WOMEN who promote unhealthy forms of feminism are further damaging women’s rights, Verbum Dei Missionary Sister Frances Drum said. “Unfortunately, some of the modern understandings and applications of feminism disturb me,” Sr Drum said. “I see that they are far from what Christ wants for His beloved women, or men for that matter. “Christ seeks for us women to ... Read More »
OF the ways in which Jesus defined his mission, the one that sums them all up is: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (Jn 10:10). Read in the light of his post-resurrection commissioning of his disciples – “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21) –these words also define the mission ... Read More »
AS Australia moves on from the hype of another royal visit – that of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – a Queensland couple can share a laugh about the day their family pet stopped the prince’s dad in his tracks. Bill and Marge Hilleard, who for many years raised their family of five opposite the entrance to one of Brisbane’s ... Read More »
RYAN Messmore is about to find out what happens when you broadcast your love life to the world. The Catholic theologian and popular speaker living in Brisbane has written a book about his four-year courtship and marriage with his wife Karin Messmore. Dr Messmore, who was born to a devout Methodist family in Maryland, United States, as one of triplets ... Read More »
DO teenagers at Schoolies know what love means? Eight young Australians associated with Sydney-based ministry, The Culture Project, are about the find out when they join the mass crowds at Surfers Paradise this week. Headed by former Gold Coast man Christopher Da Silva, The Culture Project team will be asking teens questions about love, sex and relationships while Schoolies party ... Read More »
THE Toowoomba-based president of the Australian Marriage Forum, Dr David van Gend, admits he stepped on a roller-coaster promoting his new book on the same-sex marriage debate. In the last few weeks, a commercial printer refused to print his book, and when an alternative printer was found, his book launch tour to all state capitals was ignored by mainstream media ... Read More »
FORMER London gangster John Pridmore had a reputation as a violent enforcer. One night, while working as a bouncer at a West End nightclub owned by the mob, he savagely beat a man. He did it to impress one of his gangland bosses. Wearing knuckledusters, John landed one last powerful punch and watched the man fall straight backwards and smash ... Read More »
WHEN my husband and I first started dating, we sat down and had a hard conversation, setting ground rules and getting on the same page for our expectations of the relationship. As much as the conversation made me sweat, it was one of the best things we ever did because it helped to set a foundation to build upon. The ... Read More »
OUR souls are skyward bound; we are all called to be saints, each and every one of us. Answering that call however, can be more than slightly challenging, especially for us teenagers in today’s secular society. Often I will find myself in complete and utter awe of the saints that have gone before us – to the point where I ... Read More »
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