Australian Reforming Catholics
Seeking to Influence Major Change in our Church
We seek to set up the means whereby Catholics can influence the needed reform in their Church. The Second Vatican Council emphasised that the PEOPLE ARE THE CHURCH.
Are you a God-seeker who
- Desires the real living-out of the teaching and hopes of Vatican II and its development in the writing of various Popes and theologians?
- Finds it hard to locate a rich Eucharistic liturgy that nourishes your faith and laments the restriction of priesthood to celibate males?
- Wants to extend a welcome to all God’s holy and fragile people and say, “All are welcome at the table”?
- Lives in a complex reality where decision making is not a matter of simple black or white?
- Who values the long experience of Church wisdom, and also your own personal experience forming your conscience?
- Finds it difficult to believe many church doctrines as they are currently taught and would like to see them updated to reflect modern insights from science and biblical scholarship?
Explore our website and contact us if you are interested or have any questions or comments.
Why join Australian Reforming Catholics?
Australian Reforming Catholics will keep you informed and provide a forum for your views to be heard.
Help Promote Equality
Insist that everyone is equal regardless of ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation. No one should be barred from exercising ministry in our Church to the fullest extent.
Develop better Understanding
Learn and help to overcome the confusion arising from uneducated interpretation of scripture, doctrine, and teachings, and the following of dubious spiritual practices.
Have Your Say
Assist in reflecting to the Church hierarchy what needs to be said and done to make the Church more like the community of which you wish to be a member.
Enjoy Community
Gain strength in your faith through sharing your thoughts and aspirations comfortably with other ARC members.
News & views
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