<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[News - Catholics for Ministry]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/</link><description><![CDATA[Who are we? We're a group of Catholics concerned about trhe future of the church in Australia and the challenge of handing on the faith to coming generations.]]></description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:29 -1100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:29 -1100</lastBuildDate><webMaster>pco77760@bigpond.net.au</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Divine Worship Cardinal on Communion]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/divine-worship-cardinal-on-communion/</link><description><![CDATA[The previous news item ("The Pictures Tell You Everything", 15 December 2008 ) contains interesting and revealing pictures of Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, the new Prefect of the Congregation...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/divine-worship-cardinal-on-communion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pictures Tell You Everything]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/the-pictures-tell-you-everything/</link><description><![CDATA[In early December 2008 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze as Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/the-pictures-tell-you-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vatican Secrets - Selection of Bishops]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/vatican-secrets-selection-of-bishops/</link><description><![CDATA[It's a safe bet that this is a document you will have never seen. A Couple of weeks ago Catholics for Ministry came into possession of the Questionnaire that the Papal Nuncio sends out to a very...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/vatican-secrets-selection-of-bishops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CfM is not alone]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cfm-is-not-alone/</link><description><![CDATA[CfM is not alone Catholics for Ministry is not the only organization asking bishops to confront the shortage of priests. The US-based VOTF (Voice of the Faithful), a lay organization which was set-up ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cfm-is-not-alone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay-Led Liturgies]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/lay-led-liturgies/</link><description><![CDATA[Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Lay-Led Liturgies: Dealing with priestless parishes in Rockhampton Recently Bishop Brian Heenan of the Diocese of...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/lay-led-liturgies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[204 Letters to the Pope]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/204-letters-to-the-pope/</link><description><![CDATA[During World Youth Day Catholics for Ministry asked for people to write personal letters to Pope Benedict XVI telling him about the crisis in ministry facing the church in Australia. We did this at...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/204-letters-to-the-pope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Collins Reflects on WYD]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/paul-collins-reflects-on-wyd/</link><description><![CDATA[You may be interested in this personal reflection I did for an Italian journalist working in Rome on World Youth Day, Sydney, July 2008. I had a chance to observe the action very closely as I did 10...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/paul-collins-reflects-on-wyd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cardinal Martini on Married Priests and Ordination of Women]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cardinal-martini-on-married-priests-and-ordination-of-women/</link><description><![CDATA[Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the former Archbishop of Milan, has just published a new book Night Thoughts from Jerusalem. It is not yet available in English. This translation of an article about the ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cardinal-martini-on-married-priests-and-ordination-of-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters Exchanged]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/letters-exchanged/</link><description><![CDATA[In mid-May Catholics for Ministry received a dismissive letter from Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference basically telling us that the bishops' conference ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/letters-exchanged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has happened since November 2007?]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/what-has-happened-since-november-2007/</link><description><![CDATA[WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE NOVEMBER 2007? CfM has kept up the pressure. Firstly, we have been in touch with a number of individual bishops who are sympathetic to the issues raised by the Petition. We...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/what-has-happened-since-november-2007/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CfM's Report to Signatories]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cfm-s-report-to-signatories/</link><description><![CDATA[Throughouut mid to late-January 2008 CfM is sending out a brief report by snail-mail and email to as many people who signed the Petition for whom we have addresses. If we missed contacting you please ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/cfm-s-report-to-signatories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signatures]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/signatures/</link><description><![CDATA[On Friday 30 November 2007 the total number of signatures supporting our petition to the Catholic bishops of Australia both on-line and in hard copy = New South Wales = 5759 Aust Capital Territory =...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/signatures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melbourne Forum]]></title><link>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/melbourne-forum/</link><description><![CDATA[The Melbourne Forum - Working for a Renewed Priestly Ministry - at the Camberwell Centre on Thursday 22 November 2007 was a great success. Just over 700 people were present including about 20...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.catholicsforministry.com.au/news/melbourne-forum/</guid></item></channel></rss> 