{"id":721,"date":"2008-12-01T06:06:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T06:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanuera.com\/cmwp\/?p=721"},"modified":"2008-12-01T06:06:53","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T06:06:53","slug":"catholica-comes-to-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"Catholica comes to tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>he St Vincent&#8217;s community regularly sets aside the last Sunday of the month to enjoy a cup of tea and a leisurely chat after Mass. Guests are especially welcome, and the broad spectrum of &quot;Redfernites&quot; who visit the parish infrequently for many and varied reasons are heartily encouraged to mark their diaries accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, special guests singer-songwriter Amanda McKenna, and her husband Brian Coyne, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholica.com.au\">Catholica<\/a> (formerly Catholica Australia) accepted an invitation to get together with the community.<\/p>\n<p>They generously shared stories of their own journeys; Amanda sang a selection of her compositions and Brian spoke passionately on the theme &quot;Reclaiming a Spirit of Trust&quot;. He also took the opportunity to say his personal &ldquo;sorry&rdquo; to the Aborigines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCborderedcap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1239\" height=\"274\" width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/bc_P1010094a300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><br \/>\nBrian Coyne  under Ted&#8217;s watchful eye<\/div>\n<p>\nListening to these kindred spirits reinforced the community&rsquo;s resolve to stand against the control freak hierarchy that is driving the Church into oblivion by alienating thinking, questioning Catholics everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>You can read Brian&rsquo;s comments on the day in the Catholica Forum thread <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholica.com.au\/forum\/board_entry.php?id=19694&amp;page=0&amp;category=0&amp;order=time&amp;descasc=DESC\">What a thoroughly exquisite day!<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCborderedcap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1240\" height=\"225\" width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/bc_P1010101a300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nAmanda McKenna performing one of her songs<\/div>\n<p>\nand more about Amanda on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamckenna.com.au\">website<\/a> and in a Catholic Weekly interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicweekly.com.au\/03\/sep\/21\/15.html\">Conversation: Amanda McKenna, Catholic singer and songwriter &#8211; &lsquo;God&rsquo;s messenger&rsquo; on a journey of faith<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St Vincent&#8217;s community regularly sets aside the last Sunday of the month to enjoy a cup of tea and a leisurely chat after Mass. Guests are especially welcome, and the broad spectrum of &quot;Redfernites&quot; who visit the parish infrequently for many and varied reasons are heartily encouraged to mark their diaries accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, special guests singer-songwriter Amanda McKenna, and her husband Brian Coyne, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholica.com.au\">Catholica<\/a> (formerly Catholica Australia) accepted an invitation to get together with the community.<\/p>\n<p>They generously shared stories of their own journeys; Amanda sang a selection of her compositions and Brian spoke passionately &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=721\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}