River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, addressed participants of the three-day Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) on 19 January 2024Read More »Cardinal Grech shares joys and outcomes of ongoing synod process
Mangroves, Maiana Island (Image from Kiribati Environment and Conservation Division, UNDP) Monsignor Gerard Burns It became clear in the Oceania continental process (with notable exceptions)Read More »Towards greater welcome and inculturation
Bishop Enrique “Kike” Figerado SJ RAOEN shares this article (originally uploaded in Jesuits Global) from Bishop Kike, pastor of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang inRead More »Towards a synodal Church with more participation and more communion
The RAOEN synodality review poster, Listening to Indigenous Peoples and Talking as Church from Territories, was presented at the Climate & Environmental Justice Conference 2023Read More »RAOEN synodality review poster presented at SCU 2023 climate and environmental justice conference
It is RAOEN’s effort to keep the awareness and discussions alive by strengthening the connectivity of communities in the Oceania-Asia biome, to draw together theRead More »Discerning on synodality, mission, and oceans: The River Above newsletter, March 2023
RAOEN shares this recent media release from the Oceania 2023 Synodal Continental Assembly. Representative of the four bishops conferences in Oceania approved the region’s finalRead More »Oceania bishops finalise response to Synod’s working document
The River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) shares this message from the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) that recently held theirRead More »Statement on the Oceans from the FCBCO Suva Assembly 2023
RAOEN shares the document Listening to Indigenous Peoples and Talking as Church from Where We Are, a reflection on the responses gathered from 23 synodRead More »Listening to Indigenous Peoples and talking as Church from where we are
“I feel gratitude and wonder. I have heard the testimony of a living Church!” was what Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod ofRead More »This is the synodal path, to walk together to mend our Church
Pedro Walpole SJ Accepting where another person is, different to me, is not the start of relativism. It is in listening to other stories thatRead More »Renewing and including the humble