THE ROLE OF WOMEN

Concerns about the limited role of women in the Church have been a dominant theme in the consultations over the past two years. We invite contributions or comments on this matter, and also on how it should be addressed in the Plenary Council to senseofthefaithful@gmail.com.

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An Apostle to One, an Apostle to All …

Dr Nimmi Candappa, August 2021

The Working Document and the Position of Women in the Church

The Sense of the Faithful Editorial Committee

A Mother’s Love

Geralyn Anderson, a parishioner of St Thomas the Apostle, Blackburn. July 2020.

Walking the talk on the role of women

Nalis Miranda, St Joseph’s Malvern, June 2020

“There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, slave or free, male or female”

Rex Hackett, Diocese of Lismore, June 2020

Pastoral Associates under threat

Jacinta Bright, April 2020

The Voice of Women in the Church

Mary Cameron, St Thomas More’s, Mount Eliza

Women in the Church? The time is now

Associate Professor Mary Coloe, Nov 2019

PROTECTING THE EARTH

In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis has appeal for an urgent new dialogue, and new action, to restore a damaged planet and to find forms of sustainable development. We invite contributions or comments on this matter to senseofthefaithful@gmail.com, and also on how it should be addressed in the Plenary Council.

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Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) Social Justice Statement 2021–22

Protecting and Restoring the Earth

The Sense of the Faithful Editorial Committee

Earth, Our Common Home – a call to cherish and preserve the only home we have
Pat Long, St Brendan’s, Flemington, Victoria

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

There is growing recognition that there is much that non-Indigenous Australians can learn from their Indigenous compatriots, both in terms of spirituality and in caring for the Earth. The needs of our Indigenous people also must be addressed much more effectively.

In July 2022, the Plenary Council strongly supported The Uluru Statement from the Heart, which called for greater recognition of our Indigenous peoples through Voice, Truth-telling and Treaty. Nearly a year later, the Federal Parliament has passed legislation for a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which will require Australians to make a critical choice.

Here we publish three articles on this topic, and invite contributions or comments on this matter to senseofthefaithful@gmail.com.