Vale Sir Gerard Brennan
Sir Gerard Brennan Sir Gerard Brennan 22 May 1928 – 1 June 2022 Much will be written in coming days about the contributions of Sir ... Read More
New DPC Working Party welcomes input
Easter and Pentecost are the time to focus on new life and new opportunity. In Holy Week this year, Archbishop Prowse announced the formation of ... Read More
We all seek a church that brings life
Archbishop Prowse with sponsors catechumens and candidates at the Rite of Elect 2022 Just prior to Easter Archbishop Christopher announced the first steps towards a ... Read More
Synodality: a process of dealing with wicked problems
In an earlier piece, I indicated that some of the challenges facing the Church today can be thought of as wicked problems – highly complex ... Read More
The Synodal Path
In describing the idea of synodality I have commented that it is much more like the Camino than an airplane journey. The Camino is a ... Read More
Synodality in Action
Plenary Council Australia, First Assembly (https://catholicoutlook.org/) In March 2020 Pope Francis announced that the theme for the 2023 Synod of Bishops would be: “for a ... Read More
A Synodal People
Bishop Shane Mackinlay observed that “learning to be synodal is different to learning to be democratic.” This echoes Pope Francis’ contrast between synodal processes and ... Read More