tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post8300290213395615812..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-76533238118720982202016-09-25T11:37:51.231+01:002016-09-25T11:37:51.231+01:00Having also read Bishop Treanor's statement,pu...Having also read Bishop Treanor's statement,putting it mildly it is a complete whitewash, Fr kelly has lost the trust and respect of the parishioners. Maybe time for a new parish priest NoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-79611984487873771432016-09-21T08:53:20.761+01:002016-09-21T08:53:20.761+01:00just read Bishop Treanor's statement about the...just read Bishop Treanor's statement about the Carryduff problem. It does not go far enough and a lot of questions remained unanswered. A change of PP would be a good start Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-76536737366349367262016-08-24T18:53:09.822+01:002016-08-24T18:53:09.822+01:00why has the weekly collection not been published i...why has the weekly collection not been published in the parish bulletin in Carryduff lately.Surely the pfc and the parishoners are entitled to answers to the present problems or will noel wait till Fr kelly has retired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-79420360792222449252016-08-23T19:19:32.535+01:002016-08-23T19:19:32.535+01:0013 weeks gone bye since the Irish News article. Ov...13 weeks gone bye since the Irish News article. Over 10 months since the formal complaint to the diocese. What will it take to get the audit published!! Some follow up journalism by the Irish News?? And the "Carryduff problem" continues to "carry on" even after Bishop Trainor challenged the PP at Dromentine. Absolute disgrace. No need for 4 masses in one of the biggest parishes in the Diocese going by numbers at the 3 held each weekend over the summer. People are walking away from this church and thats a disaster with over 2,500 families registered in the parish. Do you have contacts in the Northern papers Pat to get these questions back on the agenda?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-29754401938592804662016-07-16T08:45:05.803+01:002016-07-16T08:45:05.803+01:006 weeks into the carryduff & drumbo problem. h...6 weeks into the carryduff & drumbo problem. how long will it take for the independant inquiry to reveal what really is going on in this beautiful parish, or will it just be brushed under the carpet and hoping it will be forgotten about. C'mon Noel lets hear what the word is from the palace on the Somerton rd. surely the good people of this parish deserve an explanation about why the finance committee was sacked and bank account suspended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-87768227747821484292016-06-29T17:12:11.873+01:002016-06-29T17:12:11.873+01:00has anyone heard of any developments involving Fr...has anyone heard of any developments involving Fr Kelly in Drumbo & Carryduff parish, or has the outcome of the independent inquiry been made available to the parishoniers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-81764710159877545952016-06-21T19:51:20.406+01:002016-06-21T19:51:20.406+01:00nearly another week passes and still no word from ...nearly another week passes and still no word from fr. kelly or bishop treanor.c'mon lads lets hear the truth about 'drumbogate'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-91997088600236233272016-06-20T02:48:10.406+01:002016-06-20T02:48:10.406+01:00Could someone with information please tell us in H...Could someone with information please tell us in Holy Family Parish,Belfast why we now suddenly have two Australian priests in the absence of Fr Paul Strain -- Is he ill? The only thing we were told was that he would "be gone for some months" Please trust us enough to tell us! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-53822298556276153442016-06-19T16:28:34.206+01:002016-06-19T16:28:34.206+01:00All this is very sad especially for the parishione...All this is very sad especially for the parishioners of Drumbo & Carryduff who has supported the parish faithfully down through the years. Bishop Treanor & Father Kelly owe a full and honest explanation to all the decent people of this parish a.s.a.p Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-85745359453173024852016-06-19T12:22:55.899+01:002016-06-19T12:22:55.899+01:00why was the weekly collection not printed in the w...why was the weekly collection not printed in the weekly bulletin for quite some time.Now we hear Fr martin took it upon himself to do the counting.Maybe the second collection on certain Sundays will come to an end as well Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-145704997519222482016-06-15T22:15:29.555+01:002016-06-15T22:15:29.555+01:00fr kelly stood on pulpit a few years ago and said ...fr kelly stood on pulpit a few years ago and said he was just back from a lovely 2 week holiday in florida visiting relatives. myself and other parishoners im sure would be glad to have the chance to do the same.- if only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-73403338433866411682016-06-15T22:06:13.604+01:002016-06-15T22:06:13.604+01:00why can we not have the deacons in its about time ...why can we not have the deacons in its about time the r.c. church moved with timesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-64185613693620227832016-06-15T22:03:08.305+01:002016-06-15T22:03:08.305+01:00lets get the deacons inlets get the deacons inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-37983399423592188872016-06-15T11:39:02.320+01:002016-06-15T11:39:02.320+01:00Thanks for replying. I didn't know he was suff...Thanks for replying. I didn't know he was suffering from Parkinsons. Apparently he is a good man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-87045864441993824422016-06-14T23:41:51.367+01:002016-06-14T23:41:51.367+01:00Bishop Mc Daid is in poor health - he suffers from...Bishop Mc Daid is in poor health - he suffers from Parkinson's......his mind is sharp as a razor but his physical health is beginning to suffer. It's an open secret in Clogher that he will resign soon. What type of guy is Eugene Sweeney?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-8731796828255428282016-06-14T20:07:11.363+01:002016-06-14T20:07:11.363+01:00It is about time Timo got a bit of the smell of th...It is about time Timo got a bit of the smell of the sheep about him otherwise +Francis will not be granting him his wish of a bishopricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-54430287375024245782016-06-14T18:07:13.763+01:002016-06-14T18:07:13.763+01:00Anon @ 11:52, you make excellant points and put va...Anon @ 11:52, you make excellant points and put valid questions. I'm sure you ask them rhetorically, and not in expectation of any truthful,sensible or believable answers from the diocesan authority.<br />For indeed common among observers, such is the base level of objective practical or moral authority invested in today's ecclesiastical hierarchy.<br />The "Truth" emerging? No chance!<br />MMM<br />MourneManMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-86665432667861279372016-06-14T15:14:14.546+01:002016-06-14T15:14:14.546+01:00I thought Bishop McDaid of Clogher was only 70, do...I thought Bishop McDaid of Clogher was only 70, does he not have to wait until 75 until he can retire from Clogher?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-58761327489321465172016-06-14T11:52:09.714+01:002016-06-14T11:52:09.714+01:00How can the audit be "independent" when ...How can the audit be "independent" when it is the Church funded auditors that are conducting it? Also in any other business the people being audited on accusations that have been tabled would be suspended pending the investigation being concluded. How can an audit take 8 months. There must be a lot of "stones" to turn over. The final report should reflect the time taken to investigate this and will it be published so that the parishioners can have some transparency on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-44580744575847600052016-06-14T09:28:14.956+01:002016-06-14T09:28:14.956+01:00Timo and his "rise" - symptomatic of a s...Timo and his "rise" - symptomatic of a sick and dysfunctional Church and hierarchy. There are too many Timo types.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-5563373736414839382016-06-14T01:24:08.241+01:002016-06-14T01:24:08.241+01:00Timothy Bartlett has been frantically snogging the...Timothy Bartlett has been frantically snogging the ass of Nuncio Brown since he landed in Ireland. <br /><br />Its pathetic and ultimately tragic, that men, who are supposed to be spiritually astute for the wellbeing of the People of God, discerning worthy and holy leaders to shepherd them - fall for the vacuous flattery of unctuous, graspingly ambitious and self-serving sycophants like Bartlett. <br /><br />Are they really that vain and stupid??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-32875442359543972982016-06-13T16:16:12.058+01:002016-06-13T16:16:12.058+01:00Archbishop Brown, if you are reading this, send us...Archbishop Brown, if you are reading this, send us Eugene Sweeney - not the other boyo!! No thanks!! <br />Sacerdos,<br />Clocharensis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-35774069434243721542016-06-13T16:02:39.115+01:002016-06-13T16:02:39.115+01:00Anon @ 11:09. It's a cracker! One's like t...Anon @ 11:09. It's a cracker! One's like this, with just the right mix of truth and imagination make this blog so enjoyable, ......and revealing.<br />MMMMourneManMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-47804392150200435382016-06-13T11:09:32.000+01:002016-06-13T11:09:32.000+01:00You have all got Fr Timothy Bartlett badly wrong. ...You have all got Fr Timothy Bartlett badly wrong. He told me himself the other night. <br /><br />We were out for a celebratory meal to honour Elizabeth II’s 90th. A lovely feast, in The Dog and Duck, of Oysters, Roast Goose and Charlotte Rousse.<br /><br />Tim turned to me, as he sipped his pint of Magners, ‘they’ve got me all wrong, ya know, Ted. My only ambition - ever - was for “the higher gifts” and to be a simple priest, in a quiet little parish, like Ballymurphy or Twinbrook”.<br /><br />“It’s what that old chap Malvolio once said, Ted”, he continued, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”. <br /><br />“It’s not my fault, Ted, that I fall into all three categories!” My heart went out to him, as his eyes filled up and his voice cracked with emotion.<br /><br />“I’ve tried, Ted, I've really tried”, he said, scarfing down another oyster. <br /><br />"A few years ago, I heard there was a vacancy for a missionary to Tallaght. I immediately marched in to the Wounded Healer and told him I was volunteering”.<br /><br />“Well Ted”, said Tim, “didn’t the Wounded Healer rise up out of the bed and, on bandaged hands and knees, come clambering across the floor after me! It was most unseemly".<br /><br />"He was clinging to my trouser leg, making it most awkward for me to walk towards the door. The poor man was howling and wailing: Nnnnnooooooo!” No one knew where to look".<br /><br />“Honestly, Ted, no one knows what I go through”, Tim went on. “All this talk of robes and titles and bishoprics. Sure I’m happy in an old Slappy Joe Tee-shirt and a pair of latex cycling shorts, for goodness sake! <br /><br />Just let me run around somewhere like Poleglass ot Ballymun. I’ll be as happy as the day is long. And now, Ted, this latest penance they’ve given me – this World Meeting of Families carry on. Struth!”<br /><br />“I’ve always been guided by Cardinal Hinsley’s advice to his young secretary one day when he was trying on a new mitre he had bought in Harrods: “Young man, says His Eminence, “never aspire to a mitre! It will become a crown of thorns!” <br /><br />Just at that very moment, our charming young waiter arrived and announced: “Your goose is cooked, M’lud!”<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-72606896847582138612016-06-13T07:26:36.557+01:002016-06-13T07:26:36.557+01:00Eugene is a good man. He would be a very good choi...Eugene is a good man. He would be a very good choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com