"Receive your sight; your faith has saved you."

Just a few thoughts

·         Was NAIDOC Week celebrated in our parish last week?

·         During the week, the Vatican released the long awaited 450 page report on Theodore McCarrick who was a cardinal and one-time archbishop of Washington.
Many in the Church knew he was involved in sexually abuse.
Pope John Paul II dismissed the concerns and appointed him as bishop anyway. Then he appointed him as a cardinal. McCarrick was such an insider that his supporters were able to circumvent the usual checks and balances.
The findings of the McCarrick report are devastating. Our leaders like Pope John Paul II failed to acknowledge and act on his abusive activity.

Reflection

ü  Living Space

ü  God, the Lover of Life – Fr Richard Rohr

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Failings revealed in damning McCarrick report

Ø  McCarrick report shows Vatican failed to take abuse seriously

The Parish Choir members are saying ‘Hello’

¯ Ave Maria – Nigerian language

¯ The Great Bell Chant (The End Of Suffering)

Bits & Pieces

v  International Day of Tolerance

v  1920 - Colin Thiele, Australian writer and author of 'Storm Boy', is born.

v  1840 - New Zealand becomes a separate colony, no longer administered by New South Wales.