Christine Carolan, 13 July 2023 Christine Carolan is one inspiring woman. At 16 years of age, she made a commitment to work to address social injustice. For her, this was a duty of faith, which her Catholicism continues to motivate. As a teenager, Christine felt that this calling might be lived out in a religiousContinue reading “Apologising and Welcoming”
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Now that’s how Mass should be!
Clare Johnson, 29 June 2023 Prof Clare Johnson, Director of the ACU Centre for Liturgy and Professor of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. Elizabeth: Tell me a bit about your own ministry journey. I was drawn into music ministry as a young child when my school principal pulled me out ofContinue reading “Now that’s how Mass should be!”
Join us on Retreat
Breaking news! The Instrumentum Laboris has just come out this week, which will guide the Agenda of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023. The term ‘diaconate’ is mentioned twice: Our group, the Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate, has been preparing a retreat that responds positively to both of those questions. It will be heldContinue reading “Join us on Retreat”
Growing in Relationship
Nimmi Candappa, 15 June 2023 For a long time now, Nimmi Candappa has wanted to help people to grow in their relationship with God. Yet her journey to find a good fit as a ministry pathway has been ongoing. Ever since her early 20s, Nimmi has looked for ways to be involved in the Church,Continue reading “Growing in Relationship”
Three Stories of Three Tables
Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ, 1 June 2023 Picture a uniquely Australian scene. A pub, in a town of no more than 50 residents, in the middle of the desert. Alcohol is forbidden outside this building, so it has become a focal point for the community. People are coming in, more and more of them. ThereContinue reading “Three Stories of Three Tables”
Living Canon 517 §2
John and Uta France, 25 May 2023 John and Uta France have been empowered by a Church prepared to be creative, in order to respond to the needs for ministry in the world. In the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese in 2014, Bishop Bill Wright commissioned them to be leaders, and they have received and grown in thisContinue reading “Living Canon 517 §2”
The Tables in My Life
Sr Jwan Kada IBVM, 18 May 2023 Sr Jwan Kada’s experiences of faith and ministry have been centred around tables, and for her, they are always eucharistic. It all started as she grew up in Iraq, fully immersed in the Chaldean Catholic Church. Before she was a teenager, Jwan would perform ‘Mass’ for her family,Continue reading “The Tables in My Life”
Handing Down the Ministry
Rev. Nicholas Rundle, 11 May 2023 For Rev. Nicholas Rundle, church ministry is in the family. Quite literally, his mother Rev. Beryl Rundle has handed down her example. And now, Nicholas serves others in a spiritual way, with special attention to their hands. That story will come later, but let’s start with some of theirContinue reading “Handing Down the Ministry”
Preaching for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – the Seven Delegated and Sent
Elizabeth Young rsm, 1 May 2023 This week I was privileged to be asked to preach for Catholic Women Preach, a global project that uses modern technology to bring the voices of diverse Catholic women to the proclamation of the Gospel. On this Fifth Sunday of Easter, like the early followers of Jesus, we areContinue reading “Preaching for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – the Seven Delegated and Sent”
Being Catholic, Imaging Christ and Belisi
Cecilia Tan, 20 April 2023 Elizabeth: Tell me a bit about your own ministry journey. Cecilia: My ministry journey is unseparated from the person I am, from what I understand as the call to live out my Christian faith in the best way possible. I became cognisant of this from an early age, as aContinue reading “Being Catholic, Imaging Christ and Belisi”
Liturgy on the Margins 