The Church changes over time. Sometimes dramatically, in the public eye; and, more often, in small steps taken in everyday private lives.

Both kinds of ecclesial evolution were evident in a quietly historic keynote address delivered by Columban missionary priest, Fr Patrick McInerney, at the Great Synagogue in Sydney on the night of 31 May 2022.

Maybe Bishop Geoff Robinson’s Towards the End of My Days: Theological and Spiritual Reflection should be a compulsory primer for Plenary Members ahead of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS.

“You have to stop sitting there with your jaw loose, hoping that somebody else will say something important … You must speak up.” Sr Joan Chittister OSB unfurled her call to action to 160 Religious and clergy who gathered in Parramatta (NSW) for her presentation, “Roots and Wings: The Emergence of a Synodal Church”, an event co-sponsored by Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) and the Diocese of Parramatta, writes Teresa Pirola.

Imagine your fridge breaks down one day — but you simply can’t afford to buy a new one to ensure you have fresh food to feed your family, writes Jane Woolford, CEO of Mary MacKillop Today. Would you take out a loan to get the money you desperately need right away — even if it means falling into a debt trap?

Ask Dr Julia Upton RSM to name the holiest places on earth, and at least one of her answers would be Mercy Hospice in Auckland, New Zealand.