From the CRA President

Gift of graciousness
The peace and goodwill of this Christmas season is a gift of graciousness from Emmanuel, God-with-us.  Let it be a gift that continues throughout the year.  (more)

Out and About

Demanding our politicians’ best
An Australian Religious is at the heart of ensuring that the human face of climate change is not forgotten in Copenhagen.  (more)

Missionary Sisters of Service look to the future
As the MSS leadership changes, the future includes the launch of a foundation in honour of the congregation’ s founder, Fr John Wallis … leadership changes for other congregations …  (more)

Called to move beyond
Sister Maureen Andrews, Australian Leader of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters, from Brisbane, was one of two Australian representatives at the 15th meeting of women religious leaders from Asia-Oceania which was held in Thailand.  She writes of the experience …  (more)

Ecology at the heart of faith
Earth’s loss of biodiversity is a theological issue, says Fr Denis Edwards. When human beings cause the extinction of other species, they destroy creatures made by God and they damage a mode of God’s self-revelation.  (more)

In the spirit of the assembly …  Interfaith retreats
Australian Jesuit Fr Herman Roborgh who lived in Pakistan for eight years before completing a PhD in Islamic Studies at Aligarh Muslim University in India, speaks about the experience of interfaith retreats …  (more)

Gifts beyond Christmas
As the countdown to Christmas continues, pathways offers some suggestions that send love and hope far beyond the Christmas tree.  (more)


in brief
 •  Evangelising Mission of the Church
 •  AIDS globally now has a ‘woman’s face’
 •  Revised Towards Healing to be published"  (more)

 

links
 •  Inaugural Youth Ministry convention for 2010
 •  Integrating faith and spirituality
 •  New websites for Catholic Church employment
     relations
 •  Pope:  Fighting poverty to build peace, World Day
     of Peace. Jan. 1
 •  Pope:  96th World Day of Migrants and Refugees,
     Jan. 17  (more)

 

films
 •  A Christmas Carol - out now
 •  AVATAR - December 17
 •  Bright Star - December 26
 •  Nowhere Boy - December 26  (more)

   
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Issue 25,
December 2009


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