This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at the particular (provincial and plenary) councils of the Catholic Church held in Australia between 1844 and 1937. It examines the 1885 First Australasian Plenary Council, held between November 14 and 29, which officially brought together the Churches in Australia and New Zealand for the […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Post have something important to say about ‘the what’ and ‘the how’ of the Church’s mission, says Sr Patty Fawkner Congregational Leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. This article is reprinted with permission from The Good Oil, the e-magazine of the Good Samaritan Sisters, February, 2018. Two […]
Edmund Campion offered these reflections on Cardinal Gilroy at The Sydney Institute on April 4, 2018.
Mary McAleese, past President of Ireland, called on Pope Francis to advance the inclusion of women based on God-given justice in this talk given at the Voices of Faith Conference held in Rome on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2018. The conference had to be moved from the Vatican venue because Mary McAleese was banned […]
A news item by John Allen (The Swag Autumn 2018) expressed fear that the ‘let’s move on’ camp, post Royal Commission into Institutional Sexual Abuse, is gaining ground, even ‘calling the shots’. Brian Gallagher MSC, Shoreham, Vic, looks at ‘moving on’ using John of the Cross’ teaching on purification of our memories.
