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Why you should go on a pilgrimage — more than once
SO many significant moments in my spiritual life are tied to sights, smells, sounds and emotions felt on a pilgrimage....
Eleven saint quotes on the Eucharist for Corpus Christi Sunday
By Catholic News Agency CORPUS Christi Sunday, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of...
The presence that disturbs – a presence that permeates into every area of my life
By Terry Lees THERE was a man who reached a stage of his life when he felt self-sufficient and capable....
Q&A – Did good souls like St Joseph and Moses wait for Christ’s Ascension to go to Heaven?
By Fr John Flader Question - I remember someone saying that the souls of the good people who died before...
Catholics urged to pray rosary today for peace in Ukraine with Pope Francis
STREET battles erupted again in the heavily contested city of Sievierodonetsk on day 97 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine....
Holiness is possible and the Church provides tools to attain it, cardinal says
HOLINESS is possible, and the Catholic Church provides the tools for attaining it. That was the theme of an address...
Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha was united with the suffering of Christ from an early age. She was born to a Mohawk...
The tangible faith at the Three Saints celebration in Stanthorpe
WHEN the faithful of Stanthorpe parish, in Toowoomba diocese, gathered to honour God through their expression of devotion to the...
Father Stu’s incredible life continues to inspire
MARK Wahlberg, the Catholic star of the new movie Father Stu, has been hitting the interview trail to support the...
Q&A – What is the Confession in St Peter’s Basilica?
Question – Friends who recently returned from Rome told me about seeing the Confession in St Peter’s Basilica. I have...
Q&A – Are the bones of St Peter really beneath the Vatican Basilica?
Question – Over the years several people have told me they visited St Peter’s tomb beneath the Vatican Basilica. I...
ACU public lecture using social science to explore the faithful’s role in liturgy
LITURGICAL studies expert and Parramatta diocese vicar general Fr Peter Williams is leading a public lecture exploring ars celebrandi, a...
Q&A – Did dead people really rise from their graves when Christ died?
By Fr John Flader Question – When Christ died on the cross, St Matthew says that tombs were opened and...
Faithful Mary’s testament to Christ’s resurrection
By Lindsey Weishar During Lent, I found myself time and again alongside Mary Magdalene. She may be one of the...
The truth of Easter shines brightly and brings abundant healing
By Bishop Tim Harris AT the writing of this short reflection, the war in Ukraine continues to produce horrific scenes...
Let us move forward in faith as disciples of the risen Lord
By Bishop Michael McCarthy THE year has been off to a turbulent beginning - with the COVID wave, unrest in...
Easter speaks of a love which is stronger than death
By Archbishop Mark Coleridge IN considering Easter, we need to be clear about two things: first, that Easter isn’t “once...
The light of the Risen Christ brings hope to the world
By Bishop Robert McGuckin DID you find Lent a challenging time? I think we can all say that so far...
The good news that Jesus practised and preached is always powerful
By Bishop Tim Norton AUSTRALIAN philosopher and writer Michael Leunig published a pre-Easter cartoon some years ago with one smiling...
Q&A – Is the Chair of St Peter a real chair that St Peter sat on?
By Fr John Flader Question – Some friends are going to Rome for Holy Week and they were talking about...
Do you seriously think God can’t use you?
By Terry Lees DID you know that the oldest Nobel Laureate Prize winner was Leonid Hurwicz at the age of...
Lent is a time to be led by the Spirit to love’s transformation, Archbishop Coleridge writes
“Grace be with you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an incorruptible love” (Eph 6:24) By Archbishop Mark Coleridge...
The joy of hobbits is found in the story of Christ
AFTER what must be a hundred screenings of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a couple false...
This Lent, let us show unity with Ukraine through prayer, fasting for peace
AS Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, faith leaders across the world are calling for all of us to intensify...
Where do we go when things get difficult?
By Shane Dwyer WE are all aware that things have been difficult in 2022. Weather events and international tensions have...
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