Month: August 2026
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When the blind lead…
Maps and modes of transport are useless if we don’t know where we want to go. Our Church needs a shared vision of what we seek to become. Only then can we move forward together.
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Study Group 9 Report – A New Paradigm Shaping the Faith
In this report we hear of the paradigm shift envisaged in Vatican II that encompasses the Sensus Fidelium and Synodality. As Patric Peters observes in this article (link below): Nearly three months have passed since the publication of the synod’s final report from Study Group 9, titled “Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of…
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The cleric as algorithm & influencer
Terry Fewtrell, in an earlier article posted in ARC News, listed implications for parishes and dioceses of the final document from the Synod on Synodality. https://australianreformingcatholics.au/synodality-jun-26/ In this article, he warns of clerics who are taking up the role of influencers and leading their congregations on the easy path of doing nothing substantial with Synodality. “Plenty…