EDITORIAL

4 / Education and confidence

Ashley Beck

FOCUS: Catholic Social Teaching and International Relations

6 / The Catholic Church and International

Relations’

Ashley Beck and Christopher Wylde

10 / The Holy See: A transcendent force for good in international relations

Jake Oakes

15 / Imaging a common peace: Pathways to positive change in global politics Philip McDonagh

20 / Catholic Charities and International Relations: CIIR 1965–2016

Ian Linden

LEADERSHIP & MINISTRY

27 / ‘The Lord needs you’: A vision of a missionary and evangelising archdiocese Mark Nash

32 / Shepherding the shepherds: Pastoral Accompaniment for Catholic clergy Pete Smallwood and Sue Price 39 / Going to Mass ‘is great’: Welcoming children and their families to Mass

Ann Higgs

THEOLOGY TODAY

43 / Rebuilding the house of language:

A feminist dialogue with Pope Francis’

creation-centred theology

Tina Beattie

/ Why didn’t you tell us all this before? Gerard Hanlon

SPIRITUALITY

52 / Re-discovering the riches of Latin American Church music: A neglected source of spiritual inspiration

John Sloboda

/ The Dream of the Rood – a Christian meditation

Jeremy Rowe

DIACONATE MATTERS

59 / Introduction

Ashley Beck

/ 50 not out! The Permanent Diaconate, past, present and future

Ray Williamson

65 / Women’s voices

Angela Black

REVIEWS

70 / Book reviews

BREAKING THE WORD

/ Sundays

Robert Draper

83 / The Prayer of the Faithful

Thomas O’Loughlin

86 / Weekdays

John Deehan