Tony Flannery
Will give two talks in the Community Centre, Newport, in December.
Thursday, December 5th. 7.00pm
Science and our Image of God
Thursday, December 12th. 7.00pm
A new look at the Christmas Story
Admission free; All welcome
Life changes; we must move on
For somebody of my generation, I think I got into social media fairly quickly. Not all aspects of social media, mainly just one, Twitter. I loved Twitter from the beginning, and found it enormously useful.
Two aspects in particular: It gave me access to a whole range of news and comment. I got links to good articles in media outlets like the National Catholic Reporter, La Croix, and many others. I learned through it what was happening in the various Church Reform movements around the world.
use of language to exclude.
This quote, from Ricardo da Silva, and American Jesuit, sums up for me what has been, and continues to be, a major obstacle to inclusion in the Church — the use of specialised language in the dialogue between authorities and theologians that is largely meaningless to the average believer.
Who, after all, is the synod for? We speak of a synod that is more inclusive, participatory, transparent and accountable, calling for shared responsibility among the people of God.
