Posts Tagged: The Body of Christ
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Dec 23, 2011
No CommentsCatholic Migrant office calls for reflection on asylum policy during the Christmas season.
Media Release, 23 December 2011 The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office today urged both political parties to show moral leadership over the Christmas period with regard to policy debates on asylum seekers and refugees. Director of the ACMRO Fr Maurizio Pettenà CS expressed the view that people seeking asylum need to be processed in...
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Dec 22, 2011
3 CommentsTrust in God, and take one day at a time – A reflection on the life of Bishop Joe
By Fr Maurizio Pettena CS Bishop Joe is still very much a holy presence in my life. I remember very vividly last year on the 23rd of December when he called me at about 10pm at night and asked me what I was doing. He said he wasn’t feeling too well. He kept feeling worse,...
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Dec 07, 2011
1 CommentWagga Wagga priest Fr Michael Kennedy appointed Bishop of Armidale
Media Release: Embargoed until 10:00pm EST, 7 December, 2011. Wagga Wagga priest Fr Michael Kennedy has been appointed Bishop of Armidale today following the resignation of Bishop Luc Matthys having reached the age limit. Fr Michael Kennedy was ordained for the Diocese of Wagga in the late 1990s and is currently the Vicar Forane (Dean)...
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Nov 15, 2011
2 Comments“One Body in Christ” –Disability Council releases new resource for people with disabilities
“One Body in Christ” – Release of a New Resource for Welcoming People with Disability Media Release 16.11.11 The Australian Catholic Disability Council and the Disability Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference have released today a new resource for parishes and Church communities called One Body in Christ, Welcoming People with...
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Nov 15, 2011
No CommentsGraces in my Diocese – reflections on an Archdiocesan Assembly
By Archbishop Mark Coleridge, photos by Loui Seselja I have no illusions about the challenges we are facing, but I have high hopes for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Both the challenges and the opportunities were on show last Saturday at the Archdiocesan Assembly attended by over four hundred members of the Archdiocesan community....
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Nov 11, 2011
No CommentsPut out into the deep – the New Evangelisation’s challenge to the Church
By Marita Winters, Director, Catholic Enquiry Centre and the National Office for Evangelisation Recently I’ve been part of several dinner conversations on the state of the Catholic Church. Does that sound familiar? During one, there was comment on the average age of the few participants at a vigil Mass -the estimate given was “at least...
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Oct 21, 2011
No CommentsHOMILY OF MOST REV BARRY JAMES HICKEY ON THE FEAST OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST 20 OCTOBER 2011
AT THE BASILICA OF ST JOHN LATERAN In the history of salvation God called extraordinary people to proclaim his revelation to the world. Patriarchs and prophets prepared the Chosen People, the Israelites, to grasp the reality of the one true God and to shape their lives according to his Will. On the Feast of St...
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Oct 20, 2011
1 CommentToward a theology of disability
By Patricia Mowbray The Disability Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is a much more all-encompassing ministry than one might imagine. It involves encouraging and promoting the full participation of people with disability, their families and friends in the faith life of our Church in Australia. It’s all about taking our rightful place...