Tag: sacraments
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Offer it up
Like many ARC members, I am old enough to have memories of growing up in the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church. Mandatory penitential acts, like abstaining from meat on Fridays, fasting on prescribed days, and giving up sweets for Lent were part and parcel of life. Friday abstinence was sufficiently well known as a marker of…
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Not what I imagined or hoped
I approached Eugene Stockton’s pieces in ARCVoice 97 (Jun 2025) with interest and hope. Three ‘articles’ appeared in that issue with the rest to follow in subsequent issues. Part 1, Times are a-Changing, seemed to strike the right notes, acknowledging that the world had changed and our church must change in response. The observation that “the…
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The Sacraments, Relationships and Meaning
The Secretariat of Australian Reforming Catholics is astounded at some of the responses to the controversy concerning the words used during Baptism at the Catholic Church at South Brisbane. By all accounts, it appears that the priests at this Church have been endeavouring to provide the sacraments and liturgical celebrations in a manner that engages their people…