Tag: Highlights

Three years ago, good friends of mine who lived in Canberra announced they were expecting their second child. It was an exciting time for them and for everyone who knew them. About 16 weeks into the pregnancy, I received a message from the dad, asking for urgent prayers. My friends had received some difficult news about the baby and were waiting for more information.

They set off as strangers but arrived as brothers. More than 450 men hit the streets of Sydney for the Camino of St Joseph 2023 last weekend, an overnight pilgrimage in honour of the patron saint of fathers.

Growing up is a necessary part of life, and spiritual life is no different. Give practices you once hated another look

Cambridge historian Richard Rex has provocatively proposed that Catholicism today is embroiled in the third great crisis of its bimillennial history. The first crisis was the fierce, Church-dividing debate over “What is God?” That question was definitively answered by the First Council of Nicaea I (325 A.D.) and the Council of Chalcedon (451).

In the Maronite Liturgical Calendar, the fourth Sunday and week of the season of the Glorious Resurrection is being celebrated. The encounter that is portrayed happens after Jesus appears to Thomas who doubted He had risen.

World-renowned evangelist Sherry Weddell will appear at two exclusive events dedicated to helping people explore the power of the Holy Spirit working in our lives and renewing the church for mission

Offering gifts to Jesus is not like depositing cash in the bank. It's more like planting a seed which grows and flourishes

With the passing of Fr Bob Maguire into eternal life, the church in Australia has lost its “patron saint of the unloved and unlovely.” Fr Bob was one of a few Catholic priests with instant name recognition, even among non-Catholics. The other was Cardinal George Pell. Now both have gone in one year.

The first mention of Pentecost as a Christian feast was made in the 3rd Century by the theologians Origen and Tertullian. Fr John Flader explains how Pentecost developed from its origins in the Jewish Festival of Weeks

A reader wrote to ask Dr Philippa Martyr why she always encourages people to go to confession. As a lifelong "fan" of this sacrament, here's eight reasons to go more often

It seems that every few weeks, another inquiry related to religious freedom is announced. Maybe I am exaggerating, but there has been at least one federal inquiry a year over the past eight years, and sometimes more than that.

Australians are yearning for a deeper relationship with Indigenous people. Let's start by listening and showing reverence for the Spirit of Place