A Columban eBulletin focusing on interfaith dialogue. This issue highlights the establishment of a new Interfaith Commission in the Diocese of Parramatta and examples of interreligious dialogue with our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters.
Bishop Vincent Long’s speech at iftar dinner
Western Sydney is the epicentre of an ethnically diverse, multicultural and multifaith Australia. My predecessors recognised the importance of…
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Plenary Council endorses Interfaith Relations
This omission shocked me. I knew that in Catholic teaching, interreligious dialogue is an integral part of the church’s evangelising mission…
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New Interfaith Commission Established by the Diocese of Parramatta
Introducing the Chair, Debbie Grigson, and Deputy Vice Chair, Michael Tan.
Debbie and Michael share their thoughts on what drew them to join…
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Our changing Church: a Columban priest’s journey
As I listened to Patrick that night in The Great Synagogue, it struck me that his address was a powerful remembering of the Council itself. If,…
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Interfaith dialogue: iftar and the healing of hospitality
When my Muslim sisters host iftar, the meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break their daily fast during Ramadan, it’s a lively event. Games,…
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