GLADESVILLE, 9 MARCH 2025 Rob Parsons is an author, speaker and founder of Care for the Family, a UK-based charity that focuses on marriage, parenting and bereavement. His great contribution, however, might never have happened were it not for a remarkable encounter many years ago. One evening, he and his wife Dianne heard a knock […]
As the Archdiocese of Sydney joyfully prepares to welcome nearly 380 converts and catechumens into the faith on 9 March, at the Rite of Election, The Catholic Weekly celebrates by sharing just some of the stories emerging from our parishes. This week, we discover two profound connections formed within the communities of All Saints in […]
As the Archdiocese of Sydney joyfully prepares to welcome nearly 380 converts and catechumens into the faith on 9 March, at the Rite of Election, The Catholic Weekly celebrates by sharing just some of the stories emerging from our parishes. This week, we discover two profound connections formed within the communities of All Saints in […]
DOMUS AUSTRALIA, ROME, 5 MARCH 2025 Is the human attention span shrinking? The question is much discussed by psychologists, educators, tech gurus and social commentators.[i] Many students read only chapters or articles, not whole books. Newspapers prefer 400-word opinion pieces to the old 3,000-word essays. TV keeps news items short, with imagery changing every few […]
On 9 March, the Archdiocese of Sydney joyfully embraces a remarkable milestone, welcoming a record 380 converts and catechumens into the church at the Rite of Election. The RCIA program prepares new Catholics to be received sacramentally into the church and the Rite of Election marks a more intense preparation period, during which the “elect” […]
On 9 March, the Archdiocese of Sydney joyfully embraces a remarkable milestone, welcoming a record 380 converts and catechumens into the church at the Rite of Election. The RCIA program prepares new Catholics to be received sacramentally into the church and the Rite of Election marks a more intense preparation period, during which the “elect” […]
The very hungry caterpillar book cover. Photo: Supplied. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass for the Opening of the 2025 School Year for St Mary’s Cathedral College, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2025. Most of you will be familiar with that great classic of […]
ST MARGARET’S AND ALL SAINTS LONDON, 18 FEBRUARY 2025 (FEAST OF BLESSED FRA ANGELICO) In December of last year, NASA telescopes in Chile identified a 100m wide asteroid, with the catchy name ‘2024 YR4’, that will come rather close to the earth in 2032.[1] While it’s not big enough to cause a mass extinction event […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, 11 FEBRUARY 2025 Most of you will be familiar with that great classic of English literature, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Authored and illustrated by Eric Carle in 1969, it was on the bestsellers list for children’s picture books for around 19 years and has been […]
ST JEROME’S CHURCH, PUNCHBOWL, 10 FEBRUARY 2025 My beloved Dominican brother, Fr Dominic Murphy, once gave a series on the Theology of the Body in which he proposed that all men are genetically somewhat autistic and all women at least a little neurotic. Men can be so practically-focused that they fail to pick up cues […]
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