February 2007 
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  Editorial
Sometimes a break from our work helps us to return with new energy and a clearer focus on our core tasks. The Church exists for mission. Is our participation in the life of the Church mission – focused or are we distracted by ‘maintenance’ tasks?
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  What’s On
John Dear in Australia
Spiritual writer and peace activist John Dear SJ will be giving retreats, workshops and lectures in Australia from 22 February to 18 March. His itinerary includes events in Sydney, Townsville, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and Canberra.
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Making Better Decisions
Join the Canisius Centre for Ignatian Spirituality in Pymble NSW on 24 – 25 February and 24 – 25 March to learn how to make decisions by following the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The program will explain the Ignatian dynamic of decision-making and will look more closely at a particular decision each participant has been focusing on.
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Short Courses in Mission & Evangelization
The Catholic Institute of Sydney is offering a range of Sydney College of Divinity accredited courses on mission and evangelization via intensive schools. Sign up for courses on: Evangelization Today, Education Perspectives; Justice and the Church’s Mission; or Faith, Mission & Culture.
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Mission & Justice
Explore the place of work for justice in the mission of the Church by reflecting on the call to justice in Scripture, Church teaching and key Jesuit documents with the Loyola Institute in Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide during March.
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  Mission & Ministry
A Year of Evangelization in Rockhampton
Bishop Brian Heenan has invited the people of Rockhampton Diocese to make 2007 a Year of Evangelization saying “evangelisation should begin with ourselves – am I living, celebrating and sharing the news that God loves me?”
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Volunteer Handbook
Brisbane Archdiocese has produced a practical handbook for volunteers setting out their rights and responsibilities in the context of participation in the mission of the Archdiocese, the values of Catholic Social Teaching, and the legal requirements surrounding particular activities.
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Parish Refugee Loan Scheme Goes West
Inspired by similar parish efforts in Eastern Australia, the West Coast Refugee Sanctuary Group was formed with donations from All Saints Parish in Greenwood, Perth, and from patrons Fred and Angela Chaney. Australian Catholics tells of one family helped to make use of their Special Humanitarian Visa by a no interest loan.
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  Feature

Changing Theologies of Mission
Are we afraid to proclaim the Gospel? Gerard Hall* argues that evangelisation today needs to be undertaken with fresh eyes on the reign of God, inculturation, struggle for human liberation, reconciliation, option for the poor, the power of the Holy Spirit and interfaith dialogue.

* Gerard Hall SM is based at McAuley Campus of the Australian Catholic University and is editor of the Australian Ejournal of Theology.

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  Reflection

Your Mission, Should you Choose to Accept it …
“You are on a mission from God. So am I. In fact, the mission of God is the sole reason for the existence of the Church. It is her deepest identity. So it is your identity too, because you are full members of the Church. “ In a Pentecost Pastoral Letter to young people issued last year, Archbishop Denis Hart* explains the mission assigned to God’s young ‘secret agents’.

*Archbishop Denis Hart is the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne.

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