2nd July, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - No Comments
Thank you for joining us on our virtual pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Saint Paul. We pray that it has been as enriching and inspiring spiritual journey for you as it has been for the pilgrimage group and those who have been working to bring you along via this blog.
May we ask that you take the time to complete the evaluation form about your virtual pilgrimage experience so we may know how we can serve you better in the future. Please do not forget to click on the button “SUBMIT” when done.
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30th June, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - 2 Comments
CLICK HERE to read Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s message posted in the messages guestbook. Text of the message is below:
From: Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein
Greetings to Ursula and Bob, Archbishop Mark and your fellow pilgrims.
St Peter’s is truly an inspiring place.
As is Paul, whose journeys you followed all the way to Rome. Truly the Apostle to the Gentiles.
While you’ve been in Rome today, I have been visiting the good Sisters at the Convent of Blessed Mary McKillop here in Kirribilli. They are excited at her progress towards sainthood. I told them in part it would be enhanced by her taking on the Archbishops of her day - but don’t tell Archbishop Mark I said so.
Next week I see the Holy Father in Rome myself and will pass on their greetings and yours too when I do so.
Peace to you all.
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14th June, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - 10 Comments
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New addition to the site! Check out the faces behind the footsteps here. More photos of our pilgrims will be added as they journey on.
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10th June, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - 1 Comment
Read Pope Benedict’s homily announcing the Year of St Paul which he delivered at St Paul’s Basilica Outside-the-Walls on 28 June 2007. Homily: Pope Benedict Announces the Year of Paul.
- Pope Benedict Declared the Year of Paul in June 2008
A Short Excerpt:
“Paul knew he was “called to be an apostle”, that is, that he had not presented himself as a candidate, nor was his a human appointment, but solely by a divine call and election.
The Apostle to the Gentiles repeats several times in his Letters that his whole life is a fruit of God’s freely given and merciful grace (cf. I Cor 15: 9-10; II Cor 4: 1; Gal 1: 15). He was chosen to proclaim “the Gospel of God” (Rom 1: 1), to disseminate the announcement of divine Grace which in Christ reconciles man with God, himself and others.
From his Letters, we know that Paul was far from being a good speaker; on the contrary, he shared with Moses and Jeremiah a lack of oratory skill. “His bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account” (II Cor 10: 10), his adversaries said of him.
The extraordinary apostolic results that he was able to achieve cannot, therefore, be attributed to brilliant rhetoric or refined apologetic and missionary strategies.
The success of his apostolate depended above all on his personal involvement in proclaiming the Gospel with total dedication to Christ; a dedication that feared neither risk, difficulty nor persecution.
“Neither death, nor life”, he wrote to the Romans, “nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (8: 38-39).
From this we can draw a particularly important lesson for every Christian. The Church’s action is credible and effective only to the extent to which those who belong to her are prepared to pay in person for their fidelity to Christ in every circumstance. When this readiness is lacking, the crucial argument of truth on which the Church herself depends is also absent.”
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9th June, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - 9 Comments
The staff at CatholicLIFE are pleased to host this blog of the Archdiocesan pilgrimage, In the Footsteps of Saint Paul. The blog will provide a way for the wider Archdiocese to be connected to the Pilgrimage as “virtual pilgrims”. We also pray that it will be a valuable faith formation resource for you and your community. We invite you to join in the blog, participate in the discussion and celebration of the wonderful Apostle Saint Paul.
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