A simple guide to local ecclesiastical politics
Bernard Guy, priest living in retirement on the east coast of Australia, (using a pseudonym) wonders if the patronage found in civil politics is a mirror image of the ‘election’ of bishops.
Life-centred faith in a post pandemic church
Peter Matheson, Melbourne priest, questions church life post COVID by looking at the signs of the times and their effect on the current church.
A different God
Richard Francis lives in the Bellarine on Victoria’s South Coast, sacred home of the Wadawurrung people. He talks about the God present in all creation.
Remembering church bells
Patrick Flanagan, retired priest, Maryborough VIC, recalls stories about various experiences of bells in churches and liturgies.
What’s wrong with the Religious Discrimination Bill
Rainbow Catholics InterAgency for Ministry made a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Religious Discrimination Bill and Related Bills on December 21, 2021 to highlight the problems with the Bill. The full Rainbow Catholics submission (Number 142) and the Josephite Justice Office submission (Number 79) can be read here: https://tinyurl.com/yckubr4u
