Are there are too many functions and responsibilities concentrated in one ordained person who does not necessarily have the skills, training, energy and time to fulfil them all? Patrick Kirkwood is a former Head of Religious Programs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and has specialised in sacred music and liturgy. He has also been a media consultant and producer for Catholic Schools in the Sydney Archdiocese.
The Australian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR) issued a communique to the bishops and church leaders of Australia on 1 May 2020. They offer it as an open letter to all the People of God.
This is Part 2 of the article on the 1937 4th Plenary Council of Australia and New Zealand, the seventh in the series on the particular councils of the Catholic Church in Australia held between 1844 and 1937. It examines the preparation, proceedings and decrees of the Council, the decisions which followed it, and the efforts to evangelize Australia’s Aboriginal peoples.
Eric Hodgens, Melbourne priest, reflects on a very unusual Easter with some meaning added by the paradox of this Easter.
This is a chapter from Frank’s online book, Eucharist the Basic Spirituality which can be found online at www.theeucharist.wordpress.com
God said: “Let there be light and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3)
