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From the Year of Paul to the Year of the Priest
From this brief look at one of the women at the end of Romans, it is easy to see that being ‘baptised into Christ’ meant something different in Paul’s day from what it means today. Women were able to participate fully in the early Christian communities. Presiding, preaching and decision-making did not require ordination.
The Year of Paul: from mission to gospel living
When we grasp the probability that the impact of the man’s life and mission continued to inspire writings in his name, we might be better able to understand that even our cherished gospels contain a similar process.
Brutal revelations in voices of Israeli soldiers
‘Breaking the Silence’ has acquired a special standing for the public and the media since March 2004 when it started publishing the previously silent voices of soldiers.
‘Peace will come’ to the land of Christ’s birth
Br Peter told a group of around 100 people at St Theresa’s, Plimmerton, on May 22, that the positive attitude of people who have lost family members and their homes has given him great hope.
Archbishop’s column
I experienced this joy and hope in Sydney, I experienced it in the Days in the Archdiocese and I believe it can happen every day in our archdiocese and in our church. It will continue to happen when we all know deep in our hearts that we have already received the power of the Spirit who calls us to be witnesses to the gospel.
Editorial: Raising questions of power
In choosing journalism, Raphaela Fischer set out to understand ‘the slanted and inadequate media coverage’. She had just spent valuable months learning how to present all facets of an issue in ways that would attract and challenge readers. Her research had uncovered areas where the media had reported only some of the facts of an issue.
Living in the crossfire
‘I hated journalists then. Because, had Dad not been German, he would probably not have had any media coverage and just faded into history as a mere, nameless, faceless statistic in the mounting death toll of the Palestinians that was barely covered. This fact infuriated me. My privacy was a price I was willing to pay for the people needed to read about it. The world was entitled to the truth about what was happening on Palestinian grounds.’
Book Review: The Franciscan Story
The rest of the amazingly rich and diverse history that contributed so much to church spirituality, theology, politics and art, was scattered through magazines, papers and specialist books. It was time for a general history of the Franciscan movement.