Where are we, how did we get here and where to go from here?

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Greg Moses, retired priest and academic of Cairns Diocese, unpacks the notion ‘change of epoch’, used by Pope Francis in Veritatis Gaudium, through the work of Italian philosopher, Augusto Del Noce. 

In a recent document entitled Veritatis Gaudium (December 2017), Pope Francis has called for a “radical paradigm shift” in our way of doing the theological sciences, as necessitated by the “change of epoch” that we are presently undergoing (Veritatis Gaudium 3). Of course it might be more than our way of doing theology that requires such a shift. This paper endeavours to make a further small contribution towards the necessary prior work for understanding that “change of epoch”.

Easter liturgical reminiscences

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Patrick Flanagan, retired priest, Maryborough VIC, recalls liturgical experiences in his ministry. 

Ash Wednesday

I was pastor at Donald for 13 years. During that time one of the principal’s at my Primary School was Tony Capurso. He suggested that it would be good if, after receiving the ashes on their foreheads the children recited a prayer committing themselves to keep Lent faithfully. I suggested that he write the prayer. This is what he came up with:

Tarrawarra Irish connection

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Frank O’Shea, Melbourne, member of the editorial team of the free online monthly www.tintean.org.au devoted to Irish-Australian matters, recounts his visit to the Mount Mellaray Abbey.

I can’t remember his name, but I recall that he worked as a shoemaker in a local shoe store. All the girls in town were secretly in love with him, which was no wonder because he was tall and handsome and always well-dressed. In a football-mad town, he played at centre halfback on the local team and was in that position the year they were beaten in the championship final. The following week he disappeared.