IRELAND
The Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY
Two regional assemblies have been arranged by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) as a follow-on from their Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church meeting in Dublin last May.
“Towards an Assembly for the West” will take place at Galway’s Clayton Hotel on Saturday, October 6th next, while “Towards an Assembly for the South” is scheduled for the Commons Inn, Mallow Road, Cork city, the following Saturday, October 13th.
Both are being organised on the same lines as the Towards an Assembly meeting which took place at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on May 7th last and was attended by more than 1,000 people, lay and clerical.
According to the ACP website, both new assemblies are being held with the intention of promoting “real dialogue, talking and listening, between those who are committed to the church, and wish to see a movement towards reform and renewal”.
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