Cathy Murrowood, 17 August 2023 This week, Cathy Murrowood shares her own story. Cathy is a Liturgy Educator with the ACU Centre for Liturgy and is involved in developing online liturgy training programs for communities across Australia. She is a member of the National Liturgical Council and a liturgical consultant. Thank you very much forContinue reading “Showing Great Resilience”
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Do We Need Women Deacons?
Marie Therese Levey rsj, 3 August 2023 This week I am sharing an article written by Marie Levey rsj that she has kindly offered for publication. Marie lives in Sydney, New South Wales. In Chapter 16 of his letter to the Romans, St Paul writes “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess ofContinue reading “Do We Need Women Deacons?”
The Richness and Value they bring to the Church
Annette Heinemann, 27 July 2023 What is the value of the permanent diaconate? As the Director of the Ministry Formation Program in Adelaide, it is a question Annette Heinemann grapples with every day. Her insights have developed over years of ministry and formation, and there are no easy answers. Fundamentally, she sees the diaconate asContinue reading “The Richness and Value they bring to the Church”
Retreat, Webinar and Public Lecture
There are some significant events coming up for those of us who are interested in the flourishing of the permanent diaconate in Australia, now and in the future. Firstly, we encourage you to register for our retreat for the Feast of St Phoebe. You may also know someone who you think would benefit; please shareContinue reading “Retreat, Webinar and Public Lecture”
Apologising and Welcoming
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”
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”
Liturgy on the Margins 