{"product_id":"getting-back-on-mission-catholics-for-renewal-9781925009651","title":"Getting Back on Mission: Reforming our Church Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... a realistic, hopeful and authentically Catholic roadmap for the forthcoming Australian Plenary Council.....\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -Frank Brennan SJ, AO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Catholic Church has gone 'off mission'. The scandal and tragedies of clerical child sexual abuse and the cover-up by bishops is symptomatic of a deeply ailing church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting Back on Mission focuses on Jesus' mission for the Church; it exposes dysfunctional governance involving a grave lack of accountability and transparency, and the exclusion of the People of God - particularly women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a contribution to the Australian Plenary Council 2020\/21. Its purpose is twofold: to get the Church back 'on mission'; and to show how that can be achieved 'together'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reforms proposed are based on sound evidence and analysis. For Catholics wanting genuine renewal of their Church, this roadmap for change is a must-read and an essential companion book for the Plenary Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting Back on Mission is forward-looking and founded on trust in the Spirit - it is about hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholics for Renewal\u003c\/strong\u003e is a group of committed Catholics that has been advocating Church renewal for a decade. A legion of Catholics has supported its work involving surveys, open letters, articles, and public evidence at major government inquiries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatholics for Renewal believes that the Church will change only if individual Catholics take up the challenge and drive that change. Many renewal groups throughout Australia are doing just that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTestimonials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis new book is a most comprehensive compendium of necessary reforms for consideration not only for the Plenary Council 2020 but immediately by every church leader as a matter of urgency\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eEmeritus Professor John Warhurst AO, Chair of Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn, and Member of Australian Bishops' Church Governance Review Panel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWant to know what the 2020 Plenary Council should be dealing with? The read Catholics for Renewal's Getting Back on Mission.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e -Eric Hodgens (retired) Catholic Priest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I hope this book helps navigate our Church's sacred pastors to the wisdom and action needed to get us out of this mess.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... the Church as an institution is in question, by the state and by the People of God... \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Dr Hans Zollner SJ, leading Vatican expert in clerical child sexual abuse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholics for Renewal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925009653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925009651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Garratt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Catholics for Renewal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126192369919,"sku":"9781925009651","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19d0a4b3-f478-4cff-a9e2-1b9a9303b2c8.jpg?v=1687446784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/getting-back-on-mission-catholics-for-renewal-9781925009651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}