Archbishop Fisher: Ministry of the Word a ministry of the mouth
The first thing we do as we enter the world, we do through our mouths: we scream our lungs out. The next thing we do is breathe through them. Soon after […]
50 years young: the grace and peace of Mt Schoenstatt
When she was younger, Sr Renée Buchmann dreamed of becoming a missionary in Africa. Instead the Schoenstatt sister was sent as a missionary to Australia. She arrived on 22 May 1968, […]
Third century saint invoked as tunnelling begins for Sydney Metro Railway
St Barbara – patron saint of miners and tunnellers – was invoked in the blessing of a massive roadheader machine which will be used to dig tunnels for the Sydney Metro […]
Simcha Fisher: The good and the bad of enduring sticky-sweet novenas
This year, in a fit of spiritual panic, I announced to my family that we’d be praying the Divine Mercy novena. It started on Good Friday and culminated on Easter Saturday, […]
Finally, Australia’s Coptic Catholics to have a church of their own
As Deacon Antoun Salama stands among the ladders and paint tins in the stark interior of the almost-completed church, he describes how a beautiful iconostasis from Egypt will adorn the altar. […]
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St Ursula’s smashes the average
The students at St Ursula’s College at Kingsgrove take their motto – I Will Serve – very seriously. So much so they are one of...
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Walking in the footsteps of Christ
For many school teachers the holidays are a chance to unwind and relax but for Charbel Doumit it is a time to embark on a trip that ...
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Archbishop Anthony Fisher’s Easter video message for 2018
In his Easter message for 2018, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP invites us to look at the Easter story anew, through the eyes of a chil...
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Parousia Media founder: “I returned to the faith after Jesus questioned me”
It was the experience of becoming a Muslim for 24 hours that set Charbel Raish—founder of Parousia Media—on a journey to deepen ...
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French policeman who laid down his life was a ‘man of faith’
The French policeman who died after offering himself in place of a hostage during a deadly terrorist attack was a practising Cathol...
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Yet another Dominican writes ‘very well’ on God
In age where religion is often equated with superstition and Christianity is seen as an obstacle to human rationalistic progress, it...
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Making a splash at the Commonwealth Games
Amputee Tim Hodge could never have imaged that taking up swimming as part of his rehab would lead to him becoming a dual Commonwealt...
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First Eileen O’Connor, next Archbishop Polding?
Pilgrims devoted to keeping alive the legacy of Australia’s first Catholic bishop and then Archbishop of Sydney took to the street...
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Thousands expected at Penrose Park Passion Play this Good Friday
They say it’s like being on the Via Dolorosa in the first century. Up to 10,000 people are expected to attend the Good Friday ...
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How to ‘unplan’ this school holiday
Christmas seems a lifetime ago and parents and kids are chomping at the bit in anticipation of the first holiday of the school year...
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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...
