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The fourth letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the third week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
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The third letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the second week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
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The second letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the first week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
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As we pilgrims travel from the darkness of winter to a new springtime, we are called to convert from a “heart of stone” and replace it with a “heart of flesh” and mercy....
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People must now be encouraged to deepen the insights of the gift of faith. Faith always needs to well up from within. Only when we listen can faith dialogue with the culture around it and exercise prophetic imagination. That’s what is at the heart of the coming journey of synodality.
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Pope Francis believes that the world and even the Church has forgotten what it means to be merciful and that being overly judgmental prevents us from showing mercy to others....
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Br Mark O'Connor FMS, in this series of 2022 letters, covers some of the central pastoral issues which will form at least a part of the conversation ensuing at the coming Synod.
Soundings from Rome: Part 3 - The Pilgrim People of God navigate the journey...
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The early Australian Catholic community is famous for its devotion to the Mass, in trying circumstances. Despite the lack of priests and the real difficulties of the early Irish Catholic community, as it emerged from its convict and nascent settler roots, the sacred importance of the Eucharist was...
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As we prepare, once again, for the Easter mysteries, the dramatic scene of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden (Mark 14:32-52), is a rich source for our prayer and meditation....
The fourth letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the third week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
The third letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the second week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
The second letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the first week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
As we pilgrims travel from the darkness of winter to a new springtime, we are called to convert from a “heart of stone” and replace it with a “heart of flesh” and mercy....
People must now be encouraged to deepen the insights of the gift of faith. Faith always needs to well up from within. Only when we listen can faith dialogue with the culture around it and exercise prophetic imagination. That’s what is at the heart of the coming journey of synodality. ...
Pope Francis believes that the world and even the Church has forgotten what it means to be merciful and that being overly judgmental prevents us from showing mercy to others....
Br Mark O'Connor FMS, in this series of 2022 letters, covers some of the central pastoral issues which will form at least a part of the conversation ensuing at the coming Synod. Soundings from Rome: Part 3 - The Pilgrim People of God navigate the journey...
The early Australian Catholic community is famous for its devotion to the Mass, in trying circumstances. Despite the lack of priests and the real difficulties of the early Irish Catholic community, as it emerged from its convict and nascent settler roots, the sacred importance of the Eucharist was...
As we prepare, once again, for the Easter mysteries, the dramatic scene of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden (Mark 14:32-52), is a rich source for our prayer and meditation....