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Selecting Australia’s Bishops: Finding a Role for All
Reprinted with permission from The Swag, Autumn 2016
Underlying the proceedings at the 2nd Vatican Council were two major principles: ressourcement, calling for a return to the sources, and aggiornamento, calling for a genuine update of the Church to increase its relevancy to the modern world.
For two millennia the ecclesia, founded on the leadership of the Apostles, had held firm to the essence of its faith, worship and governance, but with the passage of time and the vicissitudes of history had also acquired much peripheral baggage of beliefs, customs and practices far removed from the apostolic tradition. Many were also anachronistic, with little or no meaning for the Church and world of the 20th century, and they were hindering, not helping evangelization.
Church reform requires decentralization, synodality
Pope Francis, 17 October 2015, said in a speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the setting up of the Synod of Bishops, The first level of the exercise of synodality is had in the particular Churches. After mentioning the noble institution of the Diocesan...
Rene – The template
Imagine the page you are looking at is the front of a freezer. (May sound mad but this analogy has helped many of my assistants understand what is going on in the page.) The front of the freezer is the template which offers the basic design of the site. As such it...
Local Gatherings to be held worldwide
This is where Mary Beth's introduction will go. One can add pictures. If you click on the little pencil below "Article - (Heading goes here)" you should find this text appears in the editing window. Type something. Make an amendment, e.g capitalise...
Our first step in 2016 to address Church Reform
January 31, 2016 As part of our strategy for this year, it is our intent to do all in our power to bring about changes in Church teachings and practices - changes that will ensure that the dignity of all persons prevails and that the People of God are given their...
Letter to the Pope regarding Decentralization of the Church – January 2016
Pope Francis wants to hear from you – whether you are Catholic, former Catholic, a Christian or non-Christian. Please read this letter and, if you agree, join us in signing it.You may sign the letter as an individual or on behalf of an organization or you can do both...
The People Speak Out
We invite you to participate in our blog called The People Speak Out, where we invite you to share your own very personal story of how Church teachings have shaped your life . . . for better or for worse. Why stories? Because stories, whether you like it or not, crawl...
Achievements
CCRI’s Recent Achievements Formation of online Small Christian Communities for Young Adult Seekers (link to this place on our website)Formation of a Global Continental Synod Board to ensure that a balanced representation of the People of God is included in the seven...
Bring More of What We Dream
O God, Who out of nothing brought everything that is, Out of what we are, Bring more of what we dream but haven’t dared; Direct our power and passion To creating life and justice Where there is death and despair To putting flesh of action On bare-boned intentions, To...
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Board of Consultors
The people supporting Church Reform who have lent their name and credibility to CCR Int'l To see the complete listing of Consultors with information about each, click here. Christine Anderson praxisfcj@gmail.com Bob Betterton rjbsport@frontiernet.net Eugene Bianchi...
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