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Tales of mercy that touch both heart and soul |
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Catholic Weekly 27 June, 2010
Reviewed by Bishop Julian Porteous
FATHER Ken Barker has offered us an extended reflection on the subject of mercy in this, his latest book. Fr Barker is the founder of the Missionaries of God’s Love, a new congregation based in Canberra. His earlier books include Becoming Fire, Radical Way of Love, Young Men Rise Up.
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His Name is Mercy |
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Published: 18 April 2010 By: Matt Emerick
Missionaries of God's Love founder Fr Ken Barker spoke in Brisbane recently about God's divine mercy and forgiveness. He shared his insights with MATT EMERICK
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Presenting the Gospel to today's youth |
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SEVERAL years ago the band Redgum wrote the popular song I was only 19.
It was the tale of a young Vietnam war soldier caught in a trial-by-fire scenario, whereby his decision-making had to be instant and a lifetime was affected thereafter.
This same quicksilver thinking applied in Fr Dan Benedetti's case, although fortunately his "crucible" moment was more akin to the return of a prodigal son than being scarred in battle.
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Light from the Cross |
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By Fiona Power. Sunday 13 December 2009
Fr Chris Ryan is rector of the Missionaries of God’s Love (MGL) Seminary in Melbourne. In 2006, he was appointed to coordinate the journey of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon across Australia. He spent 12 months, from July 2007 to July 2008, travelling with two teams of young people and has recently published a book, In the Light of the Cross, reflecting on his experience.
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Against the stream |
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| Kairos Catholic Journal Sunday, 09 August 2009 |
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My call to the priesthood came out of the blue and yet I can see how the Lord was at work in my life even before the call came.
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Meet the Sisters - Average age: 28 |
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The Catholc Record Thursday, 09 July 2009
Two representatives of one of the newest Australian religious communities of consecrated women - with an average age of 28 - will visit Perth in mid-July to let women in Perth interested in religious life know about their existence.
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Fr Ken Barker, moderator of the Missionaries of God's Love and founder of the Young Men of God Movement |
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Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,
When Fr Ken Barker finished reading Keys of the Kingdom, Scottish author A.J. Cronin's much loved novel about a missionary priest in pre-revolutionary China, it was a life-changing moment.
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Falling into the arms of the Lord |
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From the Catholic Leader By: Selina Venier
AN hour with Missionaries of God's Love founder Fr Ken Barker is good for the soul.
And others know it.
Wherever the popular Canberra priest goes, a crowd follows, and that's what happened during his recent trip to Brisbane where he found time to speak candidly and refreshingly with The Catholic Leader.
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All Roads Lead to... |
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Br Chris Kerwick MGL reflects upon the 100km walking pilgrimage from Gundagai to Galong, New South Wales for the Light to the Nations at Easter this year
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Light to the Nations 2009 |
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From the Catholic Voice
24 April 2009
More than 800 people flocked to Galong’s Redemptorist Monastery on Holy
Thursday to take part in the Light to the Nations Easter pilgrimage
hosted by the Disciples of Jesus community and the Missionaries of
God's Love.
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Two newly ordained MGLs lead Perth Summer School of Evangelisation |
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From the West Australian Record, by Mario Borg
Two recently ordained Missionary of God's Love priests returned home to
Western Australia to join Glendalough's Fr Doug Harris in spiritually
directing the Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community's annual Summer
School of Evangelisation, held at New Norcia last week.
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MGL sister organises walk for MGL Seminary Building Appeal |
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Kairos Catholic Journal Vol 20 Issue 1
Sr Rachel Fleurant MGL organised a walk to raise much needed funds for the MGL Seminary Building Appeal. Drawing inspiration from the life of Bl. Pier Girogio Frassati, Sr Rachel and others walked 15 kilometres on a modern pilgrimage.
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Two priests and deacon ordained for MGL |
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Cathnews Article
Canberra Archbishop Mark Coleridge has ordained two new charismatic
priests and a deacon for the Australian founded Missionaries of God's
Love congregation. Daniel Strickland and David Callaghan, both
originally from Western Australia, were ordained into the priesthood.
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MGL Ordinations to the Priesthood |
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From the West Australian Record, by Anthony Barich
Two young West Australian men have been ordained as priests
in Canberra in the Missionaries of God’s Love, a Religious Association
of Christ’s Faithful.
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MGL seminary building appeal |
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 Kairos Catholic Journal: Volume 19, Issue 16
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Missionaries of God’s Love have outgrown their existing seminary in
Melbourne and urgently need to build additional facilities to
accommodate their growing number of seminarians.
With sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows at St
Benedict’s Burwood, Archbishop Denis Hart launched the MGL Seminary
Building Appeal during a moving liturgy.
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Young Men Rise Up |
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 Kairos Catholic Journal: Volume 19, Issue 9
“It is the voice of Christ himself, more powerful than the death that
lurks within us and around us, a voice calling young men to see how
much more is possible than they think and to enter that new world of
possibility as they become the men which God has created them to be,
alive to their masculinity as Christ was to his.”
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Australia's Missionaries of God's Love congregation continues to grow |
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 Source: AD2000
The story of the Missionaries of God's Love (MGL) is one of real hope
for the Church in Australia. In a recent book, titled A Radical Way of
Love , the MGL's founder Fr Ken Barker shares his story and his
compelling vision for consecrated life. He believes many young people
today are genuinely seeking to live a radical gospel way of life and
that we can expect a new surge of vocations to consecrated life and the
priesthood in the future.
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Growing in Grace |
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 by Michael Griffiths
Australian Catholics
Difficulties have beset Dan Strickland since his early teens, but all of them have brought him closer to God.
It’s not often that the Royal Automobile Club Magazine changes peoples’ lives, but it changed Dan Strickland’s.
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I knew I was in the hands of the Lord |
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A conversation with Fr Ken Barker, moderator, Missionaries of God’s Love
By Brian Davies
Q. Tell me about the Missionaries of God’s Love – MGL, how did that begin?
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one could have possibly expected the surprising gift of charismatic
renewal which burst into Catholic life immediately after Vatican II.
Different ecclesial movements and new communities sprang up all over
the world ushering in a ‘springtime’ of renewal.
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Catechesis Sessions Bring Jesus Close |
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SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 15, 2008 (Zenit.org ).-
World Youth Day brings so much festivity that it is easy to get caught
up in the glamour and forget that it is a pilgrimage, said a deacon who
led a catechesis session today.
Catechesis sessions are part of the youth day experience. They
generally consist of teachings from religious, discussion and the
celebration of Mass. The first of the catechesis sessions began today
in various Sydney venues. Deacon Daniel Strickland was part of one of
the more lively sessions, held in Hyde Park.
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Full House |
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Young
people from around Melbourne’s eastern suburbs flock to St Benedict’s
Church in Burwood for the weekly 5pm Sunday Mass. With an average
attendance of about 180 mainly youth, they come for the sacrifice of
the Eucharist, which is enhanced by the accomplished musicians and
vocalists that play each week.
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Two MGL Ordinations |
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Canberra’s Missionaries of God’s Love now have 12 priests following the
ordination of Brian Steele and Chris Ryan in St Christopher’s Cathedral.
In a cathedral packed to overflowing with an exuberant congregation,
Archbishop Francis Carroll ordained the two men late 2001.
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Radical Faith will produce Vocations |
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The lack of vocations to the priesthood and the religious life
worries all Catholics. It then makes sense to ask those who are
successful in attracting vocations what the solution is. Colleen
McGuiness-Howard asked this of Father Ken Barker, the leader of an
Australian group, the Missionaries of God’s Love, who have 15
seminarians in training.
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MGL congregation flourishes in Canberra |
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At a time when many religious congregations are wondering what to do
with their buildings, the Missionaries of God's Love (MGL) do not have
enough room to accommodate the influx of new recruits.
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A New Eucharistic Centre |
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Parish priest and moderator of the Missionaries of God’s Love Fr Ken
Barker said that in addition to looking after the pastoral needs of
Narrabundah parishioners they were also seeking to build up a
eucharistic centre.
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Guys in Brown go Radical |
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One was a solicitor, another an engineer, yet another an architect.
They and others, 21 in all, go to make up the Missionaries of God’s Love, a consecrated group of men with their roots in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn and in the Catholic charismatic renewal.
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| Jesus cried out: "I have come to cast fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already..." (Lk 12:49) |
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