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| Welcome to the first edition of the Mission & Spirituality News! Through it Church Resources and the Broken Bay Institute are working in partnership to provide resources to encourage the development of the spirituality and ministry of faith communities. The newsletter aims at assisting parishes to fulfil their evangelising mission, to be places where people grow in their faith, and where they are supported to live out that faith. The newsletter will focus primarily on the laity and the parish setting.
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Women Serving in Leadership
Lay women are now heading many Catholic welfare agencies, hospitals and aged care facilities, Catholic Education, and other works and agencies of the Church. They are working in the name of the Church, in senior leadership positions. The Commission for Australian Catholic Women and the Diocese of Cairns are hosting With Faith, Hope And Love - A Conference for Women Serving as Leaders of Catholic Church Agencies, 27 - 29 April 2005 in Cairns.
| - Commission for Australian Catholic Women |
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Justice Tradition Explained
The Broken Bay Institute is offering an intensive school from 19 - 22 April. It will provide a comprehensive introduction to Catholic social teaching and can be taken for credit towards a degree from the Sydney College of Divinity. People are also welcome to take part in attendance only mode for interest.
| - The Broken Bay Institute |
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Communicating Today
John Paul II's Message for World Communication Day asks how we can make use of the many means of communication that are available to us today to increase understanding among peoples. The Broken Bay Institute has provided a Study Guide to help individuals and small groups to reflect on the Message.
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The Meaning of Life
Having purpose in life is central to combating meaninglessness. Religion is concerned with meaning-making. Is there a link among Australians between having purpose in life and being religious? NCLS researchers have found that church attendance, belief in God, personal prayer, and friends' church attendance each have a significant positive relationship to purpose in life.
| - National Church Life Survey |
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LabOra Worship
This new resource brings together the entire Lectionary and Sacramentary, and the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Communion of the Sick, Anointing the Sick, and Funerals, as well as selected resources for preaching, music preparation, children's liturgy, Sunday Celebrations of the Word, Liturgy of the Hours, the RCIA, weekly general intercessions and clip art - as well as the entire Bible! The first of the annual CDs, LabOra liturgy2005, will be sold with the basic LabOra Worship software package.
"LabOra" comes from the Latin words labor (work) and ora (pray!).
| - National Liturgical Commission |
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Including People With Disabilities
Careful attention to all pastoral processes, faith education and arrangements for liturgical and sacramental practices are needed in order to encourage and support the participation of people with disabilities in parish life. In I Have a Story, the Bishops' Committee for Family and for Life provides a process for reflection on the culture of a parish, and suggestions for action to include people with disabilities.
| - Australian Catholic Bishops Conference |
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The Roadside as Sacred Space
Roadside memorials are expressions of popular spiritual life that exists outside established religions, and often in contravention to the regulations of the state. These private expressions of grief turn a public place into 'sacred space'. Their existence and tacit approval from the public suggests that as a community we are searching for meaningful ways to express our spiritual selves when we are most vulnerable.
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Learning From Islam
Trish Madigan OP explains how contact with Islam has led her to a new appreciation of the deepest mysteries of Catholic Christian faith including new insights into Christian belief in the Incarnation and the Trinity.
Trish Madigan is a Dominican Sister. She is a member of the Australian National Dialogue for Jews, Christians and Muslims and is the Executive Officer of the Broken Bay Commission for Ecumenism.
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