First Catalyst Dinner for 2015

A Conversation between

 SR MICHELE CONNOLLY RSJ

& MR. DANIEL ANG

"TOMORROW'S CHURCH"

FACILITATOR: FR. MICHAEL WHELAN SM

FRIDAY MARCH 13

Sister Michele Connolly rsj has taught New Testament at CIS since 2001 and is

currently its Academic Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies. She taught in

secondary schools in the Maitland Diocese before embarking on a MA(Theol)

and then a PhD.

Mr. Daniel Ang is Director of Pastoral Planning for the Catholic Diocese

of Parramatta and teaches ecclesiology, ministry and ecumenism at the

Parramatta Institute for Mission. Daniel studied for his MDiv at CIS.

He is a married layman with one son.

Fr. Michael Whelan sm is Director of Aquinas Academy and

Executive Director of Catalyst for Renewal.                    

 

Come join us in stimulating and animated discussion over a

DELICIOUS TWO COURSE MEAL

$50 PER PERSON    

BYO DRINKS

 

Please advise any special dietary requirements.

If you would like to come and cannot afford the

cost please call and agree a donation.

 

RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL    

- RSVP Thursday 5^th March

Catalyst for Renewal Inc is a not-for-profit group seeking

through conversation to encourage renewal in the Church and wider society.

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Catalyst for Renewal held their annual Twilight 

Eucharistic Reflection which was led

by Fr Peter McGrath ofm at the Villa

Maria Parish Hall, Hunters Hill

on Saturday evening, 8th November.

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“I want to see truth and goodness

triumph over ideology, especially my own:

Good conversations submit to the topic

or question …. they have a

graced quality if we are attentive and faithful

to the moment … we experience them

as taking us where we have never been

before … they are always

an experience of what is true and good”.

(“Good Conversation” document, Catalyst for Renewal).

On the evening of October 11th 2012

Catalyst for Renewal

celebrated the fiftieth anniversary

of the opening of the

Second Vatican Council

with a Eucharist at

St Patrick's, The Rocks.

The Presider and Homilist was

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson.

Click HERE to read the text of the Homily

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Throughout 2012,

Catalyst celebrated

the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of

the Second Vatican Council

with a series called

"Q & A in the Crypt"

“What does it mean to you to be a Catholic?”

 

27^th May:        Professor Greg Craven, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University.

Sophie Kearns, Director of Pastoral Care at SCEGGS Darlinghurst and previously Director of Character Education at Loreto Kirribilli.

You can read the notes which accompanied this session - click HERE

 

24^th June:        Catherine Harris AO, PSM, Chair of Harris Farm Markets and Commissioner, Australian Rugby League Commission.

Father Michael Whelan sm, Director, Aquinas Academy and Executive Director of Catalyst for Renewal.

(moderated by Geraldine Doogue)

You can read the notes which accompanied this session - click HERE

 

29^th July:         Geraldine Doogue AO, well-known Australian journalist and radio and television host.

                        Peter Joseph AM, Chair of the Blackdog Institute and Chair of the St James Ethics Centre.

You can read the notes which accompanied this session - click HERE

You can read Geraldine Doogue's Text of her presentation on the Eureka Street Website by clicking HERE

The article has also appeared at ONLINE OPINION and a lively discussion has ensued, with over sixty responses.

To follow that conversation click HERE.

 

26^th August:    Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner of the Australian Government Productivity Commission.

                        Sister Anne Derwin, Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph and President of Catholic Religious Australia

                               You can read the notes which accompanied this session - click HERE

                                              AND YOU CAN READ ANNE DERWIN'S TEXT - click HERE

                                               AND YOU CAN READ ROBERT FITZGERALD'S TEXT - click HERE

 

30^th Sept.        Deirdre Grusovin, Member of Board of CatholicCare Sydney and was a member of the NSW Parliament for 25 years.

Father Frank Brennan SJ, AO, Professor of Law at the Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University.

                       You can read the Notes which accompanied this session - click HERE

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Vatican Forum Talks: In September 2012 Catalyst also held a forum on
Vatican II... here are the texts: Vatican II Where Do We go From Here Daniel Ang - Pastoral Planning Officer for the Diocese of Parramatta
Read it HERE

  The Laity in the Church today - Dr Michele Connolly rsj
Read it HERE

  The 50th Anniversary of Vatican II - Br Julian McDonald cfc AO
Read it HERE

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Other Recent Events:

The Annual Spirituality in the Pub Dinner

at The Vault, Shepparton, on 21st September 2012

was addressed by Fr Frank Brennan SJ.

His topic was

'Looking Back and Looking

Forward Over Church and Life

on the 50th Anniversary of

Vatican II'

To read his text, visit the Eureka Street website

by clicking HERE

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AND

The Clifford Longley Lectures

Clifford Longley of The Tablet was a special guest of Catalyst for Renewal in May of 2012.

Longley presented a series of stimulating lectures in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney,

including themes around issues arising from Vatican II and its aftermath - a maturing laity,

the meaning of "the people of God" and authority in the Church.

Read the texts of his lectures - go to Archives in the top menu.