The theme for the Year of Youth is “Open New Horizons for Spreading Joy: Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment”. The experience of resurrection for the disciples of Jesus enabled them to move beyond closed doors into territory totally unfamiliar to them. In our desire to welcome young people into our community, how open are we to new possibilities, or do we expect the young simply to conform to our understanding of how things should be, because this is how they have been in our lifetime? Indeed, how open are we to the mystery of Christ’s Resurrection, allowing ourselves to be touched and transformed so that we are able to open both personally and as Church to New Horizons? Read More >
Bishop Robert McGuckin
Bishop of Toowoomba – Message for Easter, March 2018