Greater transparency will be good for the Church

Friday, June 1st, 2012

‘Re-imagining the Mission — A Pilgrimage of Faith’ was the title of the keynote address presented by Fr Frank Brennan on 24 May 2012 at the Sandhurst Catholic Education Conference at Catholic College Bendigo.

Fr Brennan gave his personal reflections on Catholic education and social justice, Vatican II and Catholic education 50 years on, contemporary faith and “some guideposts for re-imagining the mission”, among other things. He said that greater transparency in the Church will do nothing but good for the Church.

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