Tag: Highlights
Pandoro—the star over Bethlehem that’s good enough to eat
Pandoro is an Italian Christmas sweet bread and is shaped with eight-points to represent the Bethlehem star. This golden, star-shaped bread was created in Verona in the 18th century and no Italian household would celebrate Christmas without either Pandoro or Panettone, with the children preferring Pandoro.
Archbishop Sheen’s beatification ‘inevitable’ amid growing devotion, says foundation head
the beatification of Venerable Fulton J Sheen—the popular, scholarly archbishop and 20th-century pioneer of Catholic broadcasting—is "inevitable," said the head of the Archbishop Fulton John Sheen Foundation, which supports his cause.
In the footsteps of St Mary MacKillop…hiking the Aussie Camino
As assignments started rolling in, punctuating the first semester of my master's degree, I found myself signing up for a 10-day Aussie Camino with a group of total strangers.
Holy Innocents’ Croydon turns 100
Holy Innocents’ parish celebrates 100 years, uniting generations in faith, gratitude, and community.
The dos and don’ts of relationships
Faith-filled relationships thrive on God’s guidance, friendship as a foundation, and personal growth, Milad shared at Bondi’s final Fidelis talk for the year.
SCS Sports: The Sky’s the limit
Sydney Catholic Schools is excited to announce a new partnership between one of its oldest Colleges and football powerhouse Sydney FC.
Low-gluten hosts: A doctor with coeliac disease responds
As a Catholic doctor with coeliac disease and student of the liberal arts, there are few things closer to my heart than safe communion for those with coeliac disease. I read The Catholic Weekly's "God-gluten dilemma" with joy and wanted to add a few reflections from a medical perspective, writes Dr Paul Hanna.
Under the collar: In the footsteps of the carpenter
Father Daniele Russo is the Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Sydney, making him a genuine "fisher of men." He is also a quite accomplished carpenter.
“The Chosen” Season 5 coming Lent 2025
Beginning 27 March, the fifth season of the hit series "The Chosen," which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theatres in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is 20 April.
Q&A with Fr Flader: Parish pastoral councils
Could you please explain what is the intended purpose of a parish pastoral council? How is it meant to be elected and governed and to function? Are there criteria of eligibility for membership?
Monica Doumit: Trans train terminates here
If President-elect Trump keeps at least half his promises to end the gender insanity in the US, the result will be felt around the world. And it can’t come quick enough, writes Monica Doumit.
Red Wednesday highlights suffering Christians in the Holy Land
Christians in the Holy Land were Australia’s focus of the annual Red Wednesday commemoration on 20 November, held by Aid to the Church in Need to highlight global religious persecution.