The important role that joy, hope and service play in a mission-focused Australian Catholic Church that responds to God’s call of love – was explored at the sixth and final Plenary Council thematic paper seminar, held at Newman Siena Centre on Thursday, 29 July.
The Perth Catholic community spent the afternoon in prayer, dialogue, and discernment, answering the question, ‘How is God calling us to be a Christ-centred Church in Australia that is a joyful, hope-filled and servant community?’
St John of God Health Care Group Manager of Mission Integration WA Tara Peters, who led the seminar, began by highlighting key points that drew from resources including the PC thematic papers, Scripture, Instrumentum Laboris – Mrs Peters began by providing her personal reflection and offered three key points which she says emerged from this theme of the PC.
“The three reflections which I would like to share with you today are: A posture of listening and dialogue, a vision of being moved by the reality around us, and a dare to embrace service as an encounter with God.”
http://www.perthcatholic.org.au/News__Events-News-2021-August-Week_1-Plenary_Council_A_Joyful_hopefilled_servant_church_wraps_up_thematic_paper_face_to_face.htm?latest_news=yes
The important role that joy, hope and service play in a mission-focused Australian Catholic Church that responds to God’s call of love – was explored at the sixth and final Plenary Council thematic paper seminar, held at Newman Siena Centre on Thursday, 29 July.
The Perth Catholic community spent the afternoon in prayer, dialogue, and discernment, answering the question, ‘How is God calling us to be a Christ-centred Church in Australia that is a joyful, hope-filled and servant community?’
St John of God Health Care Group Manager of Mission Integration WA Tara Peters, who led the seminar, began by highlighting key points that drew from resources including the PC thematic papers, Scripture, Instrumentum Laboris – Mrs Peters began by providing her personal reflection and offered three key points which she says emerged from this theme of the PC.
“The three reflections which I would like to share with you today are: A posture of listening and dialogue, a vision of being moved by the reality around us, and a dare to embrace service as an encounter with God.”
http://www.perthcatholic.org.au/News__Events-News-2021-August-Week_1-Plenary_Council_A_Joyful_hopefilled_servant_church_wraps_up_thematic_paper_face_to_face.htm?latest_news=yes
The importance of the need to be an evangelising Church in Australia was emphasised at a recent free Plenary Council seminar, titled “Towards the Plenary Council 2020: Understanding a Missionary and Evangelising Church.”
Hosted by the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) at the Newman Siena Centre on Thursday, 27 August, some 30 lay people gathered to hear from Archdiocese of Perth’s Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation Fr Vincent Glynn, who addressed the question ‘How is God calling us to be a Christ-centred Church in Australia, that is missionary and evangelising?’
https://therecord.com.au/news/local/plenary-council-proclamation-of-the-gospel-is-about-leading-people-to-experience-the-knowledge-of-gods-love/