The country's Catholic bishops urged parishioners to ignore a proposed boycott of today's masses.
The call was made by women's rights campaigner, Jennifer Sleeman, who lives in west Cork.
The bishops' appeal - issued in response to a query from RTÉ News - was interpreted by 81-year-old Ms Sleeman as a sign that the hierarchy was worried.
She said her boycott campaign had prompted what she called an 'upswelling of women who want(ed) to be equal in the church'.
The bishops warned that 'the celebration of the mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation (was) essential to the practice of the Catholic faith'.
They also said that every day here, lay people, priests, nuns and brothers together made decisions for their parish communities.
RTE Sunday, 26 September 2010 15:26
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