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ARCHBISHOP DIARMUID MARTIN is set to ordain two men into the priesthood tomorrow, bringing the total number ordained in the diocese since 2004 to 16.
Although the two new priests will not be enough to replace the 15 who died over the past year, Martin said that “faith is not about numbers”.
He said: “Statistics and numbers are important, but they are not the entire picture.”
The two men set to be ordained are Corkman James Daly and Kildare native Bill O’Shaughnessy.
Daly worked in local government for several years before taking a career break in 2000 and worked in the US as a young minister. He studied at Mater Dei Institute of Education when he returned to Ireland, and graduated in 2007.
He was appointed a parish pastoral worker by the Dublin archdiocese in 2008, before enrolling at the seminary in Rome. He’s been appointed to the parish of Skerries.
O’Shaughnessy studied history and theology in the Pontifical University Maynooth, and graduated with a BA in Arts in 2009. He entered the seminary in 2012, earning a BA in Divinity in 2013 and became a deacon in 2016.
He served in St Matthews parish in Ballyfermot last year but has since been appointed to the Springfield and Jobstown parishes in Tallaght.
Both will be ordained alongside a number of deacons and parish pastoral workers in Dublin’s Pro Cathedral at 11am tomorrow.
Martin added: “We can speak of 78% of Irish people who registered as Catholic at the recent census. We can use the same census figures to note a significant increase in the numbers of young men and women who no longer wish to be recognised as Catholics.
Faith is not about numbers. What is vital is the quality of the life of faith that dwells in our hearts.
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Is that picture the face of Bad Santa or what..
WHAT ARE OUR politicians doing in the halls of Leinster House??
Depopulating the country of the undesirable people who don’t agree with them, so that come next election they will have a scared, obedient, docile, little electorate to vote them in again.
What ever Reilly!!!! You are a proven liar and who trusts a liar?
Only way we will get a decent health service is when Reilly&Co are told their private health insurance is invalid and that next time they or their families gets sick they are at the back of the queue…watch them sort it out, pronto.
All TDs and public servants should be made use public transport. Imagine the immediate efficiencies.
Ditto education.
And if you don’t like the conditions, emigrate like the rest of us. Take away their cushions.
Every time I see Chubacca’s hairy face I get this awful sinking feeling.
Given the track record to date and the utter complacency and contemptious way this sham of a government have and continue to treat the Irish prople I would not believe the Lords prayer from the mouths of any of them.
I have no confidence in them at all.
Now there’s a question, how many ministers/TD’s have private health insurance? Instead of putting their fate in the hands of public hospitals. Maybe the journal could investigate and report this? Although you will never get the answer.
if they didn’t waste so much money on being inefficient, they would be far better off! i mean, printing off letters to send to another person in the same department down the hall, waiting for 2-3 days for it to be delivered, then responded to then another letter and so on on
never heard of email no? what a complete waste of money, time and resources!
Minister Fintan Stack. :P
The lads in the pub don’t like him even when they are sober.
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