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Spirituality
I love talking about spirituality, it is one of those topics which creates much excitement at the table because most people are very happy to join in the conversation and share their experiences about what works for them.
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Letter from Shanghai
I'm in Shanghai to report for Mission and Spirituality News on the state of the Church in China on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.
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A Parish based Spirituality that works!
Spirituality is a way of being, and for Christians is often also described using the terms holiness, discipleship, Christian formation, becoming Christ-like, or ongoing conversion.
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“your neighbour is the holiest object presented to your senses”
When the inspired writers of Genesis sought to depict the connection between human beings and God, they could not have employed a more ‘earthy’ image.
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Vatican II on Jewish-Christian relations Church & Synagogue: a new friendship for a new era
Has the relationship between Christians and Jews changed?
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Third Order Franciscan- Lay Spirituality
Is there a distinctive spirituality for Christian lay people today? If spirituality means, as I think it does, an ultimate relationship with God, then there can only be one spirituality.
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Results Of A Survey Into The Reading Of Scripture
VATICAN CITY, 28 APR 2008 (VIS) - A press conference held this morning in the Holy See Press Office presented the results of a survey into "the reading of the Scriptures in a number of countries (U.S.A., UK, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland and Russia".
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Women’s Night of Spirituality
Caroline Jones Of Australian Story Our presenter for the evening
Tuesday 27th May 2008, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
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Mysticism and Space
Dr Carmel Bendon Davis is lecturer in the Department of English at Macquarie University and has recently published a book on Medieval Mystics. It will be launched by Bishop David Walker later in the year.
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An Introduction to Julian of Norwich Lecture
Dr Carmel Bendon Davis, a lecturer in the Department of English at Macquarie University, will give a fascinating free lecture on Julian of Norwich. Dr. Carmel has agreed to give a free Public Lecture on Julian of Norwich at Our Lady of the Rosary, Cathedral Parish Waitara, Wednesday May 28th, 7.30-8.30pm. She will also give a free lunchtime lecture at The Caroline Chisholm Centre on Tuesday June 3rd, 1-2pm.
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Homily – Signing of the Covenant
Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and Catholic Dioceses of
Maitland -Newcastle and Broken Bay -
Wednesday 2 April 2008
As a Dominican Woman, I call upon my Brother Dominic, founder of my Order, and my Sister Catherine of Siena to intercede for me, that with the power of the Spirit I may be a worthy preacher of the word this night. Tonight we gather from different lands, countries, regions and religious traditions. We gather as a people of God.
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 “Just as the great cathedrals witness to God and to the faith of those who built them, just as they call us to prayer and to faith, so too the life of Benedictine contemplative nuns witness ....”
Please note the wonderful outline of Lectio Divina based on the Sunday Gospel Readings.
www.jamberooabbey.org.au/html/home.htm
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 Pentecost Reflection
Many years ago, amongst the Wurrundjerri people in Victoria, as it was most likely was with other Aboriginal peoples, it was the sacred task of the women in the tribe during the gray, wet winter months to carry the fire. Fire meant life. In the drizzle and the damp that we associate with the winter months, it was, of course, not possible to start fires at every new camp-site.
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