The Catholic Weekly 10 July 2022

catholicweekly.com.au 2 10, July, 2022 PLENARY 2022 Call 02 9649 6423 or visit www.catholiccemeteries.com.au Consecrated lawns and chapels Sydney’s only Catholic crematorium Monthly mass for the Repose of Souls Funeral directors available for a Catholic service Bereavement pastoral care Serving the Catholic community for over 150 years CONTINUED FROM P1 Victims and survivors of child abuse also received an apolo- gy, and a further study on the systemic causes of child abuse was requested and voted up. Further topics for discus- sion include the status of women in the Church, includ- ing the ordination of wom- en to the diaconate; Church governance and formation for leadership; and “integral ecol- ogy and conversion for the sake of our common home”. In his opening address Archbishop Costelloe warned against turning the Plenary Council into a factional battle- field, tellingmembers they are “not enemies or combatants seeking to prevail over others”. “Although each of us be- longs to one or other com- munities of faith and mission, we are not here as representa- tives or spokespersons of any particular community, tasked with advocating for any par- ticular interest group,” he said. He said that members’ pas- sionate desires may not nec- essarily correspond to the will of God for the Church, a “dis- comforting truth” that should lead them to listen humbly to others. He added a further cau- tionary note for members who wished to see certain outcomes achieved by the close of the second assembly. “Cherished hopes, dreams and projects may not have been realised, or not in the way we had hoped and presumed had been the case,” he said. “For each of us as indi- viduals, and each of us as members of a variety of com- munities within the Church, who knows what the Plenary Council may be asking us to Plenary President sets out key priorities awaiting members The challenge we set ourselves let go of, or asking us to em- brace? “Who knows what might have to die in order to for something new to spring to life?” Archbishop Costelloe Archhbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB addresses members on the first day of business for the Plenary Council’s Second Assembly. A member uses technology to come to grips with Assembly business, be- low. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP relaxes on Tuesday morning. PHOTOS: G PORTELLI also welcomed those attend- ing the Council as observers: Archbishop Charles Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Austral- ia; Cardinal Charles Bo SDB, Archbishop of Yangon; Car- dinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington; Rev. John Gil- more, President of the Nation- al Council of Churches in Aus- tralia; and Ross Castle from Catholic Church Insurance. I n this edition News Movies, books Archbishop’s homily Editorial & Letters 1-11 8-9 21 24-25 Our story begins in 1839 with the Australasian Chronicle, continuing with the Freeman’s Journal in 1850. Level 13, Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000. Phone (02) 9390 5400 | Vol 73, No 5242 The Catholic Weekly is published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney ABN 60 471 267 587 and is printed by Spotpress Pty Ltd, 24-26 Lilian Fowler Place, Marrickville NSW 2204. It has amazed me that some people should be in doubt as to whether the holy Virgin should be called Mother of God. If Our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how can the Holy Virgin who bore him not be Mother of God? St Cyril of Alexandria (370-444AD) QUOTABLE DOWNLOAD THE OUR FAITH OUR WORKS APP Your one-stop location for Mass and Confession times, spiritual reflections and meditations, podcasts, local Catholic news, the Go Make Disciples mission plan, and much more. To download the app visit ourfaithourworks.org/app or scan the QR Code. EDITOR Peter Rosengren (02) 9390 5400 REPORTERS Marilyn Rodrigues (02) 9390 5410 Debbie Cramsie (02) 9390 5396 Adam Wesselinoff (02) 9390 5400 SUBSCRIPTIONS Rita Ng (02) 9390 5411 ADVERTISING AND MARKETING Steve Richards (02) 9390 5404 Katie Clarke (02) 9390 5402 DESIGNERS Renate Cassis Mathew De Sousa