The education of being out in the field with the Salesian family
"Before my year of service in Ethiopia, I had not known of the Salesian family, its two ...
View Article'Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not ...'
Luke 21:29-33 Jesus told his disciples a parable. “Consider the fig tree and all the other ...
View ArticleEssential that cultural warriors be driven by love not anger
"'A prophet makes a vow of love, not of alienation.' Daniel Berrigan wrote those words and they ...
View ArticleSacred music, with a touch of jazz, for Advent
Composer JJ Wright leads a jazz piano trio, the Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble, and Notre ...
View ArticleMissionary of Mercy exhausted but enriched by mission
Travelling Missionary of Mercy Fr Richard Shortall SJ has finished an exhausting mission to lift ...
View ArticleSaint for our time: Dorothy Day's everyday radicalism
As the United States enters a period of unprecedented uncertainty, the canonisation of a radical ...
View ArticleThe Habsburg horde descends on Rome, all 300 of them
After months of preparation, Habsburgs from all over the world descended on Rome last weekend for ...
View ArticleGrass-roots Catholic Worker memoirs to inspire us
"Brendan Walsh and Scott Schaeffer-Duffy both founded and run Catholic Worker houses of ...
View ArticleMonte headmistress had baptism of fire in 1970s
Sr Maureen McGuirk, an outspoken and much-loved headmistress of Sydney's Monte Sant' Angelo ...
View ArticleGlobetrotting chaplain has earned his stripes
Navan curate Fr Robert McCabe developed a sense of vocation during his secondary school ...
View ArticleSpiritual Scottish hub for far-flung parishes
When Brian McGee moved to the western Scottish port of Oban this year to become the ninth Bishop ...
View Article'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand...'
Matthew 3:1-12 John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, ...
View ArticleBeing called to prepare a place for the Lord in our hearts
"In Advent we step out into the unknown in a new way. We are being called to prepare a place for ...
View ArticleGoggles bring glory of ancient Rome to life
Virtual reality goggles now allow the public to see the ancient Roman monument Ara Pacis as it ...
View ArticleBus fire 'hero' prefers seeing kids baptised to receiving award
Brisbane taxi driver Aguek Nyok is uncomfortable with being publicly feted as a “hero” and ...
View ArticleEnigmatic Frenchman felt closest to Christ in Algerian desert
He died alone in Algeria 100 years ago, but as an evangelist, Blessed Charles de Foucauld set a ...
View ArticleMedieval Church used secret astronomical designs to save souls
Few would realise that the Church supported astronomy for more than six centuries, from medieval ...
View ArticleThis overview of the 'Thomas revival' is first class
"If one is looking for one book to provide a good overview of contemporary thought on the Summae ...
View ArticleBrisbane priest resembled an Australian St Francis Xavier
Brisbane parish priest Fr Peter Quin SJ has been remembered as Australia’s closest version of ...
View ArticleAn offer he can't refuse: $5 solar lamps to help kids in Uganda
It was a sales pitch Fr Patrick Sheedy had never heard before: A $5 solar lamp that could help ...
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