Wishing you every blessing this Christmas

Catching Up on the Synodal Journey: News, Reflections and Next Steps 🕊️ Dear friends in faith, So much is happening in our Church these days, it feels like I’m constantly racing to…

The Word of God is the focus this Sunday, read by Ezra the priest in the Old Testament reading, and by Jesus in the Gospel. By his Word, God reassures…

Jo O Sullivan outlines the journey from ‘slumbering’ catholic to ‘revolting’ catholic, from agonising ‘over continuing to participate in shoring up the dysfunctional Institutional Church by continuing to give of my time and talent to the Church’ to the decision that ‘I could come back into the fold with all my heart and all my soul, provided I sought out every opportunity available to me to bring about change.’
‘I find that the passion that drives me these days is to open Catholic hearts and minds here locally into a welcoming acceptance of our LGBT brothers and sisters.’

Vatican News reports: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document ‘Dignitas infinita’ took five years to complete, and builds on the papal magisterium of the last decade:…

Interesting article from Massimo Faggioli in the Commonweal Magazine: “This is the magisterium: the Council is the magisterium of the Church. Either you are with the Church and therefore you follow…