The number of believer women exceeds the number of believer men
The 15 people who will represent the “Oceania continent” in the 2021-2014 Synod are: announced in rome late Friday night.
‘oceania continent“A term used by the Vatican for Synod purposes to group missionary churches in Australia and the South Pacific.”
Of the 15 players, 6 women and 9 men will represent Oceania.
Seven of the nine are clerics, and only two lay people from Oceania are present.
All participants have the right to vote.
As striking as its small congregation is, New Zealand is the only country with Archbishop Paul Martin, Mr Manuel Beasley and Father Dennis Nacorda to have all-male representatives.
At the beginning of the Synod process, two New Zealand women, Mrs. Anne Dickinson, Cardinal John Dew’s assistant pastor, and Dr. cooperated in the formulation of
It should also be noted that there appears to be little room for representation from Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa, all of which contributed significant input to the final document from the “Continent of Oceania”.
In fact, Fiji hosted the final stage of Synod submission by the Catholic Bishops’ Union of Oceania.
However, Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay, New South Wales, of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) expressed confidence that 10 non-bishops from the region would participate in the forthcoming conference.
Bishop Anthony Randazzo, who took office as FCBCO President in February, said Oceania will have enough qualified and faithful people to offer a living experience during the two sessions of the Synod of Bishops scheduled for October this year and next October. praised the abundance of
“Considering that there are about 20 countries in each corner of the globe, our region stands out as one of the most diverse regions in the world,” Randazzo said.
“This diversity enriches the Church of Oceania, and I am sure it will contribute greatly to the deliberations of the Synod in Rome.”
Earlier this year, Pope Francis invited each of the world’s seven “continents” to appoint 20 persons who have actively contributed to the local efforts of the Synod.
From the list of candidates, Pope Francis personally selected ten representatives from each region.
Pope’s representative in Australia is former Archbishop Apostolic of New Zealand Charles BalboArchbishop’s Hall Novatus Rugambwa Serves as Apostolic Minister to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Attending the Conference of the Catholic Bishops’ Union of Oceania was Sir Nathalie Becard, Undersecretary of the Conference of Bishops.
Originally a Synod, Pope Francis opened its doors to lay men and women, and the Vatican now calls it simply the Synod. Synod 2021 – 2024.
As October approaches, expectations are high for the Synod, which will bring together clerics, theologians and lay people from around the world to address relevant issues facing the contemporary Catholic Church.
Attending the Synod from the “Continent of Oceania” are:
Australia
- Dr. Trudy Dantis – Director of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference National Pastoral Research Center
- Mr. John Lochowiak – Chairman of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council
- Bishop Shane McKinley – Bishop Sandhurst
- Archbishop Patrick Oregan – Archbishop of Adelaide
- Mrs. Kelly Padgett – Diocese of Broken Bay
- Professor Lenny Kohler Ryan – Dean of the Department of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, Australia
new zealand
- Mr. Manuel Bazley – Maori Pastor, Auckland Parish
- Archbishop Paul Martin – Archbishop of Wellington
- Father Dennis Nacorda – Priest of Levin Parish
Pacific
- Bishop Paul Donahue – Bishop of the Cook Islands
- Sr Mary Angela Perez – Mariana Islands Mission Efficiency Director
- Dr. Susan Sela – Director, South Pacific University of Technology and Further Education, Fiji
Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands
- Bishop Dariush Karruza – Bishop of Bougainville
- Ms. Grace Lakia – The Pastoral and Educational Role of the De La Salle Brothers
Principality of Shiro-Malabar
- Dr. Sijeesh Pullenkunner – Prime Minister of Melbourne Shiloh Malabar Diocese
Additional Experts and Facilitators
- Dr. Sandy Cornish – Catholic Social Education Practitioner and Scholar
- Br Ian Cribb – Spiritual Conversation Expert – Australia
- Adjunct Professor Susan Pascoe – Member of the Synod Methodology Committee – Australia
- Father Asaeli Russ – Missionary, Province of God’s Word – Australia
- Father Ormond Rush – Theologian – Australia
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