I was at a confirmation recently and someone asked “Why are people so angry these days?" It was the kind of question that stops you. Not because it is unanswerable, but because it is so honest and because the person asking it clearly already knew that something had shifted.
One Wednesday lunchtime a few weeks ago a 78-year-old man walked into reception at the Catholic Diocesan Centre on Wakefield Street.
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, each year, one of the interesting tasks that befalls to the organising committee of the Marian Procession is to find an image of the Blessed Virgin. Look at the image that our talented Chancery Office team have created for today, its world-wide debut.
Local
Qwayne Guevara, who will host a Synod formation session in Adelaide on the topic of Communion and Co-Responsibility in a Fragmented World on Wednesday 6 May, is quite brilliant on organisation.
News
This February and March saw St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral turn into a canopy of light and darkness as its walls and ceiling glittered daily as part of an inaugural Adelaide Fringe. Don’t just treat churches as museums says ARCHBISHOP PATRICK O'REGAN. They are so much more than that.
Editorial
For readers of a different demographic, Harry Styles is a 32-year-old English singer and a former member of the hugely successful boy band One Direction.
At the heart of Easter is a moment of recognition. Mary Magdalene stands weeping in a garden, certain she is alone with her grief, certain the story is over. A man speaks her name, just her name, and everything changes. She turns, and she sees.
If you are interested in becoming Catholic, I want to take the opportunity to outline the process and recommend some steps you can take. Let me first say that the Catholic Church welcomes you.
Each year, as the season of Lent begins, I find myself thinking of an old story told about the desert fathers, those hardy, sun-scorched pilgrims who fled the cities of the ancient world to find God in the silence of Egypt and Syria.
It can be said of human nature that we tend to hurt the ones we love. Also, it is easy to take for granted the very things we need the most, like air and water.
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