A Meeting of minds

Easter Thursday
The highlight of today was an appointment with David Walker, Bishop of the Diocese of Broken Bay. Recall that Bishop Walker is the founder of the The Centre’s Sabbatical program for priests around the world. While faced with many responsibilities of a major metropolitan diocese of over 200,000 Catholics just north of Sydney, he still maintains a keen interest in the Sabbatical program. Today Dan and I had the opportunity to sit for an hour with him in his office just a few miles north of Sydney Harbour.

It was a refreshing and stimulating conversation in which we shared about how we saw the Church in Australia wrestling with many of the same things that we deal with in the US. Bishop David is a most wise and gentle leader. He is renowned for his leadership in spirituality and education. His diocese reflects his collaborative leadership style and the passion for empowerment of the Baptised that is dear to my heart. It was a meeting of minds and a sharing of hearts that uplifted my spirit very much. I hope the Bishop David will be able to visit our neighborhood sometime in the future. He would be at home in our midst and is truly a blessing for the church in Australia.