IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy Mcgarry
Thu, Sep 18, 2014
An enhanced role for the laity in Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese grows apace with the announcement that, for the first time ever, lay people will now be able to take part in deanery meetings.
It follows an agreement by Dublin’s Council of Priests and as adopted by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Up to this such meetings were mostly attended only by priests.
From this week the archdiocese’s 16 deanery groupings will include participation by parish pastoral workers, deacons, religious, chaplains and representatives from each parish pastoral council.
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