Youth Group
In every parish there is great concern for the young people, and lots of desire to help them, but not much in the way of ideas that seem to work. Our parish doesn't even have a youth group at present,...
View ArticleTowards a diocesan plan for social media
The average diocese does not have any social media co-ordination beyond the diocesan curia/office and the average parish does not have much social media co-ordination beyond the parish office. To not...
View ArticleSeven biblical reasons to work on your welcome.
When a dear friend comes to your home, what do you do? You give them something nice to eat, something pleasant to drink, you fix them up with any clothing they forgot to bring (cardigan, swimming...
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Fr Bill Meacham - a tribute
It is said that if you can fake sincerity, then you have got it made. This priest, Fr Bill Meacham, was the genuine sincere article, someone St Peter himself would be proud of. This story will be told...
View ArticleDivine Renovation Conference - Monday 13 Jun 2016 - Plenary Session Part 1
On Monday 13 June and Tuesday 14 June 2016, the parish of St Benedict's Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, ran a 2 day conference to share their experiences of successful parish renewal. Using #DR16 will...
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Dominican Ordinations, 2 priests, 1 deacon at St Benedict's Broadway 9 Jul 2016
Recent days have been full of rare treats, an Ordination Mass for two Dominican priests and a Dominican deacon, and one of the first Masses of Fr Matthew Boland O.P. Treats like that deserve to be...
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Catholics Returning Home
Have you ever wondered how daunting it must be for someone - who hasn't been inside a church for quite a while - to consider returning to the Catholic faith of their childhood?Firstly it takes...
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My WYD 2016 recap
The good Lord didn't arrange for me to go physically with our World Youth Day pilgrims, so the next best thing was to follow as many of them as I could through social media.For this purpose, I knew I...
View ArticleDivine Renovation Conference - Monday 13 Jun 2016 - Plenary Session Part 2
On Monday 13 June and Tuesday 14 June 2016, the parish of St Benedict's Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, ran a 2 day conference to share their experiences of successful parish renewal. Using #DR16 will...
View ArticleDivine Renovation Conference - Monday 13 Jun 2016 - Plenary Session Part 3
On Monday 13 June and Tuesday 14 June 2016, the parish of St Benedict's Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, ran a 2 day conference to share their experiences of successful parish renewal. Using #DR16 will...
View ArticleDivine Renovation Conference - Monday 13 Jun 2016 - Plenary Session Part 4
On Monday 13 June and Tuesday 14 June 2016, the parish of St Benedict's Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, ran a 2 day conference to share their experiences of successful parish renewal. Using #DR16 will...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Thursday 1 Sep - Welcome Messages
Recently, from Thursday 1 September to Saturday 3 September, I had the privilege of attending the Proclaim 2016 Conference at Chatswood organised by Broken Bay diocese on behalf of the Australian...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Thursday 1 Sep - Keynote - Cardinal Wuerl
The title of Cardinal Wuerl's Keynote address was Pope Francis, Renewal and Parish EvangelisationHis Archdiocese of Washington bio.His Wikipedia page.He can be found online at Twitter using...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Thursday 1 Sep - Mass - Archbishop Coleridge
The principal celebrant for this Mass at Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood, was Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane and member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. He is...
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Proclaim 2016 Conference - Thursday 1 Sep - Workshop 1B - Discerning Charisms
Workshop 1B – Discerning Charisms, Discovering how the Holy Spirit enters our lives, our community and our world.This workshop was led by Clara Geoghegan, co-director of the Catherine of Siena...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Thursday 1 Sep - Workshop 2D -Marriage and Family
Workshop 2D – The Joy of Love: Evangelising Parishes though the Family and the Couple.This workshop was led by Francine and Byron Pirola, directors of the Marriage Resource Centre. For 28 years they...
View ArticleTaking up a Divine Renovation challenge
Here's the Divine Renovation challenge – as set out in Chapter 7's musings on Leadership.'We should all take the time to write down a one-page description of a future of our diocese, parish or ministry...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Friday 2 Sep - Keynote - Dr Susan Timoney
A major sponsor of the Conference was the Australian Catholic University (ACU), and Dr Clare Johnson the Director of ACU's Centre for Liturgy spoke to us briefly. The Centre for Liturgy offers...
View ArticleProclaim 2016 Conference - Friday 2 Sep - Keynote - Daniel Ang
The second keynote address of the day was given by Daniel Ang, the Director of the Office of Evangelisation for the diocese of Broken Bay. You can find more of his thoughts on his blog, 'The Time of...
View ArticleTools for moving a diocese from maintenance to mission
Let's dream for a minute about what a diocese would look like if each of its priests was in a place of ministry that played to their strengths. Less burnout. More joy. More effectiveness. This is...
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