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.
Schools
Trish Jarvis, executive officer of Catholic School Parents SA, gives some practical tips to parents and carers on how to help their children settle in to a new school year.<br />
Opinion
As Christmas approaches, the familiar story of Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlehem takes on new meaning for those of us reflecting on how we live today. The innkeeper’s lack of space has long symbolised the world’s rejection of Christ, yet this Christmas season invites us to consider a more hopeful question: Do we have room in the inn of our hearts?
Christmas is one of the most beautiful seasons in the Catholic Church, a time filled with light, hope and joy.
A prayer for reunion and renewal.
It’s been a big year for the Catholic Church. First we had the admission to hospital of Pope Francis on Valentine’s Day and daily reports on social media of his condition until he was discharged after 38 days.
At a few minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve, the world feels briefly suspended. The shops have closed, the traffic has thinned, and even the tetchy restlessness of city life in late December seems to fall away.
In the ordinary rhythm of daily life, cleaning is one of the most basic and necessary acts. We clean our homes, our tools, our bodies and the spaces where we live and work.
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