Creative approaches to communal forgiveness ritual
Fr Pat Flanagan, Maryborough, Victoria, recalls how he created communal forgiveness Masses when the popular general absolution Sacrament of Penance was banned.
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Reaching out to those who don’t come to church
Br Barry Lamb SM, a Marist Brother living in the parish of St Pius X, Heidelberg West, Melbourne, is a retired teacher and lecturer at Australian Catholic University.
He came like a whisper
On Christmas Day 2021, Pope Francis delivered his Urbi et Orbi address and blessing from the central balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square. The following is an edited text. The full text can be found here.
A synod for the world
Jenny Sinclair is founder director of Together for the Common Good. This article was written with the help of Phil McCarthy, former CEO of Caritas Social Action Network. The article, first published in The Tablet on Jan 1, 2022, explores the hope that the Synod offers if we reach out beyond Catholic boarders. Reproduced with […]
Original sin rethought
Kevin Treston BA (Hons) MA (Hons) MEd PhD is a Member of the Association of Practical Theology Oceania. He discusses why the doctrine of original sin needs to be reviewed, or reformulated, or even discarded in its current form of expression.
