The_Banker
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Is anybody here getting as excited as I am with regard to the announcement that The Eucharistic Congress of 2012 will be held in Ireland?
1932 revisited?
1932 revisited?
The Eucharistic Congress in 2012
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Me. If your excitement level is zero or negative.
It will be an interesting study in the change of attitudes now and 1932. A special Act was passed by the Government banning, inter alia, the sale of liquor between certain hours on a particular day. Hisstorians often mention that this hugh event, so important then to a fledling state trying to get international recognition, had subsequent implications for the general tenor of our Constitution.
Exactly - just like what currently happens directly outside some churches during a "solemn"
rolleyes novena...Exactly - just like what currently happens directly outside some churches during a "solemn"
Don't complain. Saw the stall recently outside a local church and had a squint inside. There was some fabulous gear in there, I picked up an elasticated rosary bead bracelet with cross etc with little white and handpainted beads for a song. ( Okay with an alleluia chorus). And I love it and wear it all the time. And say the rosary....okay well not the last bit.
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And I thought Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Tom Waits all coming here in the same year was a big deal.
I suppose the view is that the bad stuff (abuse scandals) is more or less through the pipe and a Pope's visit next year or by 2012 together with the above will "re-brand" the church again.
I'd be somewhat more excited by a Papal visit (though JP II would have been much bigger box office).
I think it'll be more of a special interest event (like a bikers weekend) rather that a national "obsession" - I doubt it'll raise any more hype than the Ryder Cup - and that was a bit of a yawn in the end.
I'd be somewhat more excited by a Papal visit (though JP II would have been much bigger box office).
I think it'll be more of a special interest event (like a bikers weekend
) rather that a national "obsession" - I doubt it'll raise any more hype than the Ryder Cup - and that was a bit of a yawn in the end.It's an event for Catholics.
We have a lot of Catholics, so it will be a big event.
For non-Catholics it's pretty much going to be a non-event except as regards issues such as crowd control and traffic.
I support the libertarian view that people should are entitled to freedom of choice (within limits) in practicing their religion. I don't suppose this will stop a lot of oul' anti-Catholic guff from commentators who have no business commenting on Catholic affairs, which I must say I do find irritating, but it's all gentle enough stuff.
We have a lot of Catholics, so it will be a big event.
For non-Catholics it's pretty much going to be a non-event except as regards issues such as crowd control and traffic.
I support the libertarian view that people should are entitled to freedom of choice (within limits) in practicing their religion. I don't suppose this will stop a lot of oul' anti-Catholic guff from commentators who have no business commenting on Catholic affairs, which I must say I do find irritating, but it's all gentle enough stuff.
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Read my post.
It's the anti-catholic guff that irritates me. The Catholic church is by far the most popular target in our media for intellectually lazy, anti-religious pap masquerading as news coverage and critical commentary. It gets tedious.
eileen alana
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What is the Eucharistic Congress of 2012 all about, is it an enumenical affair or what?
eileen alana
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and what has 1932 got to do with it?
I read you post already, I don't have to do so again.
Besides, who decides if anyone has any business commentating on Catholic Church topics ? Maybe I shouldn't be allowed to post on this topic....maybe you shouldn't...
If there were a load of right-wing biddies going on about how great the church is, I think many many more people would find that objectionable, wouldn't you ?
What limits? The standard Libertarian caveat is that people can do whatever they want as long as it doesn't harm the person or property of other non consenting parties (or minors). Obviously the laws of the land may also circumscribe what's allowed in practice. Do you mean this or something else?
It's certainly not one way traffic. The Catholic Church are happy to meddle in public affairs when it suits them. For example fighting tooth and nail to retain control of "national" schools and attempting to influence Government policies (e.g. on partnership, social, justice etc. issues) via self appointed bodies such as CORI and individuals such as Father Sean Healy. If it's OK for them to do this then surely it's OK for "outsiders" to comment on them and what they do?