Prayer Articles

When Pope Francis prays this May that deacons may be an invigorating symbol for the Church, he may be focusing on what in a healthy...

NAIDOC Week emerged from the recognition by Indigenous Australians that they were neglected and not listened to, and from their determination to change things. It...

All Souls Day (2 November) is almost by definition an otherworldly day. It embraces all the people who have ever lived and died on our...

The International Day of Happiness is a quirky celebration.  Most international days celebrate groups of people – women, children, journalists, refugees etc. Or they point...

Each Christmas morning I celebrate Mass at Melbourne’s Ozanam House with homeless men, and later with people imprisoned at the Immigration Detention Centre. Each mass...

Many children associate Christmas with journeys made and odd places visited. Plane and train trips to visit separated parents, car trips to visit rarely seen...

Everyone wants peace. But equally most people find conflict more interesting than peace. Compare the number and the relative success of television series that trade...

In democratic theory, elections are times when citizens take personal responsibility for the directions that their nation will take. Voting is almost a sacred act...

There is so much to like about Pope Francis’ journey to Lesbos. There is also so much for us as Australians to be humbled by.  He undertook...

In the former Jesuit residence of the El Salvador Jesuit University there is a rose garden with eight bushes. They flower for Elba and Celia...