicus on Jul 16, 2012 23:02:28 GMT
Attended the seminar - quite a good turn-out considering the monsoon-like downpour and its being a weekday. The papers were good but - to a considerable extent - depressing. Dr Koterski opened with a paper reviewing the historical development of our understanding of the Mass as sacrifice (starting with biblical and patristic sources). A lively discussion followed on why the concept of sacrifice seems to be widely ignored or downplayed nowadays. James Lothian provided one of his statistical analyses of declining MAss attendance in various countires after Vatican II and showed that there is at least a prima facie case that the post-Vatican II changes had something to do with it. (Note: prima facie means that there is an arguable case, not that it is proven). After the coffee break Joe McCarroll gave a talk on Mariology and the Church as our mother, centred on the window showing the Immaculate Conception above the high altar in the Pro-Cathedral. In the discussion several people complained about the downplaying of Our Lady and Marian prayer at the recent Eucharistic Congress. [Frank Duff has some interesting comments on this post-Vatican II development and its shortsightedness in his essay collection VICTORY THROUGH MARY.] Finally, Eanna Johnson discussed the recently-approved national catechetic programme, showing that compared to its US equivalent, talk of openness and consultation was the usual hypocritical farce witnessed (for example) when a congregation is "consulted" on whether its church should be wreckovated; that no attempt is made to evaluate the last 35 years of disastrous catechesis , instead the disaster is presented as a glorious success on which we must build by maintaining and expanding the same techniques, which will be every bit as successful as they have been in the past (Was it Einstein defined madness as repeating the same action and expecting a different result?) that the form of "religious education" envisaged is not Catholic education at all, but relativist comparative religion a la Ruairi Quinn, in which the question of truth is excluded and religion is seen as something confined to RE lessons, be it in a Catholic or secular school; and that the structure envisaged for implementing this catechetical programme amounts to a blueprint for an alternative church, with catechetical structures at parish and national level existing alongside and largely supplanting the role of priests and bishops. Other signs of this charming programme, which hopefully will be too expensive to be implemented to the disastrous extent envisaged (though the ability of "progressives" to fight for the last cent on the collection plate should not be underestimated) supported this depressing picture. After the discussion ended (between 2.15 and 2.30) EF MAss was said by Fr Koterski at 4 in St Kevin's Oratory in the Pro-Cathedral. I had never been there before and it is always an adventure to explore previously unvisited crannies. Some matters arising will be mentioned on other threads.
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