Index of Commentaries by Bishop Patrick Power/title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../jscss/catholica002_maincss.css" media="all"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../jscss/catholica000_printcss.css" media="all"> </head> <body style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; background-color: #fff;"> <div align="center"> <table width="680" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="../../images/CatholicaPrintHd_680x100.gif" width="680" height="100" class="see01" alt="www.catholica.com.au"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="20"><div class="content_hd02" style="width: 680px; height: 20px; margin: 4px 0px 2px 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="index.php" class="botnav"><img src="../../imgcomm/AdultSpirituality_130x18.gif" alt="Spirituality for Adults" width="130" height="18" border="0" style="margin-top: 2px;"></a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">  <table class="recentcom" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div style="width: 665px;"><div class="content_hd12a" style="width:200px; float:left; text-align:left;"><img src="../../imgcomm/+PatPower_135x15.gif" alt="Bishop Patrick Power" width="135" height="15" style="margin:4px 0px 1px 20px;"></div><div class="content_hd12a" style="width:465px; float:left;"><p class="content_hd02_info" style="color:#fff; text-align: right; padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;">INDEX of COMMENTARIES</p></div></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">006 :<br> 07 Apr 2012</p></td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><a href="006_pp_070412.php"><img src="images/SupportThePalestianPeople_an_325x84.gif" width="325" height="84" align="left" alt="Headline" class="see02" style="margin: 3px 6px 0 0;" border="0"></a><a href="006_pp_070412.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>"A call for peace and justice in the Holy Land"</b></a> <span style="color:#006; font-weight:bold;">Bishop Patrick Power</span>, Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Australia's capital city, Canberra, sent us this heartfelt plea on behalf of the <span style="color:#609; font-weight:bold;">Palestinian people</span>. On this day of waiting between the crucifixion and resurrection of <span style="color:#903; font-weight:bold;">Jesus Christ</span> two millenia ago we might join <span style="color:#006; font-weight:bold;">Bishop Pat</span> in praying and pleading for peace in the Middle East which can only be achieved when there is better balance in responding to the injustices felt by the <span style="color:#609; font-weight:bold;">Jewish</span> and <span style="color:#609; font-weight:bold;">Palestinian people</span> who both have legitimate claims to a homeland in those lands where <span style="color:#903; font-weight:bold;">Jesus</span> once walked. <a href="006_pp_070412.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">005 :<br> 27 Apr 2010</p></td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><a href="005_pp_270410.php"><img src="images/Enough_an_325x84.gif" width="325" height="84" align="left" alt="Headline" class="see02" style="margin: 3px 6px 0 0;" border="0"></a><a href="005_pp_270410.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>"Systemic reform of Church structures is needed!"</b></a> <span style="color:#006; font-weight:bold;">Bishop Patrick Power</span>, Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Australia's capital city, Canberra, has in recent days renewed his often repeated calls for fundamental reform in the Catholic Church in the <span style="color:#009; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Canberra Times</span> and <span style="color:#009; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Eureka Street</span>. <span style="color:#006; font-weight:bold;">Bishop Power</span> has given us permission to republish his comments on <span style="color:#060; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Catholica</span> mainly for the benefit of our growing readership in the Northern Hemisphere. The commentary which follows has already been the subject of discussion in the <span style="color:#060; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Catholica forum</span> and we welcome the contributions of others to our conversations. <a href="005_pp_270410.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">004 :<br> 24 May 2008</p></td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><a href="004_pp_240508.php"><img src="images/GRsupport_an_325x84.gif" width="325" height="84" align="left" alt="Headline" class="see02" style="margin: 3px 6px 0 0;" border="0"></a><a href="004_pp_240508.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>Bishop Power's expression for support for Bishop Robinson…</b></a> Retired Australian Bishop, <b>Geoffrey Robinson</b>, has in the last week or so come under pressure from the Vatican, from an unsigned statement put out in the name of the Australian Bishops, and from at least one Cardinal in the United States, for his blunt book entitled <span class="Qbooktitle">"Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church — Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus"</span>. <b>Bishop Patrick Power</b>, who is presently on long service leave, yesterday sent <span class="Qcatholica01">Catholica</span> this unsolicited statement of heartfelt support for <b>Bishop Robinson</b> which it is our great pleasure to publish. The sentiments expressed in this article very much accord with the overwhelming sense of support we detect being expressed <span class="fpage" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">for them in the disenchanted, largely non-vocal, though exceedingly large sectors of the lay Church</span> we come into contact with in this nation. We salute both <b>Bishop Robinson</b> and <b>Bishop Power</b> for having the courage to exhibit the spiritual leadership of their people that they have shown.<span class="small"> …Brian Coyne, Editor.</span> <a href="004_pp_240508.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">003 :<br> 23 Nov 2007</p> </td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><a href="003_pp_231107.php"><img src="images/Gaudium_an_325x84.gif" width="325" height="84" align="left" alt="Bishop Pat Power" class="see02" style="margin-right: 6px;" border="0"></a><a href="003_pp_231107.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>Revitalising the Church to meet the needs of the modern world…</b></a><b> </b>Following a recent letter to many of the Australian Bishops in which I invited them to submit any commentaries they might have from time to time that might be of interest to the readership of <i><b><font color="#006600">Catholica Australia</font></b></i>, <b><font color="#000066">Bishop Pat Power</font></b> sent in a copy of this address he gave two weeks ago at Chevalier College, Bowral. It is a powerful address effectively making a call for the entire Church to get back "on message" to the vision of the Second Vatican Council which was outlined in the Pastoral Constitution, <i><b><font color="#990000">Gaudium et Spes</font></b></i>.<span class="small"> …Brian Coyne, Editor.</span> <a href="003_pp_231107.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">002 :<br> 21 Aug 2007</p> </td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><a href="002_pp_210807.php"><img src="images/Letter01_an_325x84.gif" width="325" height="84" align="left" alt="Bishop Pat Power" class="see02" style="margin-right: 6px;" border="0"></a><a href="002_pp_210807.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>Open Letter to Petition Organisers...</b></a><b> <font color="#000066">Bishop Pat Power</font></b> has written to the organisers of the Petition to the Australian Catholic Bishops supporting the call for consideration of the ordination of married men and also encouraging discussion of the more contentious issue of the women's ordination. <a href="002_pp_210807.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><p class="pub_date">001 :<br> 29 Sep 2006</p> </td> <td align="left" width="575" valign="top"> <p class="fpage"><img src="images/BpPatPower_65x65.jpg" width="65" height="65" align="left" alt="Bishop Pat Power" class="see02" style="margin-right: 6px;"><a href="001_pp_290906.php" target="_self" class="hdnav"><b>A Time for Reform...</b></a><b> </b>Today we have pleasure in presenting an article that <b><font color="#000066">Bishop Pat Power</font></b> sent in to us. It was actually written as on op-ed piece for the Melbourne <i>Age</i> in 2002 but is particularly relevant at this time as Bishop Power will be one of the keynote speakers at the forthcoming <b><i>Australian Reforming Catholics Annual Conference</i></b> on 13-14 October. In this article he articulates some of the areas in which he believes reform is necessary and he seeks to outline some of the characteristics he sees the institutional Church needing to embrace if it is to surmount the challenges it is presently facing. <a href="001_pp_290906.php" target="_self" class="fullnav">[more]</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="recentcomhd"><div class="vid_divider01"></div></td> <tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table width="680" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="680" align="center" valign="middle"> <p class="printbase">Catholica<br> 34 Martin Place, LINDEN NSW 2778, Australia<br> editor: Brian Coyne | tel: +612 4753 1226<br> email: <a href="mailto:editor@catholica.com.au" target="_blank" class="emailnav2">editor@catholica.com.au</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="680" align="center"><a href="http://www.catholica.com.au/forum"><img src="http://www.catholica.com.au/imgnav/VisitOurForum_an_680x20.gif" width="680" height="20" border="0" alt="Visit our Forum - the Heart of Catholica!" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 0px;"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>