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Presider’s Page for Holy Thursday – 2 April 2026
Opening CommentThe liturgy that begins this Thursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus….
How did you get over the Easter?
The immediate aftermath of an event, while memory is fresh, is usually the best time to review how well, or poorly, the event succeeded in achieving what it set out to do?
Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, raises some pertinent questions parishes could ask of themselves about their celebration of Easter.Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 12 Dec – Mon 18 Dec
Tue 12th Dec – Exploring Depression Piece from shipwreck 200 years ago To even mention the word depression can put us into a bad mood. It’s that state of mental…
Bishop Vincent Long (Australia): “My hope for the Plenary Council”.
CatholicOutlook.org reports: Bishop Vincent Long gave the annual Helder Camara address at Newman College, the University of Melbourne, last night, June 30, 2021. “…The future of the Church, like the…
Presider’s Page for 6 August (Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord)
This feast had its origin in the East in the fourth century as the commemoration of the dedication of the church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. It was observed…
A Divine Calling exposes the cost of clerical disdain
Angela Hanley Link: https://flashesinsight.com/2025/10/21/a-divine-calling-exposes-the-cost-of-clerical-disdain/ Recently, I was feeling exercised by many abusive behaviours within the Church. I am reading material connected with further study I have undertaken, and once again,…
This event today and yesterday gives a glimpse of a future of Christian community that constrasts tellingly with the ghastly shackles of our clericalism (as manifested especially in our frozen liturgy in which the expressive charisms of the faithful are stifled). “The old order changeth yielding place to new/ And God fulfils himself in many ways.”
Professor Tom O’Loughlin explains what “Synodality” is all about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6vjhh9cFog&t=38s