Who celebrated the first Mass in Australia?
Harry Moore SM reflects on part of our history. The story surrounds Jean-François De Galaup, Comte De La Pérouse, Père Receveur and Abbe Mongez.
Influences on priests of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s
Gerard Spillane is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. At the recent Clergy Conference of Melbourne priests held at Cape Schanck, June 2024, he gave this address in honouring significant anniversaries of priests at the conference. Both his paternal and maternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland.
“For the Times they are a-Changin” – Bob Dylan, 1964
There’s No Plan B
Bill Fox previously wrote under the alias ‘Richard Francis’. Persuaded to reveal his identity, he writes on the impact of the science of evolution on our Catholic beliefs. With his wife and nearby stepchildren and grandchildren Bill enjoys the privilege on living on the Bellarine Peninsula, southwest of Melbourne, home of the Wadawurrung People.
Church without Clergy
Dr Harald Prinz
This article was circulated by “Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform” on 7 June 2024. Dr Harald Prinz has been a Pastoral Worker in a Catholic parish in Austria since 2004 . Since 2010, he has been leading the parish due to the shortage of priests. He studied theology in Linz, Austria and Paris, and psychology and philosophy in Vienna. Harald is married with two children. He also is member of the board of We Are Church, Austria.
