New campaign as Church says Catholics aren’t in tune with the Bible

The ‘Bible and You’ survey also found that 41 per cent of those questioned aren’t sure where to begin with the Bible.

The Church, along with the Bible Society, have launched “The God Who Speaks: The Year of the Word” campaign to help Catholics get the most out of the scriptures.

Fleur Dorrell, co-ordinator of the campaign, told Premier the Catholic Church is seen as “not being very Biblical”, and they want to correct that misunderstanding.

“We have the Bible every day in mass and in the divine office, but we have a different approach to it from some sometimes other Christian denominations.

“So we’re often seen as ‘you can’t quote from the Bible easily, and do you actually read it very often?’ Yes, we do, but to articulate that it is actually central and foundational to our whole faith and the way we operate, we want to make that more visible and more tangible to the rest of the world.”

The 15-month long campaign aims to help people understand how the Bible is relevant and vital in a faith journey.

The initiative includes a series of events to share God’s word creatively and break barriers to the Bible.

One of the ways they plan to do that is make the Bible more accessible for people with disabilities in churches. They will also offer scripture tours around dioceses that will be a sort of arts festival.

“At the tour, we have what we’re calling tents of encounter, where…