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ARC member survey
Australian Reforming Catholics (ARC) seeks to enhance communication with its members. To assist our efforts, the ARC Secretariat has developed a short online survey. The questions are intended to help gauge interest in, and value placed on, current communications including the quarterly ARCVoice, weekly mailings from the website, and opportunities members have for comment and…
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Would a different question yield a different answer on the ordination of women?
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This piece, Ordination of women: the Church is asking the wrong question, on the Global Catholic site is interesting reading. Essentially the argument is that when we ask “Can the Church ordain women?” we put the Church at the centre of discernment and immediately narrow the investigation. It goes on to suggest that a better,…
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Call to Be lecture series
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Catalyst for Renewal is promoting a series of lectures that may interest members in the Sydney area. Sr Susan Connelly SOSJ Phd will be presenting on the topic: Cheeky or Violent? Digging deeper into Jesus Christ’s demands of human beings. The Risen Jesus is continually calling us to follow his way, to imitate him. Participants…
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The overlooked contradiction in Vatican II’s baptism rules
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This article looks at the implications of various church statements about the administering of the sacraments, following them to their logical conclusion. If a woman can validly represent Christ in baptism, why not in the Eucharist?
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Does the Spirit speak in every heart?
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“We all think about the questions of religion – but usually do so in a very confused manner. Theology can help us do it better – and the more ably we think about religion, the more we can replace discord with discourse.”
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Join the conversation
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Members unfamiliar with ‘blogs’ may not have noticed interesting comments that have appeared on items posted in previous weeks. Hence this alert. Creating opportunities for ARC members to engage with each other around topics of mutual interest was an important element in the redesign of the ARC website. Links to recent items on the News…
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Living with AI
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Pope Leo’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, continues to provoke reflective commentary from multiple perspectives. A recent article, Magnifica Humanitas: Beyond the “Planet of the Apes” syndrome, by Joseph Borg on the Global Catholic website concludes that “Magnifica Humanitas is therefore not a lament but a summons. It calls humanity to engage AI without fear or naïveté,…
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Images of God
St Lucia Spirituality has announced the next of its Butterfly Series Reflections. The topic is Images of God: The changing images of God over time can lead us to wonder if we have been created in the image and likeness of God or if we have manoeuvred God into the image and likeness of ourselves.…
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A Church Teaching, A Church Listening: Making Sense of Study Group 9
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Writing in Liturgy and Truth , Msgr. Arthur Holquin, S.T.L. gives a commentary on Patric Peters’ article from “Where Peter Is”, published recently in our News and Views. In the concluding paragraph of this article, Arthur Holquin writes: “The faith we have received is not a sealed archive, opened only to confirm what we already knew. It is a living…
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Synodality v Clericalism: Unfinished business
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I was unaware of the existence of Global Catholic prior to reading a post by Peter Johnstone in the Australian Catholics Facebook group. The site claims to offer “insightful commentaries and diligent analyses of global events through a Catholic lens, from a distinguished team of writers.” Articles on the site appear to span news from…