Pro-life. Speak those two hyphenated words and a millennia of placard-wielding, fired-up activists are invoked. Emily’s Voice is unashamedly pro-life but also pro-woman. Motivated by love for women and their unborn children, the Toowoomba-born charity uses clever, compelling, hopeful and truthful media campaigns to influence culture about the life issue. CEO Paul O’Rourke explains that […]
I was received into the Church as an adult, and back when I first contemplated becoming Catholic, I was super pumped to finally experience the fullness of the True Presence with a good, old-school reverent Mass with plainchant and incense and 200 year old neo-gothic churches. After all, the Catholics have literally all the artistic […]
Barrie Unsworth, former Premier of New South Wales, with his wife Pauline launched a history book of the community of St Joseph’s, Rockdale, at its 125th anniversary celebration. The couple belong to the parish community, and the anniversary marked a milestone in the history of the Catholic Church and the Sydney Archdiocese. The Papal Nuncio […]
A spirit of gratitude filled the community of St Anthony’s in Marsfield when it celebrated its 75th anniversary recently. More than 500 people gathered for the thanksgiving Mass and barbeque, and to reflect on “all the blessings received in the last 75 years”, said parish priest Fr Greg Cooney. Many of those blessings relate to […]
Camelot is a story about goodness, virtue, chivalry, and the glory of Christendom which laid the foundations of Western Society. Camelot is also a story about a good king who transforms the pagan culture he enters, with a new law, a new standard and a Christian ethic. Arthur is an imperfect King, as flawed as […]
Rupe Hudson, a revolutionary in Catholic charity and social justice, died suddenly at home, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches on 18 July 2017. He was 88. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, their children: Ron, Kevin, Elaine, Bernie, Keith, John and Chris, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Rupert “Rupe” Osman Hudson OAM was born on […]
Picture if you will, a university course that offers the opportunity to study the politics of the Borgia family in Rome, or the musings of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio in Florence and the lives of the renaissance artists who left traces of their genius across Italy. Such a course is in itself an insight into the […]
Are you someone who feared learning mathematics, or are your school experiences of maths looked back upon fondly? Mathematics is often a very divisive subject where people are firmly based in the “I love” or “I hate” category. However, in schools across Australia and the world beyond the “I hate” category is starting to grow, […]
His face turned pale, then red. Then he grabbed a glass of water. At a recent event in Australia where this Iranian official was claiming his country wanted “mutual cooperation” with others, he found himself facing the one question he did not want to answer. “If Iran wants mutual cooperation, will it adopt a confidence […]
For 200 years, Catholic schools have been part of the fabric of Australian society. The commitment of the Catholic Church and the selfless work of generations of religious leaders, parents, teachers and principals has created a high-quality, non-government school choice that is accessible to nearly every Australian family. This is a major societal achievement and […]
A remarkable journey will reach a new stage on 15 July when Br Robert Krishna OP will be ordained a priest by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at St Benedict’s, Broadway. Br Robert’s journey began in Bangalore, India. Originally a Hindu, he became an atheist at the age of 10, and in his late teens considered […]
It was almost a convoy that travelled from Sydney to Melbourne on 9 June to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Neocatechumenal Way in Australia. For the occasion, Archbishop Denis Hart welcomed Neocatechumenal communities and representatives from around the country in St Patrick’s Cathedral. The Neocatechumenal Way is one of the numerous new ways […]
