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.”
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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
Discovering a Christ-centred Church that is Inclusive, Participatory and Synodal was at the heart of conversation and reflection on Thursday 19 November at Newman Siena Centre.
This is the third of six seminars addressing the six discernment themes of the Plenary Council and is an on-going effort by the Archdiocesan Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE), to create avenues where the faithful can gather in person to reflect, discern and share their faith experiences based on the published thematic discernment papers.
Delivering the seminar were West Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (WACMRO) Director, Deacon Gregory Lowe and Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (ACM) Director Donella Brown, who began by explaining some of the valuable contributions that people from the Indigenous communities and migrants play in our country.