CHRISTIAN Brother Brian Grenier is rare as far as writers go. That’s because he was more interested in his readers’ answers than his own. Having just released his new book, Listen to Him!, Br Grenier was reminded of a theologian who said “it is the question rather than the answer that educates”. “And you could say that in the book ... Read More »
On a recent journey to Italy, photojournalist Alan Edgecomb visited the Baptistery of St John, Florence, or the Battistero di San Giovanni. He shares his thoughts on the remarkable historical splendour. I did not know anything about a Baptistery until I arrived in Florence and discovered the elaborate sacred space called – a baptistery. These were built near a cathedral ... Read More »
LAST Christmas was a first for me. At that time, I was living in Rome and studying at the Gregorian University, so, as that very special season approached, I found myself far from home. I faced a dilemma. It was technically possible for me to return home for Christmas, but the long distance, the high cost and the fact that ... Read More »
MOUNT Isa parish priest Fr Mick Lowcock is a Queensland Great. But most people already knew that. For some it was because of his ministry achievements like accompanying young people to World Youth Day, for others it was his social work supporting employment opportunities in Indigenous communities, and for everyone else it was just how far he travelled to bring ... Read More »
IT took me awhile to come to the realisation of how simple my life really is now, and to accept that the simple life I lead is just as it was when I was a child. For, as I did then, so it is now – I live in the now – the present is all there is. In being ... Read More »
By Jo Hayes It’s one of the most unacknowledged facts about the Catholic Church – we like to party. The chocolate eggs and hot cross buns are now a distant memory for many, yet, the church is still celebrating the great and glorious feast that is Easter. Five weeks after Resurrection Sunday, the celebration season continues, as we journey towards ... Read More »
IT is a short but steep climb from the Colosseum up the Oppian Hill to the small Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli. If one was lost, one would then walk past the plain façade of the Basilica of St Peter in Chains that is wedged between two buildings. But I was not lost. The Basilica was the last on ... Read More »
THERE’S something glaringly obvious about this time of isolation and closure. The day, or night for that matter, we find ourselves stepping over the threshold of our parish churches will be as glorious as the resurrection itself. While every Sunday Mass is the renewal of the Paschal Mystery, returning to our churches, in the full light of what we do ... Read More »
By Dave Jorna THROUGHOUT this time of uncertainty and craziness from COVID-19, I have been seeing so many people online coming up with new and creative ways to connect everybody virtually. Whether it be virtual workouts, dance lessons or online teaching, there are people working really hard to bring peopling together so we can stay socially connected even while we’re ... Read More »
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