Eric Hodgens Vale
John Hannon, Parish Priest of St Therese’s Essendon, Archdiocese of Melbourne, shares memories of Eric Hodgens, Melbourne priest, who contributed regularly to The Swag. Eric died on May 25, 2022 aged 86 years.
As Christians we are called to create a community of radical inclusion
Patty Fawkner SGS writes a “preferential option for the other” is at the heart of the Gospel, and what it means to be Christian, while also offering a fresh way of thinking about love, Congregational Leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. This article was published in the May 2022 edition of The Good Oil, the e-magazine of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Republished with permission: www.goodsams.org.au
On a recent Zoom session on Interculturality I encountered the phrase “preferential option for the other”. I was familiar with the notion of “preferential option for the poor”, a key tenet of Catholic Social Teaching, but had never heard of “preferential option for the other”, and neither had Google so it seems when I did a search!
Making Census of our new found non-belief
Peter Day, Canberra priest, reflects on the de-coupling of society from its Christian roots. Beware the civilization that stands on the trampled corpse of its foundations and boasts how tall it is.
A new way of being together
This reflection was delivered by Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFMConv, Bishop of Parramatta, during the Refugee Week prayer service hosted by two offices of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference – Justice, Ecology and Peace and the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, on Monday 20 June. Bishop Vincent was speaking in his capacity as the Bishops’ Delegate for Migrants and Refugees.
Second Assembly, a personal reflection
John Warhust, Chair of Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn and a delegate from the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn for the Plenary Council, reflects on his key moments of the Council.
