Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate are preparing a retreat from September 1 to 3 focusing on one of the questions in the recently released Instrumentum Laboris for the Synod of Bishops on the call for consideration of women’s inclusion in the diaconate, a part of which will include an online seminar, open to all on September 3.
Religious in Oceania among those appointed for Synod of Bishops
Last Blessed Sacrament Sister in Australia feels 'grateful for everything'
Sr Marian McClelland SSS remembers she was 16 years old when she felt a deep call ‘to be with’ Jesus, specifically, and later with God. It is a call that has remained central over her 50-plus years of being a consecrated sister, first with the Faithful Companions of Jesus and later with the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament sisters, reports Melbourne Catholic.