Mission
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Suitcases of gratitude
Amid a fractured and noisy world, hope shows up in the ordinary — in a handwritten card, a shared meal, a friendship forged over coffee. This Lent was different; letting go of the old is an act of grief and gratitude in equal measure.
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Synodality, local churches, and the end of Eurocentric theology
Asian theologians shifted the language of mission from ad gentes (“to the nations”) to inter gentes (“among the nations”). That single preposition change carries enormous weight: it replaces a one-directional, subject-to-object model with a dialogical encounter between communities, cultures, and equals.
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A Jesuit reads a Jesuit pope
A concise guide to understanding the Francis era; Jesuit, Frank Brennan explores the concept of the “disruptive pilgrim”. The book is an insightful guide to the modern papacy, where Brennan highlights how unsettling the status quo serves as a pastoral tool to awaken the Church.
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Go where it hurts
While walking along the Fuji River in 1684, poet Matsuo Bashō encountered a starving child, abandoned and crying. His act of compassion—and his haunting reflection—raise deep questions about suffering, God, and human response that still speak to today’s world.
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Tailor-made mission
To be truly catholic today means empowering the local church, listening to its context, and embracing its authority to act. Mission begins—and must be discerned—right where the people of God live and serve.
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