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What does the word, ‘mercy’ mean to each of us? Is it just another word, or is it a meaningful and very significant word? It means a great deal to Mother Church, because the very first Sunday after the joy and hope generated in our hearts by Jesus being raised from the dead by the Father in […]

Happy Easter, everyone. At church we hear the tw words, ‘Paschal Mystery’ but do not know what they mean, nor do we ask to discover their incredible treasure. It was created by St. Augustine of the 4th century. It was his summary way to describe the passion, death, deadness and resurrection of Jesus that we celebrate each

Dear Everyone How do we feel about Easter? I suspect this depends upon how we feel about Jesus. If we have a personal relationship with him then Easter can filled for us with many graces and blessings and even greater closeness to him. The Kerygma is incredibly relevant in Holy Week. This will be in

By Fr Frank Brennan SJ, 1 March 2024 It is four months since the referendum. The result was a disaster for the country and a tragedy for First Australians. There has been little appetite for public discussion about lessons to be learned from this abject failure. Some of the key proponents saw nothing wrong with

Melbourne Catholic 29 February 2024 The leap year is a well-known quirk in the Gregorian calendar by which much of the world organises itself, but the part played by the Church’s Easter celebrations in the development of the leap year is less known. Source:. Darius von Güttner is dean of Australian Catholic University’s Canberra campus

By Christopher Wells, 28 February 2024 In an address to deacons preparing for the priesthood in the diocese of Rome, Pope Francis highlights faithful cooperation, service to the People of God, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit as key aspects of priestly ministry. In an address prepared for deacons preparing for priestly ordination, Pope

By Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ, 24 January 2024 24 January was the Memorial of St Francis de Sales One of the striking features of European Saints who founded religious Congregations after the Reformation is how many of them include de, da, Von or Van in their name. The de or von precedes the town or

Is this new or are we just more aware of it? Hatred and contempt are everywhere. They are in our government houses, in our communities, in our churches, and our families. We are struggling, mostly without success, to be civil with each other, let alone to respect each other. Why? Why is this happening and

Rome, Saint John Lateran, 3 December 2023, First Sunday of Advent. FRANCIS [1] Cf. CH. PÉGUY, The Portico of the Mystery of the Second Virtue. Dear brothers and sisters! When our God reveals himself, his message is always one of freedom: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of