Lent: Why I won’t be giving up this year
Resilience is needed to enter into Lent, to dive in deeper than the immediate, chocolatey surface and live the 40 days of commitment, writes Alice Priest.
A few good films for the mind and spirit
Some of our regular writers and readers have nominated a film they particularly enjoyed and would recommend to others.
Hildegard: a woman for women and men of our times
Hildegard of Bingen challenges us to know our task and live it out truthfully in accord with justice, rather than being swayed by popular trends or blind adherence to institutions,...
A personal story from abuse to self love
When I look back to the person I was, she is a stranger to me. She was broken in so many ways; physically, financially, emotionally and spiritually, writes Leeza Baric.
Catholic and Aboriginal ‘listening revolutions’
In times of flux, which can be soil for new growth, Benedict reminds us that the first step is to listen, writes Evan Ellis.
A new daybreak in mission
In the evening of John XXIII’s life he bequeathed to us a new dawn: a Church of hope and renewal, a youthful Church about to embark creatively on a new...
A disquieting dualism
We should not leave the affairs of the Church to the clergy, nor the affairs of the world to the laity. We need to work together for the common good,...
Vatican II: a view from the outside
The desire for unity expressed in Vatican II and strongly present in contemporary religious communities reflects a more widespread awakening within the global human community, writes Garth Read.
A letter to mother Church from a Gen X-er
Sydney-based religious educator Alice Priest writes a letter to her Church to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
To live is to change: Vatican II and the pilgrim Church
Vatican II was not just a ground-breaking achievement, but an ongoing summons to mission at the heart of the world in which we live, writes Good Samaritan Sister Sonia Wagner.
Realising the vision: 150 years of liturgical renewal
Good Samaritan Sister, Margaret Smith, participated in a month-long liturgical study tour to Europe last November. A constant message throughout the tour was “we can’t go back”.
Surrender is not weakness, nor resignation
The notion of surrender has little appeal to a post-modern sensibility, perhaps suggesting capitulation and weakness. Yet the word held real strength and potency, writes Good Samaritan Sister Patty Fawkner.