10 Last Minute Tips for a Great Lent
With Lent about to begin, some of us will have thought and prayed about our Lenten resolutions for weeks, and are well prepared to commence this holy season. Others of us will be hurriedly making our...
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Finding Hope in Stories of Martyrdom
Plures efficimur, quoties metumur a vobis; semen est sanguis christianorum Tertullian wrote these words over 1800 years ago, in or around the year 192 AD. Often translated as the blood of the martyrs...
View ArticleFive of the Best Stations of the Cross Meditations
With Good Friday upon us, it is the perfect time to be meditating upon the Stations of the Cross. There are many wonderful meditations available. Here are five suggestions: Way of the Cross at the...
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Five Things Wrong with the Media Attention on Cardinal Pell
There is one image which has seemed to “greet” me each morning as I have skimmed through my news headlines over the past few weeks. Facebook, Twitter and news alert services were buzzing with stories...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from Ramadan
Last week, the Islamic season of Ramadan concluded. I am consciously aware of the Islamic festivals because I live in the Australian suburb with, according to the 2011 Census, the highest proportion of...
View ArticleThe Homeless Man and the Encyclical
Have you ever had one of those days that you know you will remember forever? I had one just recently. Two Men on a Train I got on to the train late on Friday evening a few weeks ago, the day after...
View ArticleMaintaining Friendships With Children: A Single Woman’s Perspective
Last month, Dominic Meese posted an article on here about maintaining friendships after you have children. A couple of days before that article was posted, I was catching up with my best friend and we...
View ArticlePriesthood and Ordination
Last weekend, the Archdiocese of Sydney was blessed with two new priests – Fathers Thomas Stevens and Lewi Barakat. Ordinations are always an emotional occasion, but this particular Ordination Mass had...
View ArticleSpotlight: A Film Review
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around in the dark. Suddenly a light gets turned on, and there’s a fair share of blame to go around. Marty Baron (Liev...
View ArticleGradual Blindness
Unless they’ve been in a car with me, most people don’t know that I am vision impaired. I wasn’t born with bad eyesight. My vision has deteriorated over time due to a condition called keratoconus,...
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