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1002 1, 6 | unique area spanning almost one-third of the earth's surface,
1003 4, 49 | when this means absenting oneself from pastoral duties. Ongoing
1004 1, 9 | midst of the Assembly. The opening and closing liturgies incorporated
1005 3, 24 | certain of these groups are openly hostile to the Church, others
1006 2, 13 | challenges, but it also opens new horizons, full of hope
1007 3, 22 | Church in the provision and operation of schools, the education
1008 4, 45 | in the realm of public opinion".(148) Recognizing this,
1009 3, 23 | declarations are necessary and opportune.(88)~Fundamentalist Groups~
1010 3, 24 | which often deliver the very opposite of what they promise.~Interreligious
1011 3, 23 | past to competition and opposition. In recent times, however,
1012 4, 38 | when we read the divine oracles'".(128) The word of God
1013 2, 15 | often best communicated orally by telling stories, by preaching,
1014 3, 26 | common good because they are ordered to the sovereign Good, our
1015 3, 22 | doctrine imparted in an organic and systematic way with
1016 4, 49 | Bishops are encouraged to organize ongoing formation in their
1017 1, 9 | The Bishops of Oceania are organized in four Conferences which
1018 3, 25 | the Church. They are both oriented toward the communication
1019 3, 30 | perspective on humanity's origin from God the Creator and
1020 3, 35 | out to those most in need: orphans, the poor, the homeless,
1021 3, 33(112)| December 1997), 8-11: L'Osservatore Romano, English-language
1022 3, 34 | islands or the Australian "Outback". Working often with scarce
1023 1, 5 | poor, the needy and the outcast, followed him, but for the
1024 2, 10 | brought to completion by the outpouring of the Spirit, which gave
1025 3, 19 | doctrine effectively to those outside the Christian community;
1026 3, 31 | pollution of rivers by mining, over-fishing of profitable species, or
1027 1, 9 | sense of unity and fidelity overcame the great distances of geography
1028 3, 22 | reach groups that are easily overlooked. The need for comprehensive
1029 4, 48 | these various needs. The overriding concern of the Bishops is
1030 2, 13 | missionaries coming from overseas. The Synod paid tribute
1031 4, 44 | they always be drawn to the overwhelmingly attractive figure of Jesus,
1032 3, 34 | Church and society as a whole owe them an immense debt of
1033 Con, 53 | place. May Mary, Regina Pacis, help the peoples of Oceania
1034 2, 13 | from overseas. The Synod paid tribute to the many missionaries -
1035 3, 26 | Church in Oceania welcomed papal social teaching on workers'
1036 4, 45 | children, for the dignity of parenthood is very great and the care
1037 3, 20 | proclamation of Christ, "a parrhesia of faith".(74)~Evangelization
1038 4, 36 | so that we might become "partakers of the divine nature" (2
1039 4, 46 | contributing to parish life, participating in the liturgy, the prayer
1040 4 | they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come
1041 3, 22 | Where there is a genuine partnership between government and Church
1042 3, 28 | children have been or still are party to these wrongs. Aware of
1043 2, 17 | community to welcome, live and pass on the faith in its own
1044 2, 10 | day of Pentecost, Christ's Passover was brought to completion
1045 4, 48(160)| Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis (25 March 1992),
1046 3, 19 | chastity and obedience are sure paths to deeper knowledge and
1047 Con, 53 | Bishops have proclaimed her as Patroness of Oceania under the title
1048 3, 21 | globalization and the growing pattern of monopolies in the media
1049 1, 6 | Western in its cultural patterns and social structure. Deeply
1050 4, 43(137)| Apostolicam Actuositatem; John PaulII, Post-Synodal Apostolic
1051 Con, 53 | my Pontificate.~ ~JOANNES PAULUS PP. II~ ~
1052 4, 52 | out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch" (
1053 3, 35 | extraordinary effect in promoting peaceful ways of resolving conflict.(124)
1054 4, 49 | live it more faithfully and peacefully.(165)~The Second Vatican
1055 2, 14 | confidence, for we have found the pearl of great price (cf. Mt13:
1056 1, 7 | San Vitores and Blessed Pedro Calungsod, killed together
1057 4, 45 | vital that mothers not be penalized for staying at home to care
1058 3, 20 | shape culture itself by penetrating it to its very core. Alert
1059 4, 51 | Church. By pursuing the perfection of charity in the service
1060 3, 27 | suicide. Labour unions can perform a unique role in defending
1061 | perhaps
1062 4, 40 | of the Eucharist for long periods.(132) There are many reasons
1063 1, 7 | daily lives and thoroughly permeated their cultures. The missionaries
1064 2, 11 | unity of the episcopate is perpetuated down the centuries through
1065 3, 30 | God. Presenting a clear perspective on humanity's origin from
1066 3, 18 | they discerned together new perspectives for the future of the Church
1067 2, 11 | develop with due regard to the Petrine ministry of unity and due
1068 3, 27 | that another destructive phenomenon in Oceania is the spread
1069 4, 38 | knowledge of Jesus Christ' (Phil 3:8) by frequent reading
1070 2, 14 | of grace, the mysterium pietatis, is the very heart of the
1071 4, 44 | past.~In many places Youth Pilgrimages are a positive feature of
1072 3, 29 | by hospitality offered to pilgrims, mutual assistance and the
1073 4, 38(128)| Officiis Ministrorum 1, 20, 88: PL 16, 50.~
1074 4, 51 | in implementing pastoral plans within the local Church.~
1075 1, 6 | deserts, its variety of plants and animals, its abundance
1076 3, 28 | unreservedly for the part played in these by members of the
1077 Con, 53 | the world's true Saviour.~Plead for the Church in Oceania~
1078 4, 43 | The Synod Fathers "pledged their support for lay men
1079 3, 27 | government officials and police must be honest and avoid
1080 3, 31 | despoliation of the land, pollution of rivers by mining, over-fishing
1081 4, 45 | respect within marriage. Polygamy, which still exists in some
1082 1, 6 | volatile.~The island nations of Polynesia and Micronesia are relatively
1083 1, 7 | Aboriginal, Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian. Since the
1084 4, 52 | 52. Pondering God's generosity in Oceania
1085 3, 25(90) | Evangelization of Peoples and Pontifical Council For Interreligious
1086 Con, 53 | the twenty-fourth of my Pontificate.~ ~JOANNES PAULUS PP. II~ ~
1087 3, 29 | indifferent to the fate of the poorer Churches in neighbouring
1088 3, 25 | religions of the indigenous populations, in order to enter more
1089 1, 7 | and economic developments pose new and difficult questions
1090 2, 13 | Cross. This call to mission poses great challenges, but it
1091 3, 30 | to present the Church's position on biomedical and health
1092 3, 18 | the Bishops spoke very positively of the many efforts to apply
1093 1, 7 | found peoples who already possessed an ancient and profound
1094 1, 4 | but also the hopes and possibilities evoked by this question.~
1095 1, 7 | Australia, the colonial and post-colonial policies of immigration
1096 3, 18 | challenges of modernity and post-modernity are experienced by all the
1097 2, 16(49) | Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synod Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia
1098 3, 18 | those in societies most powerfully affected by secularization,
1099 Con, 53 | Pontificate.~ ~JOANNES PAULUS PP. II~ ~
1100 1, 7 | of the sacred. Religious practices and rituals were very much
1101 2, 12 | that of charity. We must practise in its ecclesial aspects
1102 4, 41 | Sacrament of Penance is widely practised and cherished as a source
1103 3, 33 | effective when they are active practising Catholics, committed to
1104 4, 45 | opposed by a new secular, pragmatic and individualistic outlook
1105 Con, 53 | throughout the world joins you~in praising him~whose mercy is from
1106 4, 37 | off to a lonely place and prayed there" (Mk 1:35). The Evangelist
1107 4, 44 | understand, to reflect upon it prayerfully and to take part in inspiring
1108 3, 29 | works which are a necessary pre-requisite for the social development
1109 1, 8 | of the suggestions of the Pre-Synod Council, which sought to
1110 3, 20 | refined philosophy, the Church preaches by word and deed that "the
1111 2, 12 | practical implications. My Predecessor Pope Paul VI summed up the
1112 2, 12 | assimilate themselves into the predominant Latin Church. Yet the Synod
1113 1, 6 | Melanesian nations. It is a predominantly Christian society with many
1114 4, 48 | sometimes the result of present-day seminary formation that
1115 2, 17 | develop an understanding and presentation of the truth of Christ drawing
1116 1, 3 | people with a love which presents itself as both a challenge
1117 3, 31 | and it has succeeded in preserving areas that remain unspoiled.
1118 3 | OCEANIA~"While the people pressed upon him to hear the word
1119 1, 6 | Western culture remains a pressing challenge. Foreign missionaries
1120 2, 12 | and their people can feel pressured or tempted to assimilate
1121 3, 35 | strengthen the family, to prevent marriage breakdown and divorce
1122 2, 13 | received the Gospel from previous generations of Christians
1123 3, 19 | goal if it is not to fall prey to a kind of ecclesial introversion.
1124 2, 14 | found the pearl of great price (cf. Mt13:46). Yet there
1125 3, 19 | stronger even than death.~The Primacy of Proclamation~
1126 3, 33 | Confirmation and Eucharist.~In the primary school, teachers develop
1127 3, 19 | to their Dioceses as the prime witnesses to the Risen Christ.
1128 4, 43 | women who live out their principal Christian vocation in their
1129 3, 27 | dignity. All basic rights are prior to society and must be recognized
1130 3, 18 | love. Therefore, "among the priorities of a renewed endeavour of
1131 1, 7 | be regarded as a strictly private matter for the individual
1132 4, 38 | heart. This form of prayer, privately or in groups, will deepen
1133 3, 33 | Secondary schools provide a privileged means by which "the Catholic
1134 4, 50(172)| permanentium and Directorium pro ministerio et vita diaconorum
1135 3, 21 | even if funding is often a problem. A Catholic media centre
1136 4, 46 | 46. The great procession of saints through the ages
1137 3, 18 | have the responsibility of proclaiming the Gospel in word and action
1138 Int, 1 | the Third Millennium and proclaims her hope to the world. Her
1139 4, 45 | Most Holy Trinity. In the procreation and education of children
1140 3, 22 | achieve this end, often with prodigious effort and many sacrifices.
1141 4, 47 | intensely. Some of them are also producing a good number of vocations
1142 1, 5 | Bishops fully shared and professed the conviction that the
1143 3, 33 | teaching is more than a profession; it is a vocation to form
1144 1, 7 | have given a new and higher profile to positive human values,
1145 3, 27 | that "a theory that makes profit the exclusive norm and ultimate
1146 3, 31 | mining, over-fishing of profitable species, or fouling the
1147 3, 29 | direct aid for her pastoral projects, even though many of these
1148 2, 11(24) | Christ Pastor Aeternus, Prologue: DS 3051.~
1149 3, 24 | future for the world, and promises of economic rewards for
1150 1, 9 | Incarnationis Mysterium, was promulgated during the time of the Synod,
1151 3, 34 | most visible and tangible proof of God's love. The messianic
1152 4, 48 | formation purposes. Some proposals were made in order to overcome
1153 3, 18 | is simple and clear: to propose once again to human society
1154 3, 18(59) | Instrumentum laboris, 22, 51; Propositiones 4, 10 and 44.~
1155 3, 31 | resources of Oceania need to be protected against the harmful policies
1156 3, 19 | of the Church, which has proven such a wonderful grace in
1157 1, 6 | peoples and cultures. That is proving to be a delicate balance
1158 3, 20 | to the end of the world" (Ps 19:5). As "witnesses of
1159 3, 32 | society to proclaim Christ publicly and to share his love abundantly
1160 2, 16 | bring about the process of purification and transformation.(46)~
1161 2, 17 | and when necessary, it purifies them. Always and everywhere
1162 1, 3 | sending forth on mission. The purpose of being with Jesus is to
1163 4, 51 | communio of the Church. By pursuing the perfection of charity
1164 2, 17 | Catholicism accepts, respects and puts to use the genius of each
1165 4, 36 | Spirit. Saint Paul speaks of putting on the new nature "created
1166 4, 48 | the young Churches form qualified local personnel.(162) The
1167 3, 33 | with academics and foster qualities of leadership in those engaged
1168 4, 45 | Oceania depend heavily on the quality of family life".(145) This
1169 3, 18 | Church's teaching is at times questioned even by Catholic people.
1170 1, 4 | Catholic clergy and religious quickly established institutions
1171 1, 8 | stronger and their charity more radiant. That was the goal of the
1172 4, 51 | the life of Christ more radically. Therefore, the Bishops
1173 3, 18 | house built on rock. "The rains may fall, and the floods
1174 3, 27 | can support themselves and raise and educate a family. Unemployment
1175 4, 45 | single parents in the task of raising and educating their children,
1176 4, 49 | of their Ordination and rank within society. "Treated
1177 3, 27 | So-called "economic rationalism"(97) is a tenet which tends
1178 3, 20 | always be presented in a rationally coherent way, so as to favour
1179 3, 31 | Oceania has not escaped the ravages of human exploitation. The
1180 3, 18 | that the time is ripe for a re-presentation of the Gospel to the peoples
1181 4, 38 | place between God and the reader. For 'we speak to him when
1182 3, 21 | discriminating listeners, viewers and readers.(80)~Advertising has great
1183 3, 24 | words of Saint Peter: "Be ready to give reasons for your
1184 2, 13 | insulate itself from the realities of the world around it.
1185 4, 40 | Christian life. Christ is really and fully present in the
1186 4, 45 | certain 'approval' in the realm of public opinion".(148)
1187 3, 28 | to be born. The time for rebirth is now".(99) The Church
1188 Con, 53 | the world itself might be reborn.~In you, the reign of God
1189 1, 8 | the Life (14:6), and it recalls the invitation which he
1190 2, 10 | joined together like a body receiving its life-giving influence
1191 | recently
1192 1, 7 | sense of community made them receptive to the mystery of communio
1193 2, 10 | disciples. Church as communion recognises the basic equality of all
1194 4, 45 | of public opinion".(148) Recognizing this, the Synod Fathers
1195 3, 19 | needs of the community, reconcile sinners to God and to the
1196 4, 41 | than when she meditates and reconciles, in the love and power of
1197 4, 41 | to be: a reconciled and reconciling community of Christ's disciples...
1198 3, 32 | Church in Oceania cannot be recounted without telling the story
1199 4, 41 | freedom is not understood. The recovery of the fundamental place
1200 4, 49 | pastoral, intellectual and recreational opportunities in order to
1201 3, 28 | attitudes which will help to rectify the damaging effects for
1202 3, 34 | cooperate readily.~Faith in the redeeming Cross of Christ gives new
1203 2, 13 | to accept the fullness of redemption in Christ, they found a
1204 1, 8 | John's Gospel where Jesus refers to himself as the Way, the
1205 3, 20 | traditional religion or refined philosophy, the Church preaches
1206 3, 21 | material and programmes reflecting human and moral values can
1207 4, 49 | adopt a life-style that reflects Christ's life of simplicity,
1208 Con, 53 | Mary has been an unfailing refuge for those seeking peace
1209 3, 35 | Synod Fathers also mentioned refugees and asylum seekers, who
1210 1, 7 | administration and government, the refusal to accept structural poverty
1211 1, 7 | the margin and tends to be regarded as a strictly private matter
1212 3, 18 | less influence on policies regarding the common good, public
1213 3, 26 | 26. The Church regards the social apostolate as
1214 Con, 53 | time and place. May Mary, Regina Pacis, help the peoples
1215 4, 48 | to be formed in their own regions and in contact with their
1216 1, 8 | Council, which sought to register the concerns of the Bishops
1217 3, 28 | The Church expresses deep regret and asks forgiveness where
1218 4, 40 | in addressing this most regrettable situation. I make my own
1219 1, 9 | way, that it was he who reigned in the midst of the Assembly.
1220 3, 27 | society. The Synod Fathers reiterated that "a theory that makes
1221 2, 16 | is genuinely human, while rejecting whatever is sinful. The
1222 1, 7 | unchangeable condition, the rejection of terrorism, torture and
1223 3, 31 | the people of Oceania to rejoice always in the glory of creation
1224 2, 15 | and, in turn, the Church rejoices in the special gifts that
1225 2, 11 | see this as a cause for rejoicing. Despite the vastly diverse
1226 3, 18 | the same time, they also related very positive experiences
1227 1, 7 | the individual with little relevance to public life. Religious
1228 2, 17 | universal Church. While remaining wholly faithful to the spirit
1229 4, 38 | divine Scriptures... Let them remember, however, that prayer should
1230 4, 49 | Synod: "All ministers are reminded that the fulfilment of their
1231 4, 37 | is an especially powerful reminder of the spirit of interiority
1232 3, 21 | modernization, even in the remotest parts of Oceania. The media
1233 3, 35 | these apostolates without remuneration. For those who have chosen
1234 2, 16 | never ask the people to renounce it. "The Church invites
1235 2, 12 | reconciliation and love are to replace conflict and hatred. In
1236 1, 9 | all the active Bishops, representing all the particular Churches.
1237 4, 37 | The Evangelist notes: "His reputation continued to grow, and large
1238 3, 20 | conversion of heart and the request for Baptism".(73) Whether
1239 3, 34 | in Catholic institutions require formation in the application
1240 4, 45 | need to acknowledge the requirements and responsibilities of
1241 3, 18 | whole is at a crossroads, requiring important choices for the
1242 3, 33 | dedicate themselves without reserve to the cause of truth.(118)
1243 4, 40 | is impossible to have a resident priest. Many communities
1244 3, 28 | where these can help resolve historical injustices and
1245 3, 35 | promoting peaceful ways of resolving conflict.(124) The Church'
1246 2, 17 | culture, Catholicism accepts, respects and puts to use the genius
1247 1, 4 | in his Church. The people responded in great numbers to the
1248 4, 50 | Vatican Council decided to restore the permanent diaconate
1249 2, 15 | should not be allowed to restrain their generosity in fulfilling
1250 3, 25 | and easier migration have resulted in unprecedented encounters
1251 1, 6 | share in the development resulting from more direct and complex
1252 4, 37 | Indigenous people have retained their appreciation of silence,
1253 4, 49 | and sustenance. Clergy who retire from administrative responsibility
1254 4, 49 | who are sick, elderly and retired have a special place in
1255 Con, 53 | of the Church, who is so revered throughout Oceania. Missionaries
1256 1, 9 | expressions of faith and reverence. In a unique blend, these
1257 3, 31 | to be respected and even reverenced as a gift and trust from
1258 3, 29 | Church-related funding agencies review their criteria in order
1259 3, 24 | challenge to the Church to revitalize her pastoral outreach, and
1260 3, 35 | human acknowledgment or reward is sought, nor would any
1261 3, 24 | and promises of economic rewards for their followers. While
1262 1, 4 | deeper faith and a still richer life in him. Therefore,
1263 4, 36 | likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness" (Eph 4:24).
1264 3, 18 | challenges, and that the time is ripe for a re-presentation of
1265 Int, 1 | world. Her gratitude to God rises from her contemplation of
1266 3, 33 | Yet "catechesis runs the risk of becoming barren, if no
1267 4, 39 | understanding of the sacred rites, and in this regard many
1268 1, 7 | Religious practices and rituals were very much part of their
1269 4, 46 | to women, as are various roles of leadership which allow
1270 3, 33(112)| 1997), 8-11: L'Osservatore Romano, English-language edition (
1271 2, 14 | Mt13:46). Yet there is no room for complacency. The Church
1272 3, 28 | and under the ground the roots are still strong. Like that
1273 4, 37 | Stations of the Cross, the Rosary and other devotional exercises,
1274 3, 26 | respect human rights, the rule of law and its just application.~
1275 3, 33 | systematic way. Yet "catechesis runs the risk of becoming barren,
1276 4, 45 | family life today, with the sad reality of marital disharmony,
1277 Con, 53 | Keep all your children safe from harm~for the waves
1278 4, 44 | that they are called to be "salt of the earth and the light
1279 3, 25 | toward the communication of salvific truth".(90) In order to
1280 3, 35(123)| Paul II, Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris (11 February 1984),
1281 1, 7 | Futuna, Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores and Blessed Pedro
1282 3, 33 | and a way of Christian sanctification for both teacher and students.~
1283 1, 6 | Terra Australis de Spiritu Sancto), Australia has become very
1284 1, 5 | High Priest of the eternal sanctuary. He is Prophet, Priest and
1285 3, 28 | but inside the tree the sap still flows, and under the
1286 3 | little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people
1287 2, 14 | for these gifts alone will satisfy their yearning. But Christ
1288 4, 45 | and the family offers a saving truth not only to individuals
1289 2, 15 | nations, the Risen Lord says: "Know that I am with you
1290 4, 43 | to establish the proper scale of values in the temporal
1291 3, 23 | earnest desire that the scandal of disunity not continue
1292 3, 34 | Outback". Working often with scarce resources and little financial
1293 3, 28 | scorched, the tough bark is scarred and burned, but inside the
1294 1, 7 | been part of the cultural scene, particularly in Australia.
1295 1, 6 | Deeply involved in the scientific, technological, and social
1296 3, 28 | the timber: the leaves are scorched, the tough bark is scarred
1297 3, 35 | also voiced concern for seafarers, who often work under severe
1298 2, 17 | variety and beauty the one, seamless garment of the Church of
1299 3, 33 | blossom fully in later years. Secondary schools provide a privileged
1300 3, 18 | people and even for whole sections of society. Practical indifference
1301 3, 24 | these religious groups or sects are having on the Catholic
1302 4, 48 | extremes of clericalism or secularism and the dangers of inadequate
1303 1, 3 | encounters will become the seeds of new mission.~When we
1304 3, 35 | mentioned refugees and asylum seekers, who are increasing in number
1305 | seem
1306 4, 45 | Christ, based on generous self-giving and unconditional love.
1307 3, 35 | For those who have chosen self-sacrificing love as their way of life,
1308 4, 51 | proclaimed the Gospel with selfless dedication in a wide range
1309 4, 48 | the result of present-day seminary formation that neglects
1310 4, 48 | the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into the harvest" (
1311 2, 12 | faithful and the great distance separating them from their Mother Churches,
1312 1, 6 | been marked by violence and separatist movements, in which people
1313 Int, 2 | an Assembly, as one in a series of continental Assemblies
1314 3, 33 | Christian responsibility seriously. The Bishops saw it as essential
1315 3, 19 | community: "Grant to your servants to speak your word with
1316 4, 41 | reconciliation and peace. The Church serves the world best when she
1317 1, 5 | the peoples of Oceania and setting them free to live the abundant
1318 3, 20 | in fact has the force to shape culture itself by penetrating
1319 2, 14 | and to return the lost sheep to the fold.~Above all,
1320 3, 20 | and contemporary cultural shifts, the word of faith and reason
1321 3, 23 | splendour of the Gospel may shine forth more clearly.~In many
1322 4, 52 | astonishing: "They caught a huge shoal of fish" (Lk 5:6). Though
1323 4, 48 | Fathers pointed to the serious shortage of priests and consecrated
1324 1, 9 | Catholic worship; and they showed quite strikingly how the
1325 1, 7 | allowing her voice to be silenced or her witness to be marginalized.~ ~
1326 3, 34 | including provision of the simplest medical services in remote
1327 4 | boats, so they began to sink" (Lk 5:4-7).~ ~
1328 3, 19 | the community, reconcile sinners to God and to the community,
1329 4, 43 | saw a man named Matthew sitting by the customs house, and
1330 1, 7 | 7. As early as the sixteenth century, when foreign missionaries
1331 2, 13 | striking symbol in the night skies, where the Southern Cross
1332 4, 46 | now, the Church needs the skills and energies, indeed the
1333 1, 6 | Communication can still be slow and difficult as in earlier
1334 2, 17 | visited Oceania that "far from smothering what is good and original
1335 3, 27 | morally unacceptable".(96) So-called "economic rationalism"(97)
1336 3, 29 | development aid. While aid for socio-economic development is generously
1337 1, 5 | that his Spirit provides solace and guidance to those who
1338 1, 9 | Synod Assembly began on the Solemnity of Christ the King when
1339 4, 38 | read, there is a need for solid and continuing biblical
1340 4, 48 | their own cultural context. Solutions need to be found in order
1341 | sometimes
1342 2, 15 | preaching, by praying in word, song and dance. To guide and
1343 Con, 53 | Mother of the Church,~your sons and daughters thank you~
1344 Int, 2 | needs and opportunities, the sorrows and joys of the vast human
1345 1, 5 | the chief Shepherd of our souls, and the Pastor of all peoples.
1346 3, 33 | Sacraments, shows itself in a sound and upright moral life.
1347 3, 35 | painful effects. Providing soup kitchens, instituting care
1348 3, 19(69) | for the Dioceses of New South Wales, Randwick Racecourse,
1349 2, 15 | Papua New Guinea, and in Southeast Asia and more distant parts
1350 3, 26 | they are ordered to the sovereign Good, our ultimate end".(93)
1351 1, 6 | not only to a unique area spanning almost one-third of the
1352 4, 38 | The Church Aforcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian
1353 3, 31 | over-fishing of profitable species, or fouling the fishing-grounds
1354 4, 45 | Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization
1355 3, 27 | the promise of a quick and spectacular solution to financial woes,
1356 3, 32 | Christian love not only in speech but in action. Such love
1357 2, 13 | as lay people - who have spent themselves in carrying the
1358 1, 6 | Spirit (Terra Australis de Spiritu Sancto), Australia has become
1359 3, 33 | Christian faith to grow and in spiritually nourishing the students
1360 4, 45 | unconditional love. This splendid vision of marriage and the
1361 3, 34 | support for those who own or sponsor facilities which bring the
1362 4, 45 | nourishing the faith of both spouses and children, the Synod
1363 3, 27 | phenomenon in Oceania is the spread of gambling, especially
1364 3, 19 | college responsible for spreading the Gospel throughout the
1365 1, 6 | shaped by struggles for stable democracy, social justice
1366 3, 33 | education,(116) establishing and staffing Catholic schools, often
1367 3, 30 | natural death, at every stage of its development. The
1368 3, 33 | education is in its early stages in Oceania and calls for
1369 1, 7 | mainly Western and modern in stamp. In New Zealand, and even
1370 3, 29 | neighbouring Asia, whenever they stand in need of her help and
1371 3, 28 | improve the conditions and the standard of living of indigenous
1372 2, 13 | where the Southern Cross stands as a luminous sign of God'
1373 Con, 53 | Christians, protect us!~Bright Star of the Sea, guide us!~Our
1374 3, 26 | to current social issues. Statements by the Federation of the
1375 4, 37 | the Blessed Sacrament, the Stations of the Cross, the Rosary
1376 3, 18 | administration of justice, the status of marriage and family,
1377 3, 28 | the Synod Hall: "If you stay closely united, you are
1378 4, 45 | mothers not be penalized for staying at home to care for their
1379 Con, 53 | mercy is from age to age.~O Stella Maris,light of every ocean~
1380 3, 18 | the Lord Jesus.~As a first step in the necessary "renewal
1381 1, 3 | only sinful ways, but also sterile ways of a certain manner
1382 | stop
1383 3, 18 | Bishops shared their rich store of pastoral experience and
1384 2, 15 | communicated orally by telling stories, by preaching, by praying
1385 Con, 53 | Lady of Peace, in whom all storms grow still,~pray at the
1386 Con, 53 | Oceania~across all dark and stormy seas,~that they may reach
1387 1, 6 | Aboriginal peoples and the Torres Strait Islanders remains important
1388 1, 6 | the Christian life in a strange new land. Local priestly
1389 3, 19 | rise to concrete pastoral strategies; and in this regard, the
1390 4, 47 | to respect the pastoral strategy of the Diocese".(155)~ ~
1391 3, 35 | working with the homeless and "street children" are only a part
1392 3, 19 | alienated Catholics; by strengthening the identity of Catholic
1393 2, 13 | Synod Fathers were keen to stress the mission of the lay members
1394 1, 5 | needy. The Synod discussions stressed that, in presenting Jesus,
1395 1, 7 | tends to be regarded as a strictly private matter for the individual
1396 1, 9 | worship; and they showed quite strikingly how the Catholic faith reaches
1397 2, 16 | the Gospel would seek to strip it of its native riches
1398 4, 43 | encourages lay people who strive to establish the proper
1399 3, 18 | and acts as a single body, striving to bring all humanity to
1400 1, 7 | government, the refusal to accept structural poverty as an unchangeable
1401 1, 6 | cultural patterns and social structure. Deeply involved in the
1402 3, 33 | Catholic community gives the student an academic, vocational,
1403 4, 48 | opportunities for higher studies both within the region and
1404 4, 49 | the Liturgy of the Hours, studying the Scriptures and other
1405 3, 26 | witnessed to by a simple life style".(94) A more acute analysis
1406 3, 23(86) | Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam Suam (6 August 1964), III: AAS
1407 4, 44 | challenge of the Gospel's sublime ideals! Then they will be
1408 3, 35 | produced by poverty in the suburbs or in rural areas. Other
1409 4, 45 | inter-faith marriages which succeed in nourishing the faith
1410 3, 31 | natural beauty, and it has succeeded in preserving areas that
1411 2, 11 | centuries through apostolic succession; in every age it is the
1412 1, 6 | secularized nation, in which successive immigrations from Europe
1413 1, 6 | people and institutions have suffered greatly. Church leaders
1414 3, 35 | people tried by various sufferings in their temporal life". (123)
1415 1, 9 | appeals along the lines suggested in the Apostolic Letter
1416 3, 21 | people. By means of image and suggestion, advertising often propagates
1417 4, 41 | experience of the Great Jubilee suggests that the time has come for
1418 2, 12 | Predecessor Pope Paul VI summed up the challenge in these
1419 4, 40 | initiation and is the source and summit of the Christian life. Christ
1420 4, 52 | word of Christ that we are summoned to speak in the concrete
1421 1, 8 | evangelization to which the Spirit is summoning the whole Church.~The Experience~
1422 3, 22 | Christ" in Oceania today summons her to renew her catechesis,
1423 3, 24 | form of spirituality as a supposed remedy for the harmful effects
1424 3, 28 | Whenever the truth has been suppressed by governments and their
1425 4, 45 | the care of children is supremely important.~In families where
1426 3, 19 | chastity and obedience are sure paths to deeper knowledge
1427 1, 7 | in Oceania but also its surest source of hope for the future.
1428 1, 6 | one-third of the earth's surface, but also to a large number
1429 4, 42 | illness, lifeBthreatening surgery or old age. The elderly
1430 4, 38 | faithful...to learn 'the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ' (
1431 3, 28 | joint efforts to ensure survival and gain justice have begun
1432 3, 28 | whose culture struggles to survive. For many thousands of years
1433 3, 28 | Like that tree you have survived the flames, and you have
1434 3, 25 | a considerable number of survivors of the Holocaust, and these
1435 3, 24 | Catholic faith and less susceptible to the allure of these groups
1436 4, 49 | adequate assistance and sustenance. Clergy who retire from
1437 3, 28 | the middle of a bush-fire sweeping through the timber: the
1438 1, 9 | the Catholic Church. As a symbolic exchange of gifts, the liturgies
1439 3, 23 | communion in Christ was symbolized at the Synod by the presence
1440 3, 34 | established Catholic health care systems throughout Oceania. The
1441 | Taking
1442 3, 34 | people the most visible and tangible proof of God's love. The
1443 Int, 2 | and joys of the vast human tapestry which is Oceania.~The meeting
1444 4, 49 | fulfilment of their daily tasks provide spiritual enlightenment
1445 3, 33 | sanctification for both teacher and students.~The identity
1446 2, 16 | and lived.(43) The Church teaches the unchanging truth of
1447 3, 25 | understand these religions, their teachings, way of life and worship.
1448 4, 52 | 5:4). Our faith in Jesus tells us that our hope is not
1449 3, 18 | strength to overcome such temptations. Our faith in him is like
1450 2, 15 | and consumerism and who tend to regard the Church as
1451 3, 27 | economic rationalism"(97) is a tenet which tends increasingly
1452 4, 37 | we are caught up in the tensions and responsibilities of
1453 1, 6 | Land of the Holy Spirit (Terra Australis de Spiritu Sancto),
1454 1, 7 | condition, the rejection of terrorism, torture and violence as
1455 4, 38 | of God in the Old and New Testament is fundamental for all who
1456 2, 17 | expressions and forms should be tested and approved by the competent
1457 4, 38 | linguistic groups with a biblical text which they can read; to
1458 3, 31 | creation in a spirit of thanksgiving to the Creator.~Yet the
1459 2, 15 | well-trained leaders and theologians to present Jesus Christ
1460 4, 39 | Churches are involved in a theoretical reflection and practical
1461 3, 27 | Fathers reiterated that "a theory that makes profit the exclusive
1462 2, 16 | God became like us in all things except sin (cf. Heb 4:15),
1463 4, 51 | Kingdom, they respond to the thirst for spirituality of the
1464 4, 50 | deacons is vital, as is a thorough catechesis and preparation
1465 2, 12 | man. Where individualism threatens to erode the fabric of human
1466 3, 33(112)| The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (
1467 4, 49 | Mass of the Chrism on Holy Thursday. Priests who are sick, elderly
1468 3, 28 | bush-fire sweeping through the timber: the leaves are scorched,
1469 4 | Simon answered, 'Master, we toiled all night and took nothing!
1470 4, 51 | the Diocese; by the same token, Bishops should encourage
1471 3, 32 | when governments not only tolerate this work but cooperate
1472 1, 6 | Aboriginal peoples and the Torres Strait Islanders remains
1473 1, 7 | rejection of terrorism, torture and violence as means of
1474 1, 5 | poverty. As the one who is totally empty and poor on the Cross,
1475 2, 14 | Synod Fathers wanted to touch the hearts of young people.
1476 1, 7 | complex process of dialogue. Touched by the grace of God, the
1477 3, 32 | charity such as this, Christ touches the lives of others, and
1478 1, 5 | love, from deep within, touching the hearts and minds of
1479 3, 28 | leaves are scorched, the tough bark is scarred and burned,
1480 | toward
1481 1, 6 | years, moving over large tracts of land and living in deep
1482 4, 43 | economic interests, the trades and professions, political
1483 3, 33 | nourish them intellectually, train them professionally and
1484 4, 51 | in a special way to God's transcendence and the supreme value of
1485 4, 38 | to be well and faithfully translated into the greatest possible
1486 4, 38 | commendable work of biblical translation has already been done, but
1487 4, 39 | the Roman Rite. Adequate translations of liturgical texts and
1488 1, 6 | many areas information is transmitted instantly thanks to new
1489 3, 31 | and increasingly powerful transnational corporations which can lead
1490 3, 20 | missionaries in Oceania travelled over land and sea, passed
1491 Int, 1 | Oceania has welcomed and treasured this gift of faith, and
1492 4, 49 | and rank within society. "Treated in this way by the people
1493 1, 7 | solidarity in family and tribe, village or neighbourhood.
1494 3, 35 | reconciliation between clans, tribes or other groups in conflict.
1495 2, 13 | overseas. The Synod paid tribute to the many missionaries -
1496 3, 35 | are addressed to people tried by various sufferings in
1497 2, 10 | share in the life of the Triune God, which enables us to
1498 3, 18 | indifference to religious truths and values clouds the face
1499 Con, 53 | word and deed,~in days of turmoil and in days of calm,~we
1500 1, 5 | the powerful of the world turned against him. They condemned
1501 1, 9 | presence of the love of God who turns to all human weakness to
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