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Need, Vision, and Goals
The Need: In keeping with Pope Francis’s emphasis on the role and importance of lay Catholics, we recognize the need for the People of God to claim their voices in shaping the Church. As Canon Law and Vatican Council II teach, Catholics have not only the right but...
Pope Francis: Year four begins
Pope Francis is now in the fourth year of his pontificate. And in this relatively brief period of time one could say he's worked nothing short of a minor miracle in the way he's restored hope and enthusiasm among so many people in the church and beyond. This has been...
Let us remember the Golden Rule
“Let us remember the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Mt 7:12). This Rule points us in a clear direction. Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. Let us seek for others the same...
Getting Started
Call on a friend or another member of your group, have coffee, and get him or her on board to help you organize. Discuss how you envision the Need, the Vision, and the Goals within your local community. Determine the model of gathering that best suits your local...
Making it easy to do
To help support your local gathering, CCRI offers you some tools that you may find helpful. Use whatever works for you... or create your own to fit your local circumstances. Getting Started (includes Need, Vision, and Goals; includes Model for Gatherings) Demographic...
Does the Church meet your needs?
Pope Francis is leading change in the Church and is calling us to do the same. What changes do you call for? What can we do together to bring about change? Pope Francis has made it clear. He does not want to be a monarchical leader handing down orders from the top. He...
The Age of Entitlement is over
by David Timbs
Read paper HERE
Abstract: It is becoming more and more obvious that one of the most significant obstacles to the systemic reform of the culture and legal system of the Catholic Church is clericalism. The leadership of the Church has become increasingly more estranged from the prophetic roots of its mission to animate and to serve. As the Church became more institutionalised, its bishops became increasingly socialised into a patriarchal and autocratic mentality and praxis with little transparency and no provision for accountability, the essential safeguards of good governance. Ultimately a massive social, psychological and spiritual chasm was created which lead to dangerous disconnection between bishops and their people.
Infallibility — Hans Küng appeals to Pope Francis
Next week, Hans Küng, the Catholic priest and Swiss theologian, will mark his 88th birthday. The fifth volume of his complete works, titled Infallibility, has just become available from the German publishing house Herder. In connection with the release...
When bad is on the rise, brave, decent, everyday people stand up and say no
In many organizations individuals often 'feel' something is wrong. Things gnaw away at the edge of their consciousness, unsettling and making little sense as they conflict with the agreed notions of what the organization is, what it holds dear and how it is believed...
Bangalore CBCI Meet – Why No publicity, transparency, Lay participation, press coverage?
Report by Philip Matthew, Matters India reporter, Indian bishops to seek Church response to current challenges
The General body meeting of the Catholic Bishops conference of India (CBCI) is a two-yearly happening. The participants in this meet are the bishops of the three different Rites – on it there are still many unresolved questions — like Latin, Syromalbar and Syromalankara.
More than 180 bishops from these Rites (right or wrong) have already started their week-long session on Feb.2nd. Its theme is “The Response of the Church in India to the Present Day Challenges.” It stands out for two distinct features: 1. Presence of Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington is the invited Chief Guest. Similar was the presence of President Obama for the Republic day. 2. The invited Justice Cyriac Joseph gave the keynote address. Lack of due advance publicity, we already noted, was a flaw on the part of organizers. Why?
Our stress is on due publicity, that is, publicity the event deserves.
The Truth About Mary Magdalene Could Open Doors for Women in the Church
We thank FutureChurch for alerting us to this.
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