Prayer

Reflections from some of the nuns

September 5, 2015

The Cell Garden

We all have what is called a “cell”. The word comes from the Latin “caelum” meaning “heaven”. From this derivation also comes the word “celestial”, which in English seems to refer to...

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September 5, 2015

The Tabernacle

I recently read an instance from the life of Carlo Carretto. He was a member of the beautiful community of the “Little Brothers and Sisters of Jesus”. They were founded...

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September 1, 2015

Familiar Things

We celebrate the feasts of various Benedictine Saints throughout the year and they are always a source of great joy to me. I even like choir practice when we prepare for the liturgy of these great days!

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August 30, 2015

The Locked Room

If some of us have lived long enough, we can find that there is much in our lives to regret. Mistakes, sins, times when we have let the side down and the constant companion of our own weakness sometimes weigh heavily upon us.

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December 7, 2017

ACYF 2017 – Opening Plenary

In December 2017 the Australian Catholic Youth Festival was held at the Sydney Olympic Stadium. Some nineteen thousand young people from all over Australia and some from overseas gathered to celebrate their faith and the Love of God.

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March 20, 2018

The Eucharist

My friend John recently put a request to me. He is a principal in a Catholic Diocese of Australia and the Catholic Education office there encouraged all their staff to take a focus for the year, a theme of life I suppose.

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