Tag: Vocation
New initiative helps teachers rediscover their vocation
A new initiative supported by The PARED Foundation and the University of Sydney's Sydney Character Initiative is helping teachers reconnect with the deeper purpose of their profession and view teaching as a vocation rather than simply a career.
Boosting your Catholic matchmaking game
Catholics just aren’t getting married like they used to. What can we do to help? asks Philippa Martyr.
Marriage is a ‘noble, exalted’ vocation, path to holiness, pope says
Sacramental marriage and traditional family life increase joy in the good times, give strength during hard times and are a path to true holiness, Pope Leo XIV said.
SmartLoving: The riskiest place for our marriage
A while ago a viral video clip came to our attention. In the video, a marriage counsellor is responding to the claim that 85% of affairs begin at work.
Stephen Noone makes first profession as a Capuchin Franciscan friar
Sydney Catholic Stephen Noone celebrated his birthday this year like no other—making his first profession of vows with the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor in a beautiful celebration at St Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in North Sydney.
Devotion to Mary has significant impact on discerning, sustaining vocations
Devotion to Mary is a significant factor in discerning and sustaining the call to priestly and religious life, according to a new study.
Pope Francis on the economy, capitalism and the noble vocation of...
Pope St John Paul II, Benedict XV and Pope Francis each addressed similar themes when it came to the role of business in society.
Every vocation, even the pope’s, springs from God’s love, pope says
God's love, mercy and goodness lie at the foundation of every vocation, including that of the pope, Pope Leo XIV said.
Priesthood is a gift meant to be given for others, pope...
A priestly vocation is not merely a path toward salvation for the one who is called but should be a continuous self-gift that aligns each priest's life with God's plans for them, Pope Francis said.
Sydney’s newest priests are on their “Way”
The Church in Sydney has been blessed with two new priests after Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP ordained Luis Alejandro Giraldo Alvarez and Nonie Tiburan at St Mary’s Cathedral on 30 November.
Under the Collar: Fr Chris Higgins
This week in Under the collar Father Chris Higgins, the administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross parish in Enmore talks about his journey to the priesthood.
It’s nice to be a parish “mystery shopper.” But it’s better...
A trip interstate to celebrate a friend’s anniversary of ordination gave Monica Doumit an insight into what parishioners really think of their parish priest.
