The third wave
Vic O’Callaghan, Springwood NSW, offers a harrowing description of the reduction in trust in the community over the history of sexual abuse of minors in the church and then a […]
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Resurfacing ideas for Plenary Council 2020
Rose Marie Crowe, Ormond, Victoria, has attended a few plenary councils and offers some of that experience from a lay woman’s perspective as we move toward another plenary council. Could […]
The future of the Australian Priesthood
Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFMConv. This reflection on the priesthood in the light of the Royal Commission was delivered by Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFMConv at the Manly Reunion […]
The status of women in Jesus’ time
Monique (real name supplied and withheld) looks at how Jesus broke the rules applying to gender. She writes with thanks to Jose Pagola’s ‘Jesus’. To appreciate what women saw in […]
Visiting sex offenders in prison
Bishop Pat Power describes the pain and sadness of visiting people in prison and especially those priests who have been jailed for sex offences. He is inspired by the gospel […]
