Letters

Serious duties (letter)

Myles M. Kehoe

Contents - Dec 2000 - Buy a copy now Editorial: At the end of the Year of Jubilee: an audit - Michael Gilchrist ACU - when will the 'Statement of Conclusions' be implemented? - Michael Gilchrist Jubilee Congress of Families: Rome report - Anthony Cappello News: The Church Around the World C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist - Sarah Macdonald G.K. Chesterton: fresh and accessible today - Dale Ahlquist The 'new breed' of orthodox seminarians - Carter H. Griffin Australian Foundation to back new Pontifical University New Australian women's religious order - Sr Carmel Doherty Letters: Clarification (letter) - Bishop James Foley Letters: Priest shortage (letter) - Bernard O'Connor Letters: Spiritual Poverty (letter) - Joe Garreffa Letters: 'Creating Our Future' (letter) - Patricia Byrnes Letters: Toowoomba Diocese (letter) - Maria Lossberg Letters: Serious duties (letter) - Myles M. Kehoe Letters: Rainbow Serpent (letter) - Hans Klaver Letters: Positive response (letter) - Geoff Taylor Letters: The Church in China (letter) - Francis Vrijmoed Letters: Corrected translation (letter) - Hugh Henry Letters: Remembrance services (letter) - Richard Grant Letters: Women's ordination (letter) - Dr Frank Mobbs Letters: Misguided (letter) - Joyce Pearson and Marie Kennedy Letters: Wordiness (letter) - Kathleen Murnane Letters: Hell? (letter) - P.J. Jones Letters: Sermons (letter) - Gordon R. Coomber Letters: EWTN programs (letter) - John Lovegrove Books: 200 Years of Faith: A Multimedia Tour of the Holy Land - Catherine Sheehan (reviewer) Books: 'Biblical Holy Places: An Illustrated Guide' by Rivka Gonen - Catherine Sheehan (reviewer) Books: 'John Paul II's Book of Mary', compiled by Margaret R. Bunson - Anthony Cappello (reviewer) Books: 'Anti-Catholicism in American Culture', edited by Robert Lockwood - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Summer School of Evangelisation 2001 Reflection: The coming of Christ on earth - Pope John Paul II

Some people have told me they have given up reading AD2000, because it is "too depressing", even as it faithfully chronicles the progressive disintegration of the Catholic Church in much of Australia.

Recent issues have included an account of a pagan ceremony for children in one of our cathedrals, and how in another diocese, lay people are to perform funerals, preach and broaden the range of worship opportunities.

The bishops' recent Social Justice Statement could better be called "injustice" - to priests, men and most women, while the performance of Australian Catholic University in the education and training of Catholic teachers for Catholic schools is deplorable. And some of our bishops seem reluctant to implement the recommendations of the Statement of Conclusions, or subsequent papal documents.

Bishops are responsible for ensuring the spiritual welfare of those in their charge. The faithful, in turn, should pray for, support and assist their bishops, while expecting and demanding that their bishops, in communion with the Holy Father, ensure the transmission of the one, true Faith, entire and intact.

MYLES M. KEHOE
Runaway Bay, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 13 No 11 (December 2000 - January 2001), p. 14