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First Plenary Council of Australasia, 14-29 November 1885

This is Part 2 of the article by Peter Wilkinson examining the 1885 First Australasian Plenary Council which brought the Church in Australia and New Zealand together for the first time. Part 1 appeared in the Winter 2018 edition. It is also the fourth in the series looking at the particular (provincial and plenary) councils […]

Spiritual guide to many priests

Brian Yates, Sydney priest and spiritual director, died on July 2. John Ford, Brian’s classmate, delivered this homily at Brian’s funeral on 5 July at North Sydney. Readings at the Mass were 1 Kings 19:1-8; 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 and Luke 7:36-38. 

Pastoral Theology for a Post-Modern World

This is the text of a speech delivered by San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy at the 2018 assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests meeting in Albuquerque in June 2018. It explores the pastoral theology of Pope Francis.

Bill Morris – 25 years a bishop

Peter Dorfield, Toowoomba priest, gave this tribute on 26 June, 2018 at the Silver Jubilee celebration of the ordination as bishop of Bill Morris.  I acknowledge the Traditional Owners, the Jarowair and Giabal peoples, and their living culture. They are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we gather, land which was taken from them […]

Lay leadership in a parish community

Sr Catherine Seward RSM, describes how parish communities might be maintained without parish priests by creative and innovative leadership as she experienced many years ago in Mansfield Park SA.