Tag: Faith
‘Twice as multicultural’
The Catholic Church is twice as multicultural as Australia’s other Christian denominations, with 51 per cent of our parishes having multicultural congregations compared to...
Ignite: Leading Change in the Mission of Christ
While the Church is called to grow and make disciples, the normative culture of parishes and ministries of the Church can tend to value...
Patrick O’Shea: Constancy amid the chaos
By Patrick O’Shea
Worries can burden us and wear us down. The answer is to look at our lives with eyes of faith
Most people could...
The limits of loving an abstraction
“SOME people who have no faith are more Christian than Christians.” These were the interesting words of a colleague who has recently been pondering...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Faith persevered in time of crisis
By Ella Marie Kalache
Covid played havoc with everything, including our faith. But we were not overcome
Empty churches. Echoed sounds of silence. The lingering smell...
The Plenary Council motions: how did we get here?
The Plenary's Framework for Motions document lays out the future of the Australian Church. What's in it? And how did we get here?
Faith deep underground
By Dr Kathleen Turner
Social scientist Kathleen Turner discovered one of the most unique Christian churches in the world – almost two kilometres below ground...
To be Christian is to be different
One of the many positive fruits of the Royal Commission is an increased attentiveness to the poison of clericalism: the misuse of a service...
Archbishop Porteous sounds alarm on Plenary proposals
In wide-ranging critical feedback on the Plenary Council's draft proposals, the Archbishop of Hobart said the Church 'lacks confidence'
Archbishop Porteous: ‘I sense a Church that has lost confidence’
The Plenary Council organisers are currently considering feedback on "Towards the Second Assembly", the latest working document, which contains draft propositions to be voted...
Parenting’s pricelessness
Suppose you asked me to what “unpaid domestic work” referred. I would assume it meant some shady arrangement between backpackers and their dodgy employer underpaying them for time worked.
City Compass marks its 1st anniversary
A St Mary's Cathedral group is helping to nurture the faith of countless young Catholics through catechesis, Eucharistic adoration and fellowship.
