Category: Gaudium et Spes
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Prioritise lay vocation and mission
The Australian Church must prioritise formation for the lay vocation and mission, participants at an Adelaide Study Day on 6 December 2025 have said.
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Healing the split between faith and life
Expecting only those with a “religious vocation”, a miniscule percentage of the total Catholic population, to carry the mission of the whole is a recipe for disaster, writes Sr Christine Burke IBVM in Catholic Outlook.
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Lay apostolate primarily witness: Pope Francis
“The apostolate of the laity is primarily that of witness!” Pope Francis told participants at a meeting organised by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.
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Video: Gerard Philips, theologian, senator and promoter of the laity
Leuven Emeritus Professor Mathijs Lamberigts recalls the life of Gerard Philips on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Webinar: Gerard Philips, architect of Lumen Gentium
Remembering the Belgian promoter of the laity and key figure at Vatican II on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Pierre Haubtmann, redactor of Gaudium et Spes: The webinar
Watch the presentation of Mgr Philippe Bordeyne, president John Paul II Pontifical College for Marriage and Family, and Clara Staffa Geoghegan, from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
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Cardinal Czerny honours Pierre Haubtmann
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, has sent a message recalling the “enormous contribution” to the the Vatican II Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today, Gaudium et Spes, by French priest, Pierre Haubtmann.