John Scanlon explores the restrictions Canon Law could place on a synodal Plenary Council in 2020 in Australia. Is it time to change Canon Law to match the dominant Vatican II image of church as the People of God, so this might be reflected in the Council and thus ensure a more effective outcome?
This article by Rev Dr Gregory Moses is a follow on to his article published in the Autumn 2019 edition of The Swag. There he attempted to make sense of the kind of society and culture we seem to be in right now. In the last section of that article he mentioned some possibilities in […]
Frank O’Dea SSS looks at how the Eucharist developed and what it might mean for Eucharist today. This is the second article following on from the article in The Swag, Spring 2019. This article is based on a chapter from a book by Frank called Eucharist: the Basic Spirituality which can be found online.
The following statement was affirmed by most of the participants at the 2019 Path of Nonviolence: Towards a culture of peace workshop, sponsored by Pax Christi International and held at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Eric Hodgens, Melbourne priest, looks at the current forces that offer credibility to divergent voices, especially lay voices.
