Letters

Letters to the Bishops (letter)

Mavis Power

Contents - Oct 2002 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Positive developments in liturgy - Michael Gilchrist Power without responsibility: the vendetta against Dr Pell - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Commission for Australian Catholic Women justifies its existence - Michael Gilchrist Liturgy: Vatican control over ICEL tightens - Dr William Oddie Bishop Power: Church teachings need to be 're-examined' - AD2000 REPORT US billionaire promotes orthodox teaching - Zenit News Service Catholic liturgy in the 21st century: major challenges facing the Church - Fr Peter Williams John Henry Newman's critique of liberalism - Michael Davies Letters: Archbishop Pell (letter) - Eamonn & Patricia Keane Letters: "The Pell Show" (letter) - Stephen Hitchings Letters: Justice? (letter) - Godwin Brown Letters: Shepherds (letter) - Br Con Moloney CFC Letters: Church "renovation" (letter) - B. Tooley Letters: Church re-design (letter) - Michael Barry Letters: Soul and body (letter) - Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini Letters: Zero tolerance (letter) - Alan A. Hoysted Letters: Letters to the Bishops (letter) - Mavis Power Letters: Catholic education (letter) - Dr Garrick Small Letters: US theologians (letter) - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Celibate priesthood (letter) - Cyril Drew Letters: Good response (letter) - C.G. Jarrells Letters: Novus Ordo (letter) - Maurice Collins Letters: New Zealand (letter) - Kevin E. Fennessy Poetry: The Great Deliverance - Marion Craig Books: The Courage to be Catholic, by George Weigel - Michael Novak (reviewer) Books: Completed Jew, by Andrew Sholl - Michael Casanova (reviewer) Books: Godfaring: On Reason, Faith and Sacred Being, by Francis Clark - Br Christian Moe FSC (reviewer) Books: New Titles from AD Books Reflection: Devotion to God through the Angelus and Rosary - Fr Fabian Duggan OSB

AD2000 readers who wish to write to the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, regarding the crisis of faith in Catholic families, need to have their letters in to the address below by the last week in October. Two (2) copies should be sent, one for the Bishops Conference and one for Rome.

Our aims are:

* To let our bishops know the truth of what is happening in our families, and the great loss of Faith.

* To gather as many personal testimonies as possible to send to the Bishops' Conference on 25 November.

* To let the bishops know how the faith has been watered down, and in some cases even denied in Catholic schools and churches, and how this has contributed to the loss of faith.

* To let the bishops know the reason so many families have withdrawn their children from Catholic schools, and why they are home schooling them.

* To let the bishops know how sex education in our primary schools is contributing to the loss of innocence of children and has been partly responsible for the breakdown in Christian values.

* To let the bishops know that we are willing to help, and how we can help. And to offer some ideas of how to overcome some of the problems.

Please send your letters to Mrs Mavis Power, 71 Bridge Street, Toowoomba 4350, Qld, or email - mpower@hotkey.net.au

For more information, phone (07) 46 325 523.

MAVIS POWER
Toowoomba, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 15 No 9 (October 2002), p. 14