Darren Dias will explore how a historical viewpoint from ground-level and lived Catholicism in its diverse cultural contexts sheds a different and oft-undervalued light on the meaning of Catholic happenings from the ground. He will explore, in particular the degree to which the colonial church/es transformed and challenged Church doctrine, and how the putative peripheries of the Church have always offered agentic and meaningful modes to Church reform and revitalisation. Fáinche Ryan will explore the 'official' theological authorities that for centuries have dominated the Catholic imaginary in its self-understanding, as well as its textual landscape. Primarily focusing on Thomas Aquinas, she will argue that canonical sources must be re-read and engaged with in every generation, rather than becoming the site of ossified interpretation. She will consider the work to which Aquinas has been put in thinking about priesthood in the past, and suggest alternate readings that offer capacious possibilities for the present.