Flame Ministries International has recently responded to an invitation to participate and lead events as part of the World Prayer Assembly which has this commenced in Perth under the theme ‘Wave of Glory’ to unite in prayer and ignite a movement of spiritual renewal.
In his second Walking Together – Weekly Thoughts for Reflection from the Synod, Archbishop Costelloe writes we in Australia had a head start in terms of what the Synod is trying to achieve.
In a gloomy and isolated Russian convent, Sister Yulia (Maria Vera Ratti), known among the other nuns for her love of beauty, becomes spontaneously pregnant while praying in front of a statue of the Blessed Virgin. She is bearing twin boys: One is the next Messiah, the other the Antichrist.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week written to the Perth Catholic community has he heads to Rome for the Synod of Bishops.
“Forgiving is not, therefore, a good deed that we can choose to do or not do: forgiving is a fundamental condition for those who are Christians,” Pope Francis has said, speaking Sunday 17 September. “By forgiving one another, we can bear witness (to God), sowing new life around us.”
Organised by the Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) crowds at the post WYD Unite Rally were treated to an evening of music, interviews, drama, fellowship and dance, featuring priest-musician Fr Rob Galea.
The news conference with updates about the synod — how it will work and what reporters can expect — came just a few days after Pope Francis had told journalists aboard his flight from Mongolia that the discussions at the assembly of the Synod of Bishops 4 to 29 October will not be open to the public or to reporters to “safeguard the synodal climate.”