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1. Perhaps this is a time for the church to look to the many lay people very well qualified with Theology and Counselling degrees to step in to some of these positions.
   I know we can't provide the sacraments, but we can provide the pastoral care and lead prayer.

   Posted By: Kim-Maree Goodwin

2. Thanks Kim-Maree. We are already doing this.
   We have been using Permanent Deacons also for the last fifteen years.
   Can you imagine what the figures would look like without them? It would be even much worse.

   Posted By: Bishop Davis

3. I have served in the Royal Australian Navy in East Timor, South-East Asia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq (twice) and Afghanistan.
   I can only emphasise what is reported in the article: the ADF has many Catholics in its ranks across all services and yes we also lack Chaplains, which reflects the priest shortage elsewhere in our Church. Moreover, given recent behavioural scandals, never have the services more needed to have young sailors, soldiers and airmen’s characters formed and guided in accordance with the Judeo-Christian ethic and our traditions of chivalry than today.
   However, I know Bishop Max Davis is acutely aware of these challenges and every effort is made by our hard-working chaplains and Catholic military lay leaders to attend to the spiritual and like needs of Catholic servicemen and women. The same challenges plague the US, British and Canadian armed forces as well.
   Please keep Bishop Davis and all serving in the armed forces in your prayers.
   The Catholic diocese of the ADF has a webpage here:
   http://www.military.catholic.org.au/
   Thank you for highlighting this issue to a broader Catholic audience.
   - Graham A. F. Connolly
   Lieutenant Commander, RANR
   

   Posted By: Graham Connolly

4. Rome fiddled while heroes burned. These are the ashes of obstinacy.

   Posted By: PM, Eden

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