Prayer Articles

A flourishing society is one that recognises that water is a gift that belongs to everyone. In his prayer intention for September, Pope Leo asks...

The National Child Protection Week (6-12 September) culminates in the Catholic Church with Safeguarding Sunday on 13 September. Safeguarding Sunday (formerly Child Protection Sunday) is...

This year’s Season of Creation (1 Sept-4 Oct) theme, ‘Living Water’, explores Ezekiel 47:9 and 12 as a powerful biblical vision of hope and ecological...

Human beings need cooperative relationships with others to flourish. Special days are mostly high in aspiration. They are also days for reviewing where the world...

We are being called on to find new and better ways to build community. In asking for prayers this month for evangelisation in the city,...

Homelessness Week in early August invites us to reflect why having a home is such a basic human need. It is no accident that the...

A healthy society must ensure that all life is valued and protected. Pope Leo’s July prayer intention for respect for human life is echoed in...

The speech by St Pope John Paul II to Australian First Nations people 40 years ago appealed to a view of the world that is...

A habit of discernment – prayer and attention to God’s call – is important to cultivate. Patience is not a popular virtue. It encourages us...

The evils of hate speech and torture are that they deny a person’s humanity. In June, two sombre days remind us of the cruel things...

When we reduce people to statistics we stop hearing their voices. The theme of Refugee Week (14-20 June) this year is ‘A million stories’. It...

Played right, sport builds positive values such as solidarity and respect, and enables personal growth. At its best sport is play. When they play, children...