The gift of spiritual companions
God sends spiritual guides into our lives, reflects Patty Fawkner, who are messengers and mediums...
A community in crisis
“Though hard to recognise, God is there,” writes Sister Patty Fawkner in response to the...
Vague wanting
The first of three editor’s picks for the February edition of The Good Oil, Patty’s...
Preparing the way for the writer's voice to be heard
The legendary William Shawn, who edited “The New Yorker” for 35 years, said “the work...
Honouring the stranger-guest-host relationship
Something insidious is happening throughout our world that is threatening the intrinsic human nexus between...
How power has hijacked the parable of the Good Samaritan
We can easily highjack the parable of the Good Samaritan, says Sister Patty Fawkner, if...
Silence is golden - and it also kills
Will we be loyal to the silence or will we interrupt the silence that has...
How to cope with constancy and intensity of bad news?
For Sister Patty Fawkner, two strategies or ways of thinking may help: to accept life’s...
The double-edged sword of loneliness
There is much we can do within our own neighbourhoods and our own hearts to...
In gratitude for "bountiful gifts and graces"
“There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven – a...
Calls for change within the Church will be its salvation
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “The Post” have something important to say about ‘the...
Of Maya and Mary
When we see the images of Mary and her child this Christmas, may we pause...