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Moment of grace as Mark ordained Deacon in St Peter’s
Pontifical North American College seminarians Keith Romke of the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, Mark Payton of the Archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia, and George Nixon of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, are seen after being ordained deacons in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on 7 October. Thirty seminarians from the US national seminary were ordained deacons. Story, photos - Page 4 PHOTO: CNS/PAUL HARING
New movements dispel Christian invisibility: Porteous Bishop-author analyses the intriguing phenomenon of new movements in the Catholic Church at Cathedral book launch Meeting: Associate Professor John Kinder of the University of WA chats with Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous of Sydney after the launch of Bishop Porteous’ book last Wednesday. PHOTO: BRIDGET SPINKS
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SYDNEY Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous’ latest book, A New Wine and Fresh Skins, sold out at its Western Australian launch at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre on 6 October. The book tracks the growth of the new “ecclesial movements” of the Church, a term which came into common parlance about 20 years ago to describe the new and rapidly growing Catholic movements springing up in the Church throughout the 20th century, often
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after Vatican II. The words “capture an emerging reality, post Vatican II” of a “new and particular dimensions to the work of the Holy Spirit in our time,” Bishop Porteous said. The Bishop placed the new movements in the context of the overall Church, which Pope John Paul II described as a ‘movement’ in itself. “The Church, in its essence, is a spiritual movement in the world. It takes structure, because it has to, it is a human reality but it has an Please turn to Page 3