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Thursday, 15 March 2018 07:21
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 5th SUNDAY OF LENT, 2018
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT, 2018 Fifth Sunday of Lent Marc Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their care of…
Tuesday, 06 March 2018 19:41
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Lent March 11th 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where we are now gathered, (the Gadigal people of the great Eora nation,) and recognise that…
Monday, 26 February 2018 20:13
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Third Sunday of Lent March 4th, 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where we are now gathered, (the Gadigal people of the great Eora nation,) and recognise that it…
Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:42
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Second Sunday of Lent March 4th 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their care of the land.…
Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:01
BRINGING THEM HOME: AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
BRINGING THEM HOME: AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Claude Mostowik MSC, Director MSC Justice and Peace writes: Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the Australian Government’s apology to the Stolen Generations, when the nation said sorry to make amends and to right past wrongs. The apology was one of 54 recommendations…
Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:49
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their care of…
Monday, 05 February 2018 10:54
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, 2018 Sixth Sunday of the Year February 11th, 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and…
Monday, 05 February 2018 10:47
TRADE IN ARMS BY AUSTRALIA - A STATEMENT
TRADE IN ARMS BY AUSTRALIA - A STATEMENT. Father Claude Mostowik msc President Pax Christi Australia 0411 450953 Statement on Trade in Arms by Australia When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke of ‘Australian jobs, Australian ingenuity and Australian technology’ he announced that Australia wants to be among the 10 big…
Monday, 05 February 2018 10:30
RECOMMENDATION, AN ABORIGINAL FILM STORY, SWEET COUNTRY
A RECOMMENDATION, AN ABORIGINAL FILM STORY, SWEET COUNTRY SWEET COUNTRY Australia, 2017, 110 minutes, Colour. Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Matt Day, Ewen Leslie, Natassia Gory Furber, Gibson John, Anni Finsterer, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Thomas M. Wright. Directed by Warwick Thornton. Here is a film which should be…
Monday, 29 January 2018 16:29
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Fifth Sunday of the Year February 4th 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their…
Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:51
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR. Fourth Sunday of the Year January 28, 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their…
Monday, 15 January 2018 10:36
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
LITURGY NOTE FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Third Sunday of the Year January 21st 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their…
Tuesday, 09 January 2018 09:16
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
LITURGY NOTES, SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TTIME January 14th, 2018 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respects to them and for their care of the land. May we…
Wednesday, 13 December 2017 09:27
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Third Sunday in Advent Year B December 17th, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of the…
Tuesday, 05 December 2017 11:33
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT These notes are a little longer than usual but I have included the Redfern Speech by Paul Keating in full as it is coming up to its 25th anniversary. Claude Mostowik msc Second Sunday of Advent Year B December 9th…
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 11:08
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
LITURGY NOTES: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT First Sunday of Advent Year B December 3, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of the land May…
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:20
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING/ HEART OF THE UNIVERSE
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING/ HEART OF THE UNIVERSE. Solemnity of Christ, Heart of the Universe [Feast of Christ the King] November 26, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand…
Tuesday, 14 November 2017 08:53
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 33rd SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 33RD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Thirty Third Sunday of the Year November 19th 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their…
Monday, 30 October 2017 16:59
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 31st SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES 31st SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Thirty First Sunday of the Year November 5th 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of the land…
Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:20
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 30th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 30th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR. Thirtieth Sunday of the Year October 29th 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of the…
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 12:03
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 29th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 29th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Twenty Ninth Sunday of the Year October 22nd, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care…
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 11:48
THE ROHINGYA PEOPLE: THREAT OR VICTIMS
The Rohingya People: threat or victims Sent by Claude Mostowik, MSC Justice, published in Just Comment. The recent displacement of over 700,000 ethnic Rohingyan refugees from a population of 1.1 million in Myanmar has been pronounced both a ‘human rights nightmare’ and the ‘world's fastest developing refugee emergency’.[1] Although Rohingyan…
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:11
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 28th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 28th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Twenty Eighth Sunday of the Year October 15th 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of…
Wednesday, 04 October 2017 09:41
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 27th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 27th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Twenty Seventh Sunday of the Year October 8th, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of…
Thursday, 28 September 2017 09:09
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 26th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 26th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Dear friends, I have just returned from Rome this morning but in the interests of getting to some of you who may have been wanting some resources for this coming weekend I have put these together which are somewhat briefer than…
Tuesday, 15 August 2017 10:13
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 20th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 20th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Twentieth Sunday of the Year August 20th 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for their care of the…
Tuesday, 08 August 2017 22:08
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 19th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 19th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR Nineteenth Sunday of the Year August 13th, 2017 Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to them for…
Monday, 31 July 2017 08:48
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 18th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR/ FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 18TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR/ FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. Eighteenth Sunday of the Year/ Feast of the Transfiguration Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand We pay our respects to…
Monday, 31 July 2017 08:45
PAX CHRISTI CONFERENCE
PAX CHRISTI CONFERENCE Poster and program for the Conference.
Monday, 24 July 2017 10:59
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 17th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
LITURGY NOTES FOR THE 17th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR. Seventeenth Sunday of the Year July 30, 2017 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Suggested formula for recognition of indigenous people and their land. As we gather today let us acknowledge the local traditional custodians of this land, ......... for…
