The Church and Me – One minute survey Could you take only one minute of your time to fill out this 3-question survey about the Vatican Report on Women Deacons? Your response is valuable! Thank you. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PZDZBDD Could you share this survey with anyone else? The survey’s creators would be very grateful. It is unaffiliatedContinue reading “One-minute survey”
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Knowing their Needs and Mutual Help
Sr Cecilia Sopo MSC, 12 February 2026 I met Sr Cecilia Sopo MSC this January, while helping teach a liturgy course for Sisters in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. We made an immediate connection, being the first Sister of my acquaintance who is also a Catechist of the form envisaged by Pope Francis in Antiquum Ministerium.Continue reading “Knowing their Needs and Mutual Help”
My Serious Journey to Ministry
Grace Healey, 22 January 2026 Welcome to 2026! This is the first blog of the year for Liturgy on the Margins, and we hear from Grace Healey in her own words. Thanks, Grace! Elizabeth: Tell me a bit about your own ministry journey. I was born in Adelaide to a Maltese family and my CatholicContinue reading “My Serious Journey to Ministry”
God has brought me here: a pilgrim of hope
Sonia Elizabeth Gomez Lopez, 22 December 2025 We have shared a little about Sonia before in this blog, but here she shares her story in her own words, first written for The Good Oil Writers’ Award. Thanks, Sonia! Life’s challenges have not broken me; they have shaped me as a pilgrim of hope – someoneContinue reading “God has brought me here: a pilgrim of hope”
Purity, Power, and Possibility: A Response to the Diaconate Decision
Beth Doherty, 9 December 2025 Beth had been preparing to share her story, in her words, for this blog, but was recently impacted by the Commission on the Diaconate of Women’s published report. Her experience is certainly not unique. Thank you, Beth, for sharing the following reflections. When the news landed on my social mediaContinue reading “Purity, Power, and Possibility: A Response to the Diaconate Decision”
Who is Really on the Margins?
Brother Rick Gaffney, 20 November 2025 Brother Rick Gaffney has experienced many different contexts and worlds. After joining the De la Salle Brothers as a young man, he taught in Melbourne for 6 years before being asked to go to South Africa for an experience before his perpetual profession. His decision to go was basedContinue reading “Who is Really on the Margins?”
Liturgy Through Italian Eyes
Sr Silvia Campo RSM, 6 November 2025 This week, Sr Silvia Campo shares her own story about a liturgy with the community of Italian background in Melbourne. She has supported them in many ways over the years. Thanks, Silvia! With great enthusiasm and some degree of insistence, Rachel – we are old school friends fromContinue reading “Liturgy Through Italian Eyes”
Catechist to Catechist
Elizabeth Young rsm, 23 October 2025 I belong to an international religious order – the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. And we have been celebrating our newest saint: St Peter To Rot, who was canonised on the 19th of October, the first one of his country. Reading the news this week,Continue reading “Catechist to Catechist”
Compassionate Service
Deacon Charles Hyson, 2/10/2025 Deacon Charles Hyson speaks about his ministries as a “blessing and a privilege”. Since he became a deacon last year, there is a new quality to what he was already doing. He feels he comes to people with more than just himself: “if there is no Jesus, there is no Charles”Continue reading “Compassionate Service”
Celebration of the Feast of St Phoebe highlights the need for women deacons
Joanna Thyer, 18 September 2025 This article was published in the September 2025 edition of The Good Oil, the e-journal of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, and is republished with permission. There is no cost to subscribe to The Good Oil: http://www.goodsams.org.au When St Paul sent Phoebe the deacon to Rome, he trusted herContinue reading “Celebration of the Feast of St Phoebe highlights the need for women deacons”
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