Ending street sleeping in Sydney
The former Homelessness Czar in the UK has challenged the city of Sydney to “have a bloody good go” at putting an end to homeless people sleeping rough on its streets. […]
Mark Shea: I Believe in One God, the Father Almighty – Part Eight
This is the conclusion of Mark Shea’s eight-part series on the first line of the Creed. Click here for Part One. Last time, in this space, we spoke of God’s willingness to […]
Student ‘En Garde’ for the 2018 Games
Robert Ciccarelli lives by the sword – literally! The talented teenager is Australia’s top ranking fencer in his age division and one of three representatives from Sydney Catholic Schools heading to […]
Casting on to Help Those Most Deserving
Untangling faith and stitching it up in everyday life is what Mary Westall does. The Family Educator at St Charles’ primary school at Waverley has introduced a knitting club at the […]
Pope calls ‘unusual’ meeting on abuse
Archbishop Mark Coleridge has welcomed Pope Francis’ call a meeting of the presidents of the world’s Bishops Conferences on abuse.
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All smiles for Suva students reunion
It was a day of sunshine, smiles, flowers and prayers of thanksgiving when more than 300 women met in Sydney for a week-long school ...
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Fr Khoi ordained after spending ‘a quiet place within’ prayer
Fr Khoi Doan Nguyen says there have been a few big mysteries in his life; one is how he came to be a priest when he had originally p...
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Canon law change needed
The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not anticipate crimes being committed by bishops that could result in their laicisation, according to...
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Awards for student leaders
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP today presented the Archbishop of Sydney Awards for Student Excellence 2018 to 49 senior students from ...
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Victorian Confession seal fight is looming
Archbishop Peter A Comensoli of Melbourne has confirmed his commitment to maintain the seal of confession after the Victorian gover...
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400km road trip to help friends
That’s an awful lot of snags. Parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima, Kingsgrove, combined their love for the ubiquitous sausage sizzl...
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Slice of Paris in Sydney
A public lecture about the interplay of faith and reason drew almost 100 people into a little slice of Paris in the middle of Sydne...
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“A beautiful path to heaven”
Newly professed Dominican, Sr Moana Grace OP, says religious life is a “gift” and “a beautiful path to heaven.” As reported ...
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Housing a human right
Australia’s Catholic bishops have called on all levels of government and the community to work together to address rising rates of...
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Education in Australia – where are we headed?
In the late 19th century, Mary MacKillop was revolutionising education. She was a woman who believed that education should be access...
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OSV: ‘Rosary priest’ gave it all for Mary
“The family that prays together stays together” has been an international Catholic catchphrase for more than 60 years, a truism that is instinctively self-evi... -
Crux: Conference highlights role of laity in addressing challenges
“Even before the (Second) Vatican Council, the conviction of the Church was that lay involvement in certain spheres of life, particularly political and social, was abso... -
Why not join a pilgrimage to the heart of the Church?
It has been said that after a trip to Rome you are never quite the same. For many Catholics here in Australia, travelling to the Eternal City can feel like visiting their... -
When Success Leads to Failure
I’ve known the mother sitting in front of me at this parent-teacher conference for years, and we have been through a lot together. I have taught three of her children, ...
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The Real Problem with the Vatican Nativity Scene
Far be it from me to join the Catholic prudes who are being negative about the Vatican nativity scene. People are grumbling about the naked man who is being clothed as an... -
Welcoming Stranger Things Without Baptising Them Too
In the past year, many writers in the Catholic blogosphere have commented on the theological richness of Stranger Things. One writer recently went so far as to claim tha... -
The Return to Ancient Traditions After the Death of God
The “traditionalists” among conservative Christians are surprised when we show them how relatively modern and extremely limited is the form of Christianity that they ... -
In Good Hands: Caryll Houselander and the Single Vocation
Caryll Houselander (1901‒1954) was a British Catholic writer and artist who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. She was also a mystic. As a single wom...
