Tag: Catholicism

On 1 February, 70 passionate participants of Alpha from across the Sydney Archdiocese, gathered for a dedicated coaching day, looking for guidance and training to become Alpha leaders of their parishes.

In the life of the church, dismantling perennial teaching on sexuality or messing with the Mass is like drilling for oil through the centre of Uluru or cutting down the last Wollemi pine tree. Conservatives are more like conservationists, writes Dr Philippa Martyr.

From Eastern Orthodoxy to Pentecostalism to Catholicism, Alex Limneos has found his spiritual home and is now helping the next generation of young Catholics find theirs.

The Alpha program gave Chris, a cradle Catholic whose faith had lapsed, the foundation to rediscover and finally embrace his roots. Now he serves on his parish's Alpha team

A world apart, Maria Monro and Jean D’Souza have celebrated 60 years of friendship since becoming pen pals through The Catholic Weekly.

All Saints parish in Liverpool has launched its first album, All Saints Youth, a set of traditional and new Catholic songs.

The Archbishop of Sydney has opened the doors of Cathedral House to invite past and present members of the Catholic Development Fund

Dear Fr John Flader, A Brazilian friend recently told me he prays a devotion to Our Lady of Tears every day. What is the devotion's origin?

The resounding success of the Jubilate Deo program has taken staff, parents and students by surprise

With Advent just weeks away, Catholic families are ditching Santa, Rudolph and candy canes for the Holy Family

Although we might think it a novel concept in the pontificate of Pope Francis, the noun σύνοδος (synod) has a long history in Catholic thought and practice,[1] especially in Eastern Christianity.

About 20 years ago when I was living in the UK, I remember browsing a hardcover annual Catholic directory published by the Catholic bishops’...