We acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we walk, live and work. We recognise their living culture and their unique role in the life of the areas in which Mercy Partners ministries are located. We pay tribute to all of those who have nurtured this country over many thousands of years, deriving spiritual and physical needs from the seas, forests, soil, rivers, lakes and streams. We join with our First Nations people in honouring this land as sacred. We welcome the Uluru Statement from the Heart and support an Indigenous voice to parliament, enshrined in the Australian Constitution.
Mercy Partners produces two booklets – Theological Framework and Travelling a Well-lit Path. All of which are available for complimentary download below.
Theological Framework
The Theological Framework is significant because it marks a moment in time – a crystallisation of the many hours of thinking, dialogue and writing that have occurred since Mercy Partners inception to come to a deep understanding of Mercy Partners as a gift of the Holy Spirit to the world. Commissioned by the Council in 2014, the Theological Framework was written by Australian theologian Dr Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer in consultation with the Council.
In 2016, the document received the Imprimatur of the Archbishop of Brisbane, Most Reverend Mark Coleridge.
Travelling a Well-lit Path
Travelling a Well-lit Path was commissioned by Mercy Partners Council and authored by inaugural Chair Sr Anne Hetherington rsm, details the founding years of Mercy Partners. November 14, 2018 marked the tenth anniversary of Mercy Partners establishment by pontifical rite as an Ecclesial Public Juridic Person.
To mark the occasion, Mercy Partners Council hosted an anniversary Mass and Reception at The Cathedral of St Stephen on November 19. Travelling a Well-lit Path was launched at the November 19 event.
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