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
A Perth lay Plenary Council Member (formerly referred to as Delegate) has last month unearthed what it means to be a humble, healing, and merciful Church in lead-up to the first assembly this October.
In December 2020, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB named Gemma Thomson, Iona Presentation College’s Dean of Mission and Catholic Identity, among the 15 additional nationwide Members for the Church of Australia’s Fifth Plenary Council.
Ms Thomson is also a member of the Perth Archdiocese’s Plenary Council Strategy and Engagement Group, a member of the Perth Archdiocese’s Vocations Committee, a member of the Perth Archdiocese’s Centre for Faith Enrichment Committee of Management and is the Justice Contact for the Presentation Sisters of Western Australia.
Based on the six Thematic Discernment Papers, a series of local Plenary talks have been conducted ahead of the now multi-modal approach for the first assembly, which will be held from 3 to 10 October 2021.
This latest presentation, titled “Towards Plenary 2021 – Discovering a Christ-centered Church that is Humble, Healing and Merciful”, was hosted by the Centre for Faith Enrichment on 25 March at Newman Siena Centre.
Ms Thomson spoke in detail about the behaviours a mission-focused Catholic Church should encompass if it is to move forward in a humble, healing, and merciful manner.