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{t:"Open   ",p:1,x:80,y:80,w:446,h:165},
{t:"C h r i s t i a n i t y ",p:1,x:80,y:270,w:211,h:32},
{t:"an occasional newsletter  ",p:1,x:244,y:355,w:238,h:27},
{t:"of hope for Christianity in Ireland ",p:1,x:151,y:382,w:325,h:27},
{t:"issued by the  Open Christianity Network ",p:1,x:98,y:437,w:377,h:26},
{t:"www.ocnireland.com  ",p:1,x:312,y:469,w:168,h:16},
{t:"issue no.17 ",p:1,x:362,y:513,w:116,h:27},
{t:"6.Dec.09 ",p:1,x:381,y:541,w:98,h:27},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:1,x:80,y:573,w:395,h:18},
{t:"   ",p:1,x:80,y:593,w:19,h:17},
{t:"‘THIS WEEK’ examines Murphy Report  ",p:1,x:80,y:611,w:372,h:27},
{t:"This excellent programme was heard on ‘This Week’ on ",p:1,x:80,y:658,w:379,h:18},
{t:"RTÉ Radio 1, on Sunday 29 November 2009.  ",p:1,x:80,y:681,w:312,h:15},
{t:"The full programme can be found at  ",p:1,x:80,y:700,w:249,h:15},
{t:"http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/thisweek/2658179.smil ",p:1,x:84,y:719,w:319,h:15},
{t:"In part 1 of this programme, the  State is criticised for lack ",p:1,x:80,y:757,w:394,h:15},
{t:"of robust child protection -  ",p:1,x:80,y:777,w:187,h:15},
{t:"Colm Ó Mongáin reports that the Murphy Commission, ",p:1,x:80,y:796,w:376,h:15},
{t:"the Archbishop and the opposition have all criticised the ",p:1,x:80,y:815,w:379,h:15},
{t:"Government's slowness in passing comprehensive child ",p:1,x:80,y:834,w:375,h:15},
{t:"protection legislation.  ",p:1,x:80,y:853,w:153,h:15},
{t:"Part 2:  Not enough is being done to protect children -   ",p:1,x:80,y:891,w:372,h:15},
{t:"Avril Hoare talks to Andrew Madden, an abuse victim and ",p:1,x:80,y:911,w:394,h:15},
{t:"campaigner, who says failure to report sexual abuse of a ",p:1,x:80,y:930,w:378,h:15},
{t:"child should be a criminal offence.  ",p:1,x:80,y:949,w:239,h:15},
{t:"Part 3. Archbishop welcomes Garda inquiry –  ",p:1,x:80,y:984,w:314,h:18},
{t:"Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says any people named in ",p:1,x:80,y:1007,w:374,h:15},
{t:"the Murphy report for having negative responsibility ",p:1,x:80,y:1026,w:354,h:15},
{t:"should examine themselves; it is their own moral duty to ",p:1,x:80,y:1045,w:381,h:15},
{t:"resign if necessary  ",p:1,x:80,y:1064,w:132,h:15},
{t:"Part 4. Panel talk about the latest report on Church cover-",p:1,x:80,y:1102,w:383,h:15},
{t:"ups of abuse (Murphy report):   ",p:1,x:80,y:1122,w:213,h:15},
{t:"Mary Raftery, producer of ‘Cardinal Secrets’ programme;  ",p:1,x:80,y:1137,w:394,h:18},
{t:"Colm O'Gorman, founder of One in Four;  ",p:1,x:80,y:1160,w:286,h:15},
{t:"Sean O'Conaill of Voice of the Faithful; ",p:1,x:80,y:1179,w:271,h:15},
{t:"and Fr Tom Doyle, canon lawyer in the US. ",p:1,x:80,y:1198,w:296,h:15},
{t:"Sean O’Conaill, of Voice of the Faithful, who took part in ",p:1,x:530,y:80,w:389,h:18},
{t:"that broadcast  discussion is also a member of the ",p:1,x:530,y:102,w:337,h:15},
{t:"Steering Group of the Open Christianity Network.  ",p:1,x:530,y:122,w:342,h:15},
{t:"After the broadcast, the new OCN Co-ordinator Susan ",p:1,x:530,y:141,w:368,h:15},
{t:"Lindsay made the following  comment: ",p:1,x:530,y:160,w:263,h:15},
{t:"Sean O’Conaill’s contribution to 'This Week' was ",p:1,x:530,y:195,w:334,h:18},
{t:"inspiring and very important. It highlighted the complete ",p:1,x:530,y:217,w:382,h:15},
{t:"absence by others of consciousness that structures are ",p:1,x:530,y:237,w:361,h:15},
{t:"needed to enable the laity and priests to have the voice ",p:1,x:530,y:256,w:367,h:15},
{t:"that Bishop Murray, for example, purports to wish to ",p:1,x:530,y:275,w:356,h:15},
{t:"listen to. His highlighting of the fact that these were ",p:1,x:530,y:294,w:349,h:15},
{t:"actually proposed by Vatican II; and that the failure to ",p:1,x:530,y:313,w:365,h:15},
{t:"move with what came from there has contributed to the ",p:1,x:530,y:333,w:372,h:15},
{t:"disaster being played out has given people something ",p:1,x:530,y:352,w:359,h:15},
{t:"tangible and credible to demand/work for to make a ",p:1,x:530,y:371,w:349,h:15},
{t:"difference. So it gave hope - not easy to achieve in a few ",p:1,x:530,y:390,w:381,h:15},
{t:"short moments in an intense debate.               -          SL ",p:1,x:530,y:409,w:370,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:1,x:530,y:429,w:395,h:18},
{t:"Light out of darkness ",p:1,x:530,y:467,w:241,h:32},
{t:"Readers of this newsletter were invited to express their ",p:1,x:530,y:522,w:369,h:15},
{t:"thought and feelings on the future of the Church following ",p:1,x:530,y:541,w:392,h:15},
{t:"publication of the Murphy report. Here are some of the ",p:1,x:530,y:561,w:372,h:15},
{t:"responses.  ",p:1,x:530,y:580,w:78,h:15},
{t:"On the day the Murphy Report was published, the Gospel ",p:1,x:530,y:618,w:388,h:15},
{t:"of the day in the RC lectionary ended with the words.... ",p:1,x:530,y:637,w:373,h:15},
{t:"\"When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold ",p:1,x:530,y:656,w:385,h:15},
{t:"your heads high, because your liberation is near at ",p:1,x:530,y:676,w:352,h:15},
{t:"hand.\"(Luke21:28). ",p:1,x:530,y:695,w:142,h:15},
{t:"A new way of being church is being born, as the ",p:1,x:590,y:714,w:326,h:15},
{t:"old one is in the death throes. Now is definitely the time ",p:1,x:530,y:733,w:378,h:15},
{t:"to stand up and be counted! Our liberation cannot happen ",p:1,x:530,y:752,w:393,h:15},
{t:"without our  wholehearted acquiescence, in whatever way ",p:1,x:530,y:771,w:389,h:15},
{t:"the Holy Spirit guides us. When  we can show half the ",p:1,x:530,y:791,w:367,h:15},
{t:"courage of the survivors of sexual abuse who came ",p:1,x:530,y:810,w:344,h:15},
{t:"forward, we will  move mountains!   ",p:1,x:530,y:829,w:247,h:15},
{t:"Blessings of joyful hope in this pregnant season ",p:1,x:590,y:848,w:323,h:15},
{t:"of Advent!                                 Soline (Vatinel) Humbert  ",p:1,x:530,y:865,w:388,h:18},
{t:"The Roman Catholic church's attitudes on sexual matters ",p:1,x:530,y:909,w:383,h:15},
{t:"are incomprehensible to most 'Western' men and women ",p:1,x:530,y:929,w:380,h:15},
{t:"in the street. How does the church sail serenely on ",p:1,x:530,y:948,w:339,h:15},
{t:"ignoring reality? Perhaps because much of the world ",p:1,x:530,y:967,w:355,h:15},
{t:"wants authority not individual thought. ",p:1,x:530,y:986,w:263,h:15},
{t:"Peter Thompson ",p:1,x:811,y:1005,w:113,h:15},
{t:"We need to recognise that our churches are human ",p:1,x:530,y:1044,w:341,h:15},
{t:"organisations (dare I say, businesses?) and bring to them ",p:1,x:530,y:1063,w:381,h:15},
{t:"the best from our corporate experiences.  We should ",p:1,x:530,y:1082,w:352,h:15},
{t:"therefore have Compliance Officers, HR and Health & ",p:1,x:530,y:1101,w:368,h:15},
{t:"Safety specialists who have real authority.   ",p:1,x:530,y:1120,w:293,h:15},
{t:"Or let's be really radical - even ecumenical - and ",p:1,x:590,y:1140,w:327,h:15},
{t:"introduce Supervisory Boards with representatives from ",p:1,x:530,y:1159,w:377,h:15},
{t:"across denominational boundaries so that individuals do ",p:1,x:530,y:1178,w:378,h:15},
{t:"not have to consider implications on their careers if they ",p:1,x:530,y:1197,w:378,h:15},
{t:"challenge practices. ",p:1,x:530,y:1216,w:135,h:15},
{t:"Kevin Conroy ",p:1,x:825,y:1216,w:97,h:15},
{t:"I worked as an international insurance and reinsurance ",p:1,x:530,y:1254,w:367,h:15},
{t:"broker in London, and the world market was well aware ",p:1,x:530,y:1274,w:378,h:15},
{t:"of what was happening in the US and many other dioceses ",p:1,x:530,y:1293,w:393,h:15},
{t:"back in the early 1980's when really serious claims were ",p:2,x:80,y:83,w:379,h:15},
{t:"first being submitted. There is nothing new about it all, ",p:2,x:80,y:102,w:371,h:15},
{t:"although many church authorities would have you think ",p:2,x:80,y:122,w:376,h:15},
{t:"otherwise. The only thing that shocks me is that the ",p:2,x:80,y:141,w:347,h:15},
{t:"Catholic church in Ireland is allowed to continue any ",p:2,x:80,y:160,w:357,h:15},
{t:"involvement in education and child welfare and that their ",p:2,x:80,y:179,w:385,h:15},
{t:"property deeds (including deeds ferreted away) have not ",p:2,x:80,y:198,w:379,h:15},
{t:"been deposited with the Government pending an ",p:2,x:80,y:217,w:327,h:15},
{t:"independant financial trust. Any meaningful Christainity ",p:2,x:80,y:237,w:381,h:15},
{t:"in the western world is a foggy miasma without strong ",p:2,x:80,y:256,w:367,h:15},
{t:"leadership - political, social and otherwise. Create proper ",p:2,x:80,y:275,w:384,h:15},
{t:"leadership and everything else falls into place, including ",p:2,x:80,y:294,w:379,h:15},
{t:"the aftermath of the Murphy report, to which incidentally ",p:2,x:80,y:313,w:385,h:15},
{t:"I contributed in a small way. ",p:2,x:80,y:333,w:195,h:15},
{t:"Robert Jocelyn ",p:2,x:370,y:352,w:104,h:15},
{t:"It is being said that the church has lost its moral authority. ",p:2,x:80,y:390,w:391,h:15},
{t:"My suggestion would be to get people together from all ",p:2,x:80,y:409,w:374,h:15},
{t:"over Ireland to a meeting or workshop or whatever you ",p:2,x:80,y:428,w:371,h:15},
{t:"want to call it to reflect seriously on the way forward for ",p:2,x:80,y:447,w:381,h:15},
{t:"all faiths in the light of this tragedy. It can start at local ",p:2,x:80,y:467,w:370,h:15},
{t:"level by inviting people to share their feelings, thoughts ",p:2,x:80,y:486,w:375,h:15},
{t:"and hopes for the future. I don’t know if something ",p:2,x:80,y:501,w:345,h:18},
{t:"similar took place after the Ferns report and others as I ",p:2,x:80,y:524,w:369,h:15},
{t:"don’t live in Ireland. It has to be a grassroots initiative.               ",p:2,x:80,y:540,w:428,h:18},
{t:"Micheal Feeney, Brazil ",p:2,x:313,y:563,w:159,h:15},
{t:"A priest friend of mine indicated that he hoped that the ",p:2,x:80,y:601,w:369,h:15},
{t:"future Church would be a humbler one. Bishop Willie ",p:2,x:80,y:618,w:364,h:18},
{t:"Walsh hopes that the future model of Church will cease to ",p:2,x:80,y:639,w:391,h:15},
{t:"be hierarchical and, instead, become a more Christ- ",p:2,x:80,y:658,w:347,h:15},
{t:"centered one. ",p:2,x:80,y:677,w:93,h:15},
{t:"My own concern is that many of the faithful, in ",p:2,x:140,y:697,w:319,h:15},
{t:"their hurt and anger at what has been going on for ",p:2,x:80,y:716,w:336,h:15},
{t:"decades, are throwing out the baby with the bathwater.  ",p:2,x:80,y:735,w:373,h:15},
{t:"They are identifying the institutional Church with Jesus.  ",p:2,x:80,y:754,w:383,h:15},
{t:"Anyone really familiar with the Gospel knows that if ",p:2,x:80,y:773,w:357,h:15},
{t:"Jesus was around today he would be furious not only with ",p:2,x:80,y:793,w:391,h:15},
{t:"those who perpetrated the evil acts on children but on  ",p:2,x:80,y:812,w:365,h:15},
{t:"those who knowingly covered up the activities to save ",p:2,x:80,y:831,w:364,h:15},
{t:"face (and assets) of the Church. ",p:2,x:80,y:850,w:214,h:15},
{t:"We must have the courage to speak out in ",p:2,x:140,y:869,w:282,h:15},
{t:"defence, not of the Church, but of Jesus Himself. ",p:2,x:80,y:886,w:331,h:18},
{t:"Helen Costello ",p:2,x:370,y:907,w:103,h:15},
{t:"This scandal is clearly aggravated by the fact that clerics ",p:2,x:80,y:946,w:381,h:15},
{t:"in the Roman Catholic church cannot have direct ",p:2,x:80,y:965,w:330,h:15},
{t:"experience of parenthood. Neither should they have direct ",p:2,x:80,y:984,w:391,h:15},
{t:"personal experience of a sexual relationship.  Unlike sex ",p:2,x:80,y:1004,w:380,h:15},
{t:"within marriage (which is now considered a source of ",p:2,x:80,y:1023,w:361,h:15},
{t:"grace, fulfilment and spiritual nourishment), sex for ",p:2,x:80,y:1042,w:349,h:15},
{t:"clergy is a forbidden thing, and to engage in it is normally ",p:2,x:80,y:1061,w:390,h:15},
{t:"sinful.  ",p:2,x:80,y:1080,w:50,h:15},
{t:"Leaving aside the effect this situation has on ",p:2,x:140,y:1099,w:300,h:15},
{t:"individuals who wish to serve the church as clerics, ",p:2,x:80,y:1118,w:347,h:15},
{t:"collectively it builds a culture that is not wholesome.    ",p:2,x:80,y:1138,w:369,h:15},
{t:"Diarmuid Martin in his letter read out in all RC churches ",p:2,x:80,y:1157,w:382,h:15},
{t:"on 29th Nov. said \"that while church leaders failed, ",p:2,x:80,y:1176,w:346,h:15},
{t:"almost every parent who came to the diocese to report ",p:2,x:80,y:1195,w:364,h:15},
{t:"abuse clearly understood the awfulness of what was ",p:2,x:80,y:1214,w:349,h:15},
{t:"involved.\" ",p:2,x:80,y:1234,w:73,h:15},
{t:"One obvious improvement would be to insist that ",p:2,x:140,y:1253,w:333,h:15},
{t:"the new permanent deacons now in training should be ",p:2,x:80,y:1272,w:362,h:15},
{t:"married people (at present they must be male, but can be ",p:2,x:80,y:1291,w:381,h:15},
{t:"celibate too.)  Celibate permanent deacons can be ",p:2,x:530,y:83,w:334,h:15},
{t:"ordained at 25 and must remain celibate afterwards.  ",p:2,x:530,y:102,w:353,h:15},
{t:"Surely having only married people as permanent deacons ",p:2,x:530,y:122,w:386,h:15},
{t:"would be a simple and effective way of getting some ",p:2,x:530,y:141,w:356,h:15},
{t:"church officials to have experience both of a normal ",p:2,x:530,y:160,w:351,h:15},
{t:"sexual relationship and of parenting children. ",p:2,x:530,y:179,w:305,h:15},
{t:"Another point, I think we should all write and ",p:2,x:590,y:198,w:309,h:15},
{t:"support Diarmuid Martin in the courageous stand he is ",p:2,x:530,y:217,w:368,h:15},
{t:"taking.  What courage he has to stand up to such a ",p:2,x:530,y:237,w:338,h:15},
{t:"powerful bunch. ",p:2,x:530,y:256,w:113,h:15},
{t:"Gay Brocklesby ",p:2,x:808,y:256,w:109,h:15},
{t:"I discussed the Murphy Report and its aftermath with my ",p:2,x:530,y:294,w:384,h:15},
{t:"aunt who is a Daughter of Charity, in her eighties, and ",p:2,x:530,y:313,w:365,h:15},
{t:"still active in a ministry to the poor and disadvantaged in ",p:2,x:530,y:333,w:382,h:15},
{t:"her native Dublin. ",p:2,x:530,y:352,w:125,h:15},
{t:"To me she is a person of real virtue and ",p:2,x:590,y:371,w:267,h:15},
{t:"dedication and I find her views on the institutional church ",p:2,x:530,y:390,w:389,h:15},
{t:"and on its hierarchy to be always simple, radical and ",p:2,x:530,y:409,w:353,h:15},
{t:"refreshing. She has no time at all for Bishops and the very ",p:2,x:530,y:428,w:390,h:15},
{t:"sight of one in robe and mitre is enough to provoke head-",p:2,x:530,y:447,w:383,h:15},
{t:"shaking irritation at the vainglory and self-exaltation that ",p:2,x:530,y:467,w:384,h:15},
{t:"characterises so many of these rarefied individuals. ",p:2,x:530,y:486,w:345,h:15},
{t:"Her hope for the church is that this generation ",p:2,x:590,y:505,w:310,h:15},
{t:"(her generation really) will pass away, that the dearth of ",p:2,x:530,y:524,w:376,h:15},
{t:"vocations will cause a collapse of the far too worldly and ",p:2,x:530,y:543,w:384,h:15},
{t:"materialistic structures that are in the end incapable of ",p:2,x:530,y:563,w:364,h:15},
{t:"reforming themselves and that the seeds of the Word, ever ",p:2,x:530,y:582,w:392,h:15},
{t:"being sown in good times and bad, will find healthier ",p:2,x:530,y:601,w:359,h:15},
{t:"roots in the new soil of an emerging generation. ",p:2,x:530,y:620,w:323,h:15},
{t:"  Tony Devlin ",p:2,x:830,y:639,w:94,h:15},
{t:"I was delighted with the Murphy report, delighted that so ",p:2,x:530,y:677,w:384,h:15},
{t:"many women participated in it, as the cover-up of sexual ",p:2,x:530,y:697,w:383,h:15},
{t:"abuse that happened, would never in my opinion  have ",p:2,x:530,y:716,w:367,h:15},
{t:"happened, if women had been part of the pastoral life of ",p:2,x:530,y:735,w:377,h:15},
{t:"the church that allowed such horrors, under the name of ",p:2,x:530,y:754,w:375,h:15},
{t:"Christianity; delighted also that Commission was so ",p:2,x:530,y:773,w:351,h:15},
{t:"efficient in terms of information, time and cost; above all ",p:2,x:530,y:793,w:385,h:15},
{t:"I am delighted that male clericalism is deeply wounded.  ",p:2,x:530,y:812,w:381,h:15},
{t:"It is guilty, as I see it, of far more than sexual abuse - it ",p:2,x:530,y:831,w:371,h:15},
{t:"has gone far in crushing spirituality and the divine. ",p:2,x:530,y:850,w:343,h:15},
{t:"What happens next is extremely important  for ",p:2,x:590,y:869,w:315,h:15},
{t:"those within institutional Church, as it will decide whether ",p:2,x:530,y:888,w:394,h:15},
{t:"or not the deep wound is temporary or mortal.  ",p:2,x:530,y:907,w:315,h:15},
{t:"Irene Ní Mháille ",p:2,x:808,y:927,w:114,h:15},
{t:"And finally … ",p:2,x:530,y:981,w:96,h:18},
{t:"An excerpt from an Advent service broadcast on RTÉ ",p:2,x:530,y:1004,w:359,h:15},
{t:"three days after publication of the Murphy Report: ",p:2,x:530,y:1023,w:342,h:15},
{t:"It’s the beginning of Advent. The saddest, the most ",p:2,x:535,y:1057,w:345,h:18},
{t:"troubled I can remember in 40 years in Galway … We ",p:2,x:530,y:1076,w:367,h:18},
{t:"wait in the darkness of winter.  We wait in the darkness of ",p:2,x:530,y:1099,w:392,h:15},
{t:"flood and storm, in the darkness of recession and deep, ",p:2,x:530,y:1118,w:370,h:15},
{t:"deep shame. We long for the coming of the light. We wait ",p:2,x:530,y:1138,w:391,h:15},
{t:"and prepare and repent. Not wailing, not gnashing our ",p:2,x:530,y:1157,w:363,h:15},
{t:"teeth in sack cloth and ashes – too easy. Not rending our ",p:2,x:530,y:1172,w:380,h:18},
{t:"garments, but rending our hearts.  ",p:2,x:530,y:1195,w:228,h:15},
{t:"We repent by waking up, by staying alert, by ",p:2,x:590,y:1214,w:303,h:15},
{t:"living consciously, waking from the sleep of denial,  ",p:2,x:530,y:1234,w:354,h:15},
{t:"embracing disillusion, giving thanks for the end of ",p:2,x:530,y:1253,w:340,h:15},
{t:"illusion, for the beginning of an adult search for ",p:2,x:530,y:1272,w:323,h:15},
{t:"unmediated truth. ",p:2,x:530,y:1291,w:121,h:15},
{t:" ",p:3,x:80,y:83,w:4,h:15},
{t:"We repent by embracing reality, not shirking ",p:3,x:140,y:83,w:303,h:15},
{t:"from the hard truth that it will get darker before it gets ",p:3,x:80,y:102,w:365,h:15},
{t:"light, but being prepared, in spite of all, to change, and be ",p:3,x:80,y:122,w:388,h:15},
{t:"changed. We wake up to take on the responsibility of ",p:3,x:80,y:141,w:358,h:15},
{t:"being an affirming flame in this present darkness, of being ",p:3,x:80,y:160,w:393,h:15},
{t:"prepared to accept  the offer of a life in which everything ",p:3,x:80,y:179,w:385,h:15},
{t:"is made new.  ",p:3,x:80,y:198,w:95,h:15},
{t:"We do it by making Jesus’ values our values … ",p:3,x:140,y:214,w:322,h:18},
{t:"It means making a commitment … to mercy and justice; ",p:3,x:80,y:233,w:379,h:18},
{t:"to freedom and beauty, to foolish generosity, and to depth, ",p:3,x:80,y:256,w:393,h:15},
{t:"and to peace, and to truth, and to seeing where that ",p:3,x:80,y:275,w:343,h:15},
{t:"commitment takes us and finding the courage to go.  ",p:3,x:80,y:294,w:354,h:15},
{t:"Maureen Ryan  ",p:3,x:366,y:313,w:106,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:3,x:80,y:334,w:395,h:18},
{t:"Quote ",p:3,x:80,y:352,w:64,h:27},
{t:"‘If the Church structures have to fall, so be it.’ ",p:3,x:80,y:380,w:313,h:18},
{t:"RC Bishop Willie Walsh ",p:3,x:302,y:403,w:165,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:3,x:80,y:423,w:395,h:18},
{t:"OTHER NEWS ",p:3,x:80,y:441,w:145,h:27},
{t:"‘Where to now?’ ",p:3,x:80,y:497,w:154,h:27},
{t:"For some time members of OCNI have been sharing ",p:3,x:80,y:547,w:353,h:15},
{t:"thoughts on the way the changes in society pose ",p:3,x:80,y:567,w:323,h:15},
{t:"challenges to ethical value systems previously derived ",p:3,x:80,y:586,w:365,h:15},
{t:"from established institutions of church and state.  ",p:3,x:80,y:605,w:331,h:15},
{t:"Demographic changes, democratic choices, educational ",p:3,x:80,y:624,w:374,h:15},
{t:"opportunities and global communications have ",p:3,x:80,y:643,w:315,h:15},
{t:"revolutionised the way we interact, avail of information ",p:3,x:80,y:663,w:375,h:15},
{t:"and make decisions.   ",p:3,x:80,y:682,w:147,h:15},
{t:"In particular the demand for openness and ",p:3,x:140,y:701,w:284,h:15},
{t:"accountability has caused seismic shifts in the  levels of ",p:3,x:80,y:720,w:375,h:15},
{t:"confidence people had placed in church and state and ",p:3,x:80,y:739,w:359,h:15},
{t:"relied on to regulate their lives.  ",p:3,x:80,y:758,w:216,h:15},
{t:"We therefore decided to invite a panel to debate  ",p:3,x:140,y:777,w:327,h:15},
{t:"‘Where to now?’ This seemed so pertinent that nearly 80 ",p:3,x:80,y:793,w:383,h:18},
{t:"people gathered in Trinity under the auspices of the ",p:3,x:80,y:816,w:347,h:15},
{t:"Church of Ireland Chaplaincy on the cold afternoon of ",p:3,x:80,y:835,w:366,h:15},
{t:"Saturday Nov 28th 2009  -  two days after the publication ",p:3,x:80,y:854,w:388,h:15},
{t:"of the Murphy Report! ",p:3,x:80,y:873,w:155,h:15},
{t:"Under the chairmanship of RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson ",p:3,x:140,y:889,w:331,h:18},
{t:"the four speakers spoke of how they had formed their own ",p:3,x:80,y:911,w:392,h:15},
{t:"ethical values  and what they thought were the causes of ",p:3,x:80,y:931,w:378,h:15},
{t:"the current malaise.  ",p:3,x:80,y:950,w:139,h:15},
{t:"Ivana Bacik (Reid Professor of Criminal Law, ",p:3,x:140,y:969,w:312,h:15},
{t:"TCD, and member of Seanad Éirann) said that having ",p:3,x:80,y:988,w:363,h:15},
{t:"become an atheist her ethics were grounded in the ",p:3,x:80,y:1008,w:337,h:15},
{t:"humanism of the secular world and the powerful ",p:3,x:80,y:1027,w:327,h:15},
{t:"principles of the United Nations Charter. All religions and ",p:3,x:80,y:1046,w:392,h:15},
{t:"philosophies contributed. For her the Roman Catholic ",p:3,x:80,y:1065,w:362,h:15},
{t:"Church in Ireland was given too much power in education ",p:3,x:80,y:1084,w:391,h:15},
{t:"and health. This was echoed by all the speakers and the ",p:3,x:80,y:1104,w:372,h:15},
{t:"floor.  The church was doing what the state should have ",p:3,x:80,y:1123,w:376,h:15},
{t:"done, Criticism was seen as disloyal. Collusion and denial ",p:3,x:80,y:1142,w:391,h:15},
{t:"was rife.  ",p:3,x:80,y:1161,w:65,h:15},
{t:"Jesuit priest Peter McVerry said his ethics came ",p:3,x:144,y:1180,w:323,h:15},
{t:"from the homeless people with whom he worked. He felt ",p:3,x:80,y:1199,w:383,h:15},
{t:"the Celtic tiger had resulted in happiness being seen in ",p:3,x:80,y:1218,w:367,h:15},
{t:"unsustainable consumption security in assets, and an ",p:3,x:80,y:1238,w:354,h:15},
{t:"excessive individualism where there should be solidarity ",p:3,x:80,y:1257,w:381,h:15},
{t:"and community.   ",p:3,x:80,y:1276,w:121,h:15},
{t:"Justin Kilcullen , Director of Trócaire, ",p:3,x:590,y:83,w:260,h:15},
{t:"recollected that the way institutions were run was bad ",p:3,x:530,y:102,w:362,h:15},
{t:"well before the Celtic Tiger and the commitment of the ",p:3,x:530,y:122,w:371,h:15},
{t:"Church to its stated values and the spirituality of justice ",p:3,x:530,y:141,w:374,h:15},
{t:"was not really tested nor to be found in the Catholic  ",p:3,x:530,y:160,w:353,h:15},
{t:"hierarchy. ",p:3,x:530,y:179,w:71,h:15},
{t:"Linda Hogan (Professor of Ecumenics, TCD) ",p:3,x:590,y:198,w:306,h:15},
{t:"stressed the need to distribute and redistribute constantly ",p:3,x:530,y:217,w:381,h:15},
{t:"according to need, recognising the fragility and ",p:3,x:530,y:237,w:319,h:15},
{t:"vulnerability of human life. She said, as others, that the ",p:3,x:530,y:256,w:372,h:15},
{t:"monolithic nature of Irish society   ",p:3,x:530,y:275,w:234,h:15},
{t:"rewarded conformity in both Church and State.  Creative ",p:3,x:530,y:294,w:382,h:15},
{t:"challenge had come through emerging pluralism and ",p:3,x:530,y:313,w:354,h:15},
{t:"secularism with a slow ending to the culture of deference ",p:3,x:530,y:333,w:384,h:15},
{t:"to authority and the exclusion of those who transgressed ",p:3,x:530,y:352,w:378,h:15},
{t:"or tried to halt the appalling and unchristian activities.   ",p:3,x:530,y:371,w:373,h:15},
{t:"There needed now to be an emphasis on developing a ",p:3,x:530,y:390,w:361,h:15},
{t:"culture of truthfulness with the avoidance of self ",p:3,x:530,y:409,w:327,h:15},
{t:"deception and denial.  ",p:3,x:530,y:428,w:150,h:15},
{t:"A very informed and often impassioned debate ",p:3,x:590,y:447,w:316,h:15},
{t:"took place after the initial panel contributions. There was ",p:3,x:530,y:467,w:384,h:15},
{t:"unanimous agreement that Irish society was in crisis but ",p:3,x:530,y:486,w:378,h:15},
{t:"this was the opportunity to hold Church and state to ",p:3,x:530,y:505,w:348,h:15},
{t:"account and effect a revolution  in the way in which the ",p:3,x:530,y:524,w:374,h:15},
{t:"society should work for its people and its people work for ",p:3,x:530,y:543,w:389,h:15},
{t:"society.  ",p:3,x:530,y:563,w:59,h:15},
{t:"Ivana Bacik pointed out that many victims of ",p:3,x:590,y:582,w:305,h:15},
{t:"Irish Society had gone to England where they had found a ",p:3,x:530,y:601,w:391,h:15},
{t:"greater freedom and this was both ironic and an ",p:3,x:530,y:620,w:321,h:15},
{t:"indictment. ",p:3,x:530,y:639,w:79,h:15},
{t:"This event was seen as apposite and successful ",p:3,x:590,y:658,w:316,h:15},
{t:"in being a safe place for people to be honest as to how ",p:3,x:530,y:677,w:364,h:15},
{t:"they felt about the issues and the future. But can change ",p:3,x:530,y:697,w:377,h:15},
{t:"be effected? ",p:3,x:530,y:716,w:85,h:15},
{t:"Anne Odling-Smee ",p:3,x:791,y:735,w:129,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:3,x:530,y:755,w:395,h:18},
{t:"OCN meeting in Belfast  ",p:3,x:530,y:773,w:230,h:27},
{t:"The next OCN Northern meeting will take place at St ",p:3,x:530,y:828,w:391,h:15},
{t:"George's Church, High Street, Belfast on Wednes-",p:3,x:530,y:847,w:372,h:15},
{t:"day 9 December 2009 commencing 6.30pm. All are ",p:3,x:530,y:866,w:384,h:15},
{t:"welcome. ",p:3,x:530,y:885,w:75,h:15},
{t:"The topic for discussion will be „The ",p:3,x:607,y:901,w:267,h:18},
{t:"Authentic Words of Jesus‟. The reference book for ",p:3,x:530,y:921,w:375,h:18},
{t:"discussion is ‘The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus ",p:3,x:530,y:939,w:364,h:18},
{t:"Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of ",p:3,x:530,y:962,w:381,h:15},
{t:"Jesus’ by R. W. Funk and R.W. Hoover, published ",p:3,x:530,y:978,w:375,h:18},
{t:"by HarperOne. Peter Gibson will introduce discus-",p:3,x:530,y:1001,w:369,h:15},
{t:"sion addressing 'The Jesus Seminar and the History ",p:3,x:530,y:1020,w:389,h:15},
{t:"of the Quest for the Historical Jesus.'   ",p:3,x:530,y:1039,w:285,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:3,x:530,y:1059,w:395,h:18},
{t:"You are invited to an  ",p:3,x:530,y:1100,w:153,h:14},
{t:"Ecumenical Prayer Service for the  ",p:3,x:530,y:1117,w:247,h:14},
{t:"UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen  ",p:3,x:530,y:1134,w:260,h:14},
{t:"in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin ",p:3,x:530,y:1151,w:244,h:14},
{t:"on Friday 11th December at 5.45pm. ",p:3,x:530,y:1169,w:253,h:14},
{t:"Guest Speaker will be Mary Robinson, ",p:3,x:530,y:1186,w:271,h:14},
{t:"former President of Ireland and former ",p:3,x:530,y:1203,w:258,h:14},
{t:"UN High Commissioner of Human Rights.  ",p:3,x:530,y:1221,w:285,h:14},
{t:"Eco Congregation Ireland, Christian Aid and Trócaire ",p:3,x:530,y:1255,w:382,h:14},
{t:"are organising this service on behalf of Stop Climate ",p:3,x:530,y:1272,w:357,h:14},
{t:"Chaos.  ",p:3,x:530,y:1289,w:58,h:14},
{t:"Eco Congregation Ireland hopes that churches ",p:4,x:80,y:83,w:326,h:14},
{t:"throughout Ireland will PRAY and take ACTION in the run ",p:4,x:80,y:100,w:387,h:14},
{t:"up to the UN summit. We would encourage you to include ",p:4,x:80,y:117,w:387,h:14},
{t:"the following prayer, or something similar, in your services ",p:4,x:80,y:134,w:392,h:14},
{t:"the next two Sundays ...  ",p:4,x:80,y:151,w:168,h:14},
{t:"Creator Spirit, ",p:4,x:80,y:186,w:96,h:14},
{t:"The wonder of your universe fills us with awe, ",p:4,x:80,y:203,w:306,h:14},
{t:"The beauty of your creation makes us stop in our tracks ",p:4,x:80,y:221,w:373,h:14},
{t:"And pause and reflect on all that You have made. ",p:4,x:80,y:238,w:332,h:14},
{t:"We confess that we have taken your many gifts for ",p:4,x:80,y:255,w:340,h:14},
{t:"granted, ",p:4,x:140,y:272,w:59,h:14},
{t:"Instead of cherishing, we have plundered, ",p:4,x:80,y:289,w:281,h:14},
{t:"Instead of nurturing, we have abused.  ",p:4,x:80,y:307,w:259,h:14},
{t:"Forgive us, we pray,  ",p:4,x:80,y:324,w:143,h:14},
{t:"And show us how to live in more sustainable ways. ",p:4,x:80,y:341,w:341,h:14},
{t:"We pray for wisdom, courage and compassion  ",p:4,x:80,y:359,w:316,h:14},
{t:"For our world leaders as they meet in Copenhagen -  ",p:4,x:80,y:376,w:355,h:14},
{t:"May they agree a just, fair and ambitious climate deal ",p:4,x:80,y:393,w:358,h:14},
{t:"For the sake of all, remembering especially ",p:4,x:80,y:410,w:290,h:14},
{t:"Those already suffering as a result of climate change, ",p:4,x:80,y:428,w:360,h:14},
{t:"Both in Ireland and overseas, as well as future ",p:4,x:80,y:445,w:311,h:14},
{t:"generations.   Amen. ",p:4,x:140,y:462,w:142,h:14},
{t:"On Sunday 13th December churches throughout Ireland ",p:4,x:80,y:497,w:385,h:14},
{t:"will ring their bells 350 times as part of a global bell-",p:4,x:80,y:514,w:350,h:14},
{t:"ringing event. Why 350? 350 is the number that leading ",p:4,x:80,y:531,w:380,h:14},
{t:"scientists say is the safe upper limit for CO2 (measured in ",p:4,x:80,y:548,w:387,h:14},
{t:"parts per million) in our atmosphere. Could you ring your ",p:4,x:80,y:566,w:390,h:14},
{t:"church bells too? ",p:4,x:80,y:583,w:129,h:14},
{t:"Eco Congregation Ireland members were among church ",p:4,x:80,y:618,w:389,h:14},
{t:"representatives from North and South who took part in a ",p:4,x:80,y:635,w:377,h:14},
{t:"church-state round-table discussion with Minister ",p:4,x:80,y:652,w:359,h:14},
{t:"John Gormley two days ago. The Minister said ",p:4,x:80,y:669,w:320,h:14},
{t:"that climate change was \"the biggest issue facing ",p:4,x:80,y:686,w:331,h:14},
{t:"humanity\" and that he saw climate change \"very much as ",p:4,x:80,y:704,w:384,h:14},
{t:"a moral issue\".  ",p:4,x:80,y:721,w:107,h:14},
{t:"Eco Congregation Ireland's vision is to see ",p:4,x:80,y:756,w:305,h:14},
{t:"churches throughout Ireland adopt an eco approach to ",p:4,x:80,y:773,w:372,h:14},
{t:"worship, lifestyle, community outreach and contact with ",p:4,x:80,y:790,w:370,h:14},
{t:"the developing world. There's lots of ideas and resources ",p:4,x:80,y:807,w:383,h:14},
{t:"on our website - www.ecocongregationireland.org. If you ",p:4,x:80,y:824,w:378,h:14},
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{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:4,x:80,y:895,w:395,h:18},
{t:"New Monasticism Event ",p:4,x:80,y:913,w:226,h:27},
{t:"The Contemplative Face of New Monasticism ",p:4,x:80,y:972,w:325,h:14},
{t:"Douglas Burton Christie ",p:4,x:80,y:990,w:176,h:14},
{t:"16th January 2010, 10.30 – 4.00  Woodlock Hall,  ",p:4,x:80,y:1003,w:341,h:17},
{t:"All Hallows, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 ",p:4,x:80,y:1024,w:249,h:14},
{t:"The human person has an innate capacity for depth—what ",p:4,x:80,y:1056,w:393,h:16},
{t:"the German theologian Karl Rahner calls a “capacity for ",p:4,x:80,y:1073,w:373,h:16},
{t:"God.” It is this depth that is the basis of all monasticism ",p:4,x:80,y:1090,w:370,h:16},
{t:"and, indeed, of every kind of spirituality, not to mention art, ",p:4,x:80,y:1110,w:392,h:14},
{t:"philosophy and literature. This capacity for depth is ",p:4,x:80,y:1127,w:341,h:14},
{t:"activated and cultivated in the search for God. In his ",p:4,x:80,y:1145,w:349,h:14},
{t:"nsightful work Blessed Simplicity, Raimundo Panikkar ",p:4,x:80,y:1162,w:360,h:14},
{t:"speaks of a “monastic dimension” in each person. ",p:4,x:80,y:1176,w:334,h:16},
{t:"“Monkhood,” as the pull of contemplative interiority, ",p:4,x:80,y:1194,w:343,h:16},
{t:"represents a genuine part of human life. New Monasticism ",p:4,x:80,y:1214,w:391,h:14},
{t:"Ireland aims to facilitate his call to interiority in daily life. ",p:4,x:80,y:1231,w:371,h:14},
{t:"Cost:   €45 (Cheques payable to ‘New Monasticism’) ",p:4,x:80,y:1263,w:352,h:16},
{t:"Please pre-book your attendance with Bernadette ",p:4,x:530,y:83,w:333,h:14},
{t:"Flanagan, All Hallows College in order to make necessary ",p:4,x:530,y:100,w:388,h:14},
{t:"arrangements for coffee and lunch. ",p:4,x:530,y:117,w:237,h:14},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:4,x:530,y:136,w:395,h:18},
{t:"Bishop’s concern about exclusivity ",p:4,x:530,y:154,w:322,h:27},
{t:"Concern about the exclusion by the Church of ",p:4,x:530,y:205,w:310,h:15},
{t:"homosexuals and people in ‘second unions’, and also ",p:4,x:530,y:221,w:358,h:18},
{t:"about Vatican restrictions on Protestants receiving Holy ",p:4,x:530,y:243,w:376,h:15},
{t:"Communion, was expressed by Bishop Willie Walsh, the ",p:4,x:530,y:263,w:385,h:15},
{t:"RC Bishop of Killaloe, in  an RTÉ programme last month. ",p:4,x:530,y:282,w:394,h:15},
{t:"Bishop Walsh, who is retiring in January, also ",p:4,x:590,y:301,w:311,h:15},
{t:"said that issues of clerical celibacy and women’s ",p:4,x:530,y:317,w:328,h:18},
{t:"ordination needed to be addressed by the Catholic Church. ",p:4,x:530,y:339,w:394,h:15},
{t:"C of I Gazette, 20.11.09 ",p:4,x:761,y:359,w:163,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:4,x:530,y:378,w:395,h:18},
{t:"Ordinands at Islamic Centre ",p:4,x:530,y:397,w:270,h:27},
{t:"A group of people training for ministry at the Church of ",p:4,x:530,y:456,w:376,h:15},
{t:"Ireland Theological Institute were recently given a warm ",p:4,x:530,y:475,w:383,h:15},
{t:"welcome at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Dublin and at ",p:4,x:530,y:495,w:377,h:15},
{t:"the mosque at Clonskeagh. ",p:4,x:530,y:514,w:183,h:15},
{t:"The visit by the ordinands was arranged by ",p:4,x:590,y:533,w:291,h:15},
{t:"Canon Patrick Comerford, who is Secretary of the C of I ",p:4,x:530,y:552,w:381,h:15},
{t:"Interfaith Working Group. Last year ordinands visited the ",p:4,x:530,y:571,w:389,h:15},
{t:"principal synagogue in Dublin. ",p:4,x:530,y:591,w:210,h:15},
{t:"‘The Church of Ireland has much to offer in the ",p:4,x:590,y:606,w:321,h:18},
{t:"area of interfaith relations and dialogue,’ Canon ",p:4,x:530,y:625,w:323,h:18},
{t:"Comerford said after the visit. ",p:4,x:530,y:648,w:204,h:15},
{t:"C of I Gazette, 20.11.09 ",p:4,x:761,y:667,w:163,h:15},
{t:"_______________________________________ ",p:4,x:530,y:687,w:395,h:18},
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