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Catholic Plenary Council – an opportunity for Indigenous reconciliation 

Neville Roach, former Chairman of Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand and of the Australian Government’s National Multicultural Advisory Council and Business (Migration) Advisory Council discusses how the Plenary Council is an opportunity for ground-breaking reconciliation action with First Nations people in Australia. Reprinted with permission from Pearls and Irritations 1 July, 2021: https://johnmenadue.com  

Celebrating integrated Eucharist creatively

Fr Patrick Flanagan, Victoria, has written many introductions, prayers and eucharistic prayers for the Mass based on the scripture texts and feast of the day. He describes this process and the benefit to good liturgy. 

The number of a person: 666 (Rev 13:18) 

Francis J Moloney SDB, Sunbury VIC, explores the meaning of 666 in the Book of Revelation. Over recent years I have devoted attention to Revelation. This devotion has led to three publications in the ‘apocalyptic’ year of 2020: The Apocalypse of John. A Commentary (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic), Reading Revelation at Easter Time (Collegeville: Liturgical) […]