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 of a good editor, like the work of a good teacher, does not reveal itself...
Honouring the stranger-guest-host relationship
Something insidious is happening throughout our world that is threatening the intrinsic human nexus between stranger, guest and host, writes Sister Patty Fawkner.
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 we don’t see it within the context of the overarching message of the Bible.
Silence is golden - and it also kills
Will we be loyal to the silence or will we interrupt the silence that has left many Catholics feeling disenfranchised within their own Church, asks Sister Patty Fawkner.
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 “givens”; and to “celebrate what’s right with the world”.
The double-edged sword of loneliness
There is much we can do within our own neighbourhoods and our own hearts to use the gift of loneliness to address the pain of loneliness, writes Sister Patty Fawkner.
In gratitude for "bountiful gifts and graces"
“There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven – a time to build and expand, and now a time to hand over and take our...
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 what’ and ‘the how’ of the Church’s mission, says Sister Patty Fawkner.
Of Maya and Mary
When we see the images of Mary and her child this Christmas, may we pause and think of Maya and the countless victims of sexual exploitation, writes Sister Patty Fawkner.
The mystery of death and life
We need more help in assisted living, rather than assisted dying, writes Sister Patty Fawkner.
Lessons from my father
It will be how I fulfil my role, and the relationships I nourish with my Sisters and those beyond the congregation, rather than ‘the what’ of my role, that matters...