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.
Opinion
Since transferring from the Pastoral Services Team to the Safeguarding Operations office for a brief sojourn, many of my friends and work colleagues have commented that this is a big change.
Editorial
After more than 180 editorials over the past 17 years, this will be my last.
Opinion
An estimated 4000 people attended the annual Walk for Life in the gardens adjacent to Adelaide Oval on Saturday February 7.
We’ve just said farewell to the Year of Jubilee 2025 and we have begun 2026, mostly untouched and unwritten. There is something sacred about this moment, not unlike the afterglow that lingers when the sun has set, that peculiar light that remains even after its source has disappeared below the horizon.
How many phone numbers do you know? Except for a few long defunct landline numbers from my childhood, I know my mobile number. That’s it.
During a recent visit to Loxton, my friend Alison was clearing out her house in readiness for sale. It was the house that I once shared with her and the young man who was to become her husband when we were in our early 20s. At the time I was working as a cadet journalist at The Loxton News.
In our increasingly digital world, the way we connect, learn and interact has been transformed – but so have the risks.
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