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Open House Conference 2019 Editorial Unlocking Potential Comment and debate on faith issues in Scotland June/July 2019 www.openhousescotland.co.uk Issue No 282 £2.50 Open House conference 2019 Editorial Unlocking potential The Open House conference on 1st June was remarkable for conference bear this out. They are both familiar and new. A several reasons. People had to be turned away at the door. greater role for lay people, meaningful consultation, Bishops, lay people, priests and religious sat down together to accountability and shared decision making are familiar themes discuss new directions for the Catholic Church in Scotland. from renewal programmes which responded to the Council’s The format of the day created a pattern of respectful listening vision of integrating clergy, religious and laity within the and sharing which resulted in the overwhelming conclusion common framework of one people of God. Now we see them that the status quo is not an option. in the context of a developing synodal style in local churches The format was shaped by the belief that the people in the around the world. room had the collective wisdom and insight to address the task Bishop Brendan Leahy gave a vivid account of the Limerick in hand. The challenge was to unlock it. Participants listened diocesan synod of 2016. It drew on many skills and involved together to short contributions from people who are already widespread consultation and communication with more than taking the church in new directions, and shared their responses 5,000 people over two years. The themes which surfaced were in a series of round table conversations. Ideas took shape. eventually voted on at the synod to form the basis of a Headlines were agreed. Patterns emerged. The conversations took place against the background of Pope pastoral plan, following much shared prayer and discernment. Francis’ call for a synodal church in which bishops, priests and It was, he said, a profound immersion in the church as a living lay people listen and learn from one another as they journey organism rather than simply an organisation. The challenge together. This is the path, the pope says, which God expects of now is to keep the synod alive as a way of being church. the church of the third millennium. He has described it as a Taking the church in this direction requires serious prophecy of the Second Vatican Council which we have yet to investment in skills and resources, episcopal leadership and a absorb in all its profundity and to develop in all its daily commitment to processes which give new life to the Council’s implications. vision. At the Open House conference we got a glimpse of the The new directions for the church which emerged from the kind of church which could emerge. Reclaiming the beautiful game So Scotland at last sent a team to the football World Cup. The All this is far removed from ‘the beautiful game’. The story is women’s World Cup, that is. Fifty years ago when FIFA told of a woman who was surprised at her husband getting up proposed putting women’s football on a professional basis, the early on a Sunday morning to shower and dress, thinking he Scottish FA was the lone dissenting voice. Rose Reilly was had decided to go back to church. But he was getting ready for belted in her Catholic school for insisting on her right to play. an early football match. Football is not now more important She had to go to Italy where she captained the Italian team than religion. For some men it has taken the place of religion. that won the World Cup. Women’s football offers a corrective to this. By and large they This year all four finalists in the European Cups have come from the English Premier Division. None of the managers is are still intent on getting the ball up the park to score a goal. English. Only a minority of the players were born in England. ‘Professional’ fouls are rare. They are playing for a fraction of Such is the wealth in the men’s game that money is not an the cost of the men’s game. At school level girls are encouraged obstacle when it comes to hiring the best. The English Premier to take their place among the boys. The onus is on skill rather League spent more than a quarter of a billion pounds on than physique. players’ agents. Is it money well spent? FIFA is attempting to even out the financial field by trying to Little boys are dressed in the latest gear to take part in local get the top teams to depend on gate receipts rather than football leagues. Parents give over Sunday mornings to cheer sponsorship. But even Barcelona gave way with Qatar on their them on. But even in Scotland a very small minority will make shirts rather than UNICEF. Next year’s men’s World Cup in it into the premier league. Professional teams will stretch their Qatar might appear to be a further bow to the rich. But it is budget to buy the best they can afford from anywhere in the world. Supporters expect club boards to spend money they taking the competition to a country that is a minnow in terms don’t have on borrowing players from wherever. The salaries of the World Cup. It offers hope that a degree of sanity might of top footballers and mangers can make them immediate be restored to a game that really only needs ordinary people millionaires. and a ball. 2 OPEN HOUSE June 2019 Contents Open House conference 2019 MARY CULLEN Page 3 Exploring new directions Mary Cullen Exploring new Pages 4-8 Open House Conference 2019 directions Mary Cullen Page 9 Empowering the laity In this special six page report, the editor highlights key Joe Fitzpatrick moments from an inspirational day of listening and Page 10 The church in the public learning at the Open House conference in Glasgow. square John McFall Page 12 Jean Vanier: an appreciation Over 170 lay people, religious and discussion and invited to jot down priests from around the country thoughts and ideas on their paper Jock Dalrymple and beyond were joined by the tablecloths. After 15 minutes, they Page 13 Notebook bishops of Galloway and Limerick were asked to write headlines from to explore new directions for the their conversation on large sheets of Page 15 Letters Catholic Church in Scotland on 1st paper which were displayed around June. Over a dozen others who had the room before moving on to new Page 15 The canonisation of not booked a place had to be turned tables and new conversations. Julie Billiart away because of lack of space. Menu cards summarised café etiquette. Focus on what matters; Page 16 Reviews: books, film Inside the conference hall, rows of seats had been rearranged around contribute your thinking and and music round tables covered in white experience; listen to understand; Page 24 Moments in Time tablecloths, each set with flowers, listen together for patterns, insights pens and menu cards. Welcome to and deeper questions; speak the world café. your mind and heart. Take ideas/ The world café is a whole group reflections as seeds of conversation interaction method focused on to new tables. conversation. It creates a relaxed, The quiet murmur of over 170 informal atmosphere in which people talking and listening people feel free to bring the best of carefully to one another was themselves to achieve a common testimony to their concern for the task. future of the church. It was also an Thank you to all those who contributed The assumption is that the affirmation of the process by which to this edition of Open House. knowledge and wisdom needed they were able to listen and share. Open House, which was founded in for the task is already present and Bishop William Nolan of Dundee in 1990, is an independent accessible in the room. Collective Galloway said: journal of comment and debate on faith insights evolve from honouring each ‘It was a very positive experience. issues in Scotland. It is rooted in the unique contribution, connecting How encouraging to see so many ideas, hearing the collective and reforms of the Second Vatican Council faith inspired people listening and noticing deeper patterns and (1962-65) and committed to the learning from one another, honestly questions. dialogue which began at the Council - acknowledging the difficulties and The day took the form of a series within the Catholic Church, in other problems we face, and looking with of round table conversations, hope to the future. A sure sign that churches, and with all those committed prompted by contributions from the Spirit is active in the Church’. to issues of justice and peace. Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick The unobtrusive but expert www.openhousescotland.co.uk and members of parishes from facilitation of the day was provided Galloway, Glasgow and Edinburgh. by Ronnie McEwan from the Cover photos by Dominic Cullen. After each 20 minute contribution Kinharvie Institute with support from speakers, participants were from fellow Marist brother Brendan given a question to help focus their Geary. June 2019 OPEN HOUSE 3 Open House conference 2019 Planning travelled to dioceses in Participants were invited to discuss America and to Rome where synods what insights and observations stood The had already taken place. A preparatory out for them. Here are some of their commission met every month. Around responses: 400 delegates were elected. There were Limerick questionnaires, focus groups and parish The church has a huge pool of gifts gatherings involving over 5,000 people.
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