Tag: synodality
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Signs of departure
It is now long enough since the election of Pope Leo IV to see how he is continuing in the path of Pope Francis and how he is treading his own path. Catholic Outlook from the Diocese of Parramatta has highlighted an article, originally published in Commonweal magazine. The author is Massimo Faggioli, a professor in
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Conversation with Bishop Paul Bird
On the 6 July 2023 Bishop Paul Bird, Bishop of Ballarat, generously met with ARC members via Zoom. Members of ARC and others interested in Church reform posed a number of questions to the bishop. These were presented in the spirit of Synodality. The questions posed may be read here.
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Submission to the Synod on Synodality
Responding to the invitation of Pope Francis, an ARC group of women met and then prepared a submission to the Synod on Synodality. They sent their document directly to Sister Nathalie Becquart, the Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Their submission can be read here.
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Plenary Council submission
Catholics across Australia were asked to make submissions by the 6th of March 2019. A special workshop, in conjunction with the 2018 AGM, was held in the Dover Heights Parish Community Centre on Saturday October 6th 2018. The purpose of this meeting was to prepare a submission to be presented to the Plenary Council 2020/21
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Catholics call for greater accountability in decisions
A national conference organised by Australian Reforming Catholics (ARC) was held at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney on 23-24 October 2004. A theme that kept recurring under the many aspects discussed might be called “ownership of the Church”. If the Church is the People of God (so defined at the Second Vatican Council in its Dogmatic