Have you ever uttered these words, or heard them on the lips of another parishioner as you arrived for Sunday Mass to find young parents with white-clad infant in arms, obviously ready to celebrate the sacrament of baptism?
Australian Catholics are being asked to reflect on Pope Francis’ teaching on marriage and the family as they participate in the postal survey on whether same sex couples should be allowed to marry.
About 200 youth from the Adelaide Archdiocese will make the journey to Sydney in December to celebrate their faith with like-minded Catholic young people.
Kildare College was named ‘overall winner’ at a recent heat of the Science and Engineering Challenge event, a nationwide STEM outreach program, presented by the University of Newcastle and held at Flinders University.
Vincent Patrick Kean – Born: July 1 1933 | Died: August 26 2017
A former publican who develops apps in his spare time is the newest member of the St Laurence’s Dominican community at North Adelaide. Ordained in July last year in Sydney, Father Matthew Boland OP spoke to Jenny Brinkworth about his vocation and his first assignment as chaplain of Blackfriars Priory School – the only school in Australia run by the Dominican friars.
Going to school in the remote and war-ravaged Nuba Mountains of Sudan has its challenges, including having to hide in foxholes when Antonov bombers are in the vicinity.
Writing in Eureka Street, a publication of the Australian Jesuits, Dr Rachel Woodlock argues governments should not be in the business of issuing marriage certificates, rather it should determine who has the legal right to enter into secular, contractual arrangements protecting assets and guardianship matters.