The Council of Trent may have concluded in the mid-sixteenth century, but in July 2010 it was once again the focus of theological activity as some 600 Catholic Ethicists gathered for a conference (July 24-27).

The 2010 Chapter of the Australian MSC Province will gather at St Joseph's College Hunters Hill on September 27th and conclude on the afternoon of October 5th.

Nearly one hundred capitulants from as far afield as China, Vietnam, Japan, and Kiribati will gather with their Australian confreres. The Australian Province has men working also in PNG and Fiji.

The MSC of Indonesia, India, PNG, the Pacific Union and the Philippines have some of their number working in ministries of the Australian Province.

FRANK MOLONEY SDB ON CHALLENGE AND HOPES

FUTURE FRONTIERS FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE.

"We are now facing "new frontiers" or death. This does not necessarily mean that we have to "go elsewhere," although that may be an important part of our future. It means, fundamentally, that we need to look at what we are doing, where we are doing it, and above all “why we are doing it.

FRENCH PROVINCIAL'S REFLECTIONS

^{They came in their hundreds, from parishes on the coast and in the mountains, some walking for five days to share in the great celebration of the 125th anniversary of the arrival of three Missionaries of the Sacred Heart on Yule Island.}

NEW BOOK BY ADRIAN MEANEY AND JIM LITTLETON

Darcy Morris was an outstanding member of the Australian MSC Province. As the title of the new 68 page booklet by Adrian Meaney and Jim Littleton highlights, 'Ahead of His Time'.

Although Darcy Morris died at the age of fifty in 1955, he achieved a great deal within in the province, lecturing in Scripture after returning from Roman studies and serving as prefect of students when the seminary training was in Sydney in the 1930s. With the transfer of the students to Croydon, Victoria, he brought with him a breadth of interest in all areas of study, inspiring an intellectual curiosity that was all-encompassing.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

On Tuesday 17^th August an historic Memorandum of Understanding between the NSW Department of Health and the Civil Chaplaincies Advisory Committee was signed in North Sydney.

MSC formators and MSC Brothers from the APIA region meet in India from August 16th to 26th.

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION AT HEART OF LIFE

At a meeting at Mountain Grove, Kew, August 16th 2010, a group worked towards reinvigorating the Province Website.

Tim Brennan, Mark McGuinness, Chris Chaplin and Peter Malone worked with Marist Brother, John Dyson, to activate the capacity for adding news items. Originator of the site, Stephen Cuyos of the Philippines Province, updated the platform for the site.

An invitation is extended for people to send news iterms to Peter Malone for editing and placing on the site. The email address for this material is: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .