Today's Irish Times carries an interesting editorial on Poland. The piece is titled 'Awkward Poland'. It makes some interesting points and refers to how the present government's strong defence of national sovereignty and Catholic fundamentalism represents a radical break with previous Polish governments formed since 1988 and is quite at odds with values enshrined in European integration.
It's a fair point.
How are the Irish Dominicans responding to the pastoral needs of the Polish communities in Ireland?
Is it just a question of bringing Polish Dominicans here and filling our churches with Poles for Polish liturgies?
Has there been any discussion, thought or consensus involved in how to minister to the Europeans visiting our churches?
Are we just clapping ourselves on the back when we see our churches filled again, this time with non-Irish?
But if Mass can be in Latin, why not in Polish, Lithuanian, German, Latvian?
The last thing we want are ghettos.
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1 comment:
Michael,
Have you any idea why the pope thought it necessary, or fitting, to make his recent pronouncements about other religions not being the real thing? Even if one believes that the Catholic Church is the one true church ( which I don't) whats the point in rubbing other people's noses in it, I wonder?
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