During the fifth anniversary celebration of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Professor Tracey Rowland, who lectures at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, gave a keynote presentation on ecumenism today and the ecumenical import of the Ordinariates.
Bishop Steven J. Lopes recommends reading Prof. Rowland’s lecture.
Prof. Rowland was appointed a member of the International Theological Commission by Pope Francis in 2014. She is the former dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne. She delivered her lecture, “Ecumenism – What Future?” at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia, Aug. 30.