THE CONTROVERSIAL new Roman missal will be introduced in Ireland’s
Catholic churches “on the first Sunday of Advent”, the Catholic primate
Cardinal Seán Brady has said.
It will be introduced on November
27th, at the same time as Catholic churches throughout “the rest of the
English-speaking world”.
Last week in Maynooth the new Association
of Catholic Priests conveyed strong objections about translations in
the new missal to bishops and asked that its introduction be deferred
pending consultation with people and priests.
Also, both
Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin denied a
report that the Pope planned to visit Ireland for the Eucharistic
Congress in Dublin next year.
Archbishop Martin added that Pope
Benedict was “clearly committed to the path of renewal in the Irish
church” and, whether he visited Ireland or not, “the process of renewal
goes on”.
He said that, regardless, “we cannot have a fast track
to healing”, where victims of abuse were concerned.
He referred to what
he himself said at the liturgy “of lament and repentance” in the
pro-cathedral last month.
At the event he said the archdiocese of Dublin
would never be the same again.
“It will always bear this wound within
it. The archdiocese of Dublin can never rest until the day in which the
last victim has found his or her peace and he or she can rejoice in
being fully the person that God in his plan wants them to be.”
Asked
about comments he made recently as to the inadequacy of his own talents
and abilities where renewal of the church in Dublin was concerned, he
said such talents and abilities were available among “the people who
work with me” in the archdiocese. It was not a case of being reliant “on
one’s own abilities”.
Both men were speaking in Dublin’s RDS Monday at the launch of two initiatives in preparation for the 50th
international congress, which takes place in Ireland from June 10th to
June 17th, 2012.
It will also mark the 80th anniversary of the
1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. But, as Cardinal Brady said
yesterday, “we live in a different time now and I know that the
organising committee will seek to reflect those different times in next
year’s congress”.
He hoped the congress would “assist renewal in the
Catholic Church in Ireland . . . ”
Archbishop Martin said a
Eucharistic Congress “is not a societal event. It is an ecclesial event,
celebrated in faith.”
Congress secretary general Fr Kevin Doran spoke
of it as “an interior journey of renewal” which was also ecumenical and
would involve other Christians who expressed an interest.
The
Eucharistic Congress is hosted by a different country every four years
and will begin at the RDS on June 10th, 2012.
It will end with a
ceremony in Croke Park on June 17th, which is expected to be attended by
80,000 people.
Initiatives launched included a drive to
recruit 3,000 volunteers to help with administration, hospitality,
translation services and stewarding.
Details at iec2012.ie
The
second initiative concerned the congress bell, which will be blessed by
Archbishop Martin on St Patrick’s Day before being taken to Armagh and
from there, on foot, to all 26 Catholic dioceses in Ireland.
Congress
general manager Anne Griffin said it was expected 12,000 international
delegates would attend and that organisers would be entering talks with
Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland where funding and preparation for
these visitors were concerned.