Sixty years ago The Southern Cross invited South Australian Catholics to ‘share their Lent’ with the Indigenous community of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.
If Lent has become routine or hollow for you, consider these ten forms of penance from the tradition and what they might look like for you today.
The school year has begun and with it new ideas and opportunities as well as the natural excitement for any teacher keen to explore new thinking and projects.
There is something refreshing that happens when a new year begins. It presents the opportunity to participate more deeply in God’s mercy as we set the counters back to zero and begin again. We can rule the line under the previous year and deepen our hope that the new year will be better, or at least different. We may express this hope in making new year resolutions; we may express this in just wanting this year to be better than last year.
As a child I was under the impression that Lent was primarily a season of mourning.
As we enjoy the usual summer smorgasbord of sport it might seem frivolous of us Aussies to be so obsessed with our sporting heroes when there is such terrible suffering in other parts of the world.
As students across the state begin the 2024 school year, Catholic Education South Australia executive director DR NEIL MCGORAN welcomes families and looks forward to the year ahead.
February 2024
Christmas is one of the few times when extended families come together to celebrate their faith, often at the local parish primary school or secondary college where it’s a chance to catch up with friends as well reflect on the real meaning of Christmas.
Where is God? Who is God? These are questions that the heart of every human being asks at some stage of their life. We answer them in various ways.
While the secular Christmas season began in early November, the liturgical Christmas season doesn’t begin until the evening on December 24. One way you can extend the liturgical Christmas season into your domestic life is with the blessing of your home.
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