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Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) 31st March 2025

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV 31st March) is coming up and in the current challenging environment where transphobia is sadly rife, it is important for us as Catholics to have resources to support, nourish and strengthen our family, community and loved ones from a Gospel-centered perspective.

You will find below resources to help and support you and the community, especially for this coming weekend (on the eve of TDoV) that affirms God’s love and presence in our lives and in the faith of our trans, gender diverse and non-binary loved ones within our communities and networks and Christian communities in faith and understanding.

These ecumenical resources has now been placed onto Equal Voices’ page here, an ecumencal space for us all:

https://www.equalvoices.org.au/post/trans-day-of-visibility-resources-from-rainbow-christians-together-in-sydney

There you will find two video clips to share with your communities this week in the lead-up to this weekend and next Monday, it is so important.

1. An invitation from Trans & Gender Diverse Christians to celebrate the Trans Day of Visibility:

2. A message from Christian allies for the Trans Day of Visibility:

Produced respectively by trans & gender diverse ecumenical Christians and Christian allies in Sydney, these were filmed at Pancake Pride this year, as an expression of Rainbow Christians Together commitment and a call to all to celebrate TGD lives and gifts. These can be used in the run-up to the Trans Day of Visibility, in worship or other gatherings, and provide an opportunity to support transgender people, particularly in the light of the current backlash. Please feel free to share these widely with others.

With thanks to everyone involved, especially Orange Kao, Pitt Street and St Stephen’s Uniting Churches and everyone who took the courage and time to help advance the Gospel message!

Benjamin Oh, Chair, Rainbow Christians Together

Synodality: Now the rubber hits the road. CCCG Public forum, Canberra

With the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality and the Diocesan Assembly, Canberra Goulburn Catholics can choose to embrace this more participatory style of Church or continue with more of the same. We at Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn (CCCG) are all for change and are offering a public forum to hear from experts and then workshop the implications of synodality for our parishes, school boards, social services and youth ministries.

Panel: Adj Prof Susan Pascoe, Terry Fewtrell, Dr Patrick McArdle, Ms Chole Kelly.

When and where: 7:15-9:30pm, Thursday 27 Feb 2025, Marist College Senior Hall

Link for - Being Adult People of God in the 21st Century - Diarmuid O'Murchu. We Are Church Ireland

9 Jan 25. In the pre-evolutionary model, truth is invested in wise individuals, representing a parental, hierarchical system. In the evolutionary model, truth itself evolves as relational adults seek out the truth through a range discerning groups.

Recording of talk on 9th January 2025

“When you are confronted by evidence that the faith in which you were brought up no longer provides an adequate explanation for the nature, meaning and purpose of your life, you have three choices. You continue as before. You can abandon the faith. Or, third, you can accept the new knowledge and use it to develop a more mature understanding of what lies at the core of your beliefs. ——-“(John Feehan)

Recording of talk on 16th January 2025

23rd January

What does it mean to belong to a faith community, that is nourishing for people and the earth alike? How to revision the meaning of sacraments in this wider context.

Link coming soon

Breaking the silence - Anna Adamcikova. Root and Branch Synod 23.1.2025

Anna Adamcikova tells Root & Branchers her story after 25 years’ service as a nun with the Missionaries of Charity. She’ll be in conversation with Brian Devlin, former priest, whistleblower and author.

He says,“Anna’s bravery in deciding to leave, giving up security, trust what was inside her, and walk her own way, and her lack of anger about how she has been treated, and how she still wants to care for those in need, deserves to be shown to others.”

Link coming soon

Landing strip or Launching Pad? Trish Gemmell and Michael Gill. Concerned lay Catholics (Canada) 23.1.25

Australian and Canadian perspectives on the historic nature of the Synod on Synodality.

What’s next for Australia and Canada, as sisters and brothers learn together. Join us for a lively and spirit-filled conversation with Michael Gill and Trish Gemmell as they unpack the Synod in Australia and we compare and contrast with Canada’s experience.

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