Just a few thoughts
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The Parish Pastoral Council AGM was held last
night. About 20 parishioners were present. There were 5 vacancies on the PPC
and there were 10 candidates. This was a great situation, where there were more
candidates than vacancies. So, as far as I can recall, this was the first time
for many years that a vote was required. The candidates were requested to
introduce themselves and give some idea as to the way they thought they could
contribute to the work of the parish.
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The candidates should have been introduced to
the parishioners at weekend Masses.
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The parishioners should have been given the chance
to learn what each candidate saw as their role as a member of the Parish
Pastoral Council.
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There were no reports from the Finance Committee
or any of the parish support groups that were such active community builders in
past years.
Let us pray that the new Parish Pastoral
Council will be able to rebuild the strong sense of community that we used to
have.
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The CathNews website features an advertisement
for a conference to be held in September. It is organised by Mission Australia
and Catholic Religious of Australia. The conference is called Mission—one heart,
many voices. It lists many excellent speakers. I looked back into the
history of this Conference. It was last held in 2019 and here is a video of 3
speakers at that conference.
Sit down, turn up the volume and take to heart what they are saying. The video.
Reflection.
