REALITY. GIFT. CHALLENGE.
The annual assembly of Catholic Religious Australia was held in Melbourne from June 30 - July 3.
"Not in danger, only near to death": Religious Institutions and a Church in Transition, by Father Mark Raper SJ
Dirt. Fire. Water.
setting the scene:
Fr Noel Connolly SSC and Sr Mary Labruna SJBP
small is beautiful:
Sr Lorraine Testa OSA
Sr Rita Ruzzene SJBP
Sr Michele Toussaint FCS
Sr Christa Murphy SSpS
An issue whose time has come - multiculturalism in the Australian Catholic Church - was broken open for more than 100 leaders of religious congregations. So they might have a better, more factual understanding of what for many was only a vague hunch, Australia's leading Catholic voice on multiculturalism, Professor Des Cahill, presented the leaders with a detailed look at Australia's multicultural Church in a globalizing multi-faith world.
In absorbing presentations, he left no-one in any doubt that the face of Australia is changing as globalisation takes hold, leaving the Church in unchartered waters that must be journeyed across. He contends that the Australian Catholic Church is the most multicultural Catholic Church in the world and suggests that its future will be as an immigrant Church with an Anglo-Irish remnant.
Due to the length, detail and importance of Professor Cahill's address,
pathways presented the material in the segments over several editions.
(click here for the links)
formation in a multicultural church and models of religious life
Fr Tim Norton SVD
Fr Thien Nguyen SVD
Sr Blandina Bano SSpS
What can we do to help build a multi-cultural Church?
from the Assembly
The thread
background reading:
GRACED BY MIGRATION: Implementing a national strategy in pastoral care for a multi-cultural Australian Church
prelimary pathway articles:
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