Tag: Australia
Be wary of the Fashions of the Age – Archbishop Fisher’s...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has urged the Members of the 5th Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia to bring the patrimony of...
Plenary voices: Erin Gillard
Our Catholic Church is a family of families. We are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties, cousins, grandparents. All united by the bond of...
Plenary voices: Bishop Terence Brady
Outreach to the poor and vulnerable
Pope Francis reminds us to stop being preoccupied with ourselves and go out into the streets as missionary disciples....
Clear proposals emerge from First Assembly of the Plenary Council
Clear proposals have emerged from Members attending the First Assembly of the Plenary Council this week, including moves to better embrace the rich liturgical...
Plenary voices: Mons Marcelino Youssef
Question: How might we better equip ordained ministers to be enablers of missionary discipleship: the Church becoming more a “priestly people” served by the...
Plenary voices: wake up, Catholic Australia! urges Archbishop Fisher
Fires, floods, plague and earthquake: they’re wake up calls.
Wake up Catholic Australia! There’s a bushfire consuming faith in this land. Disillusionment over child sexual...
Beyond the First Assembly: Archbishop Costelloe maps out the Plenary road...
The President of the 5th Plenary Council of Australia, the Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe SDB has emphasised to Members how important their work...
Plenary voices: Sr Mary Julian Ekman RSM
Australia needs signs of hope! One sign is the dynamic witness given by priests, consecrated men and women, and lay faithful working together for...
Plenary voices: Hugo Ditroia
Today I come to fulfill a promise I made to the people of this diocese who contacted me from every corner of the Diocese...
Plenary voices: Dr Philippa Martyr
I spent some time listening to the livestream of the Plenary Council session of Wednesday 6 October, where small groups shared their three minutes...
Plenary voices: Sr Cecelia Joseph OP
From a secular point of view, the Catholic Church in Australia has outlived its usefulness. Health care for the poor, schools in the bush,...
Plenary voices: Deacon Colin Nunis
Addressing you from the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation.
Considering the questions presented in the agenda centred on the Church’s ministry...
