Christa Murphy SSpS explores the mystery of the human person as beloved by God. This paper presupposes the reader is either a ‘believer’ in some kind of supreme higher being as the origin of creation as we know it or has an inner thirst or quest for the deeper answers to existence.
John Ryan, Canberra priest, discusses the spiritual experience of engaging in the new era we are now in. We live within a story which unfolds from a series of experiences. Spiritually there were many versions for me. I came on board with the texts of Genesis, and I was not aware of the experiences that […]
Aengus Kavanagh FSP, Patrician Brother, Ryde, NSW explores how the process has developed and the challenges it poses. By the time this article is published the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, in Sydney, will have been completed, bringing PC progress to its next iteration. Nevertheless, reflection on the process so far, converging of themes, […]
Joe O’Shea, retired priest, Archdiocese of Melbourne, discusses the importance of sharing of resources and ideas in creating a synodal church that fosters biblical spirituality. Basically synodality is walking together on the same road discovering what the Lord expects of us (The Swag Vol.29, No.3 p15, Synodality high on the agenda of Pope Francis by […]
Greg Moses, retired priest and academic of Cairns Diocese, unpacks the notion ‘change of epoch’, used by Pope Francis in Veritatis Gaudium, through the work of Italian philosopher, Augusto Del Noce. In a recent document entitled Veritatis Gaudium (December 2017), Pope Francis has called for a “radical paradigm shift” in our way of doing the […]
