Prayer Articles

Parliamentarism Day (30 June) is one of the newest United Nations Days, being only in its second year. It may also appear to have the...

Pope’s Intention for June: That priests, through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively to a solidarity with those who are most poor....

The Pope’s intention for May is for the African Church: that it may be a seed for unity and a source of hope for the...

Many paintings of Easter depict springtime: green grass, flowering shrubs, colourful birds and lush growth. That is understandable, because most painters were European and Easter...

Pope Francis’ Intention for March: That Christian communities, especially those persecuted, feel close to Christ and that their human rights are respected. We sometimes think...

The Feast of the Epiphany reminds us that in their Gospels Matthew and Mark gather together stories about the childhood of Jesus, each pointing to...

The fact that most people do very little on New Year’s Day, may just make it ideal to be a ‘Day of Peace’. Australians seem...

In our society religion is usually seen as a private thing. We pray in churches and our rooms, don’t mention our faith in social conversation...

One of the features of St Mary Mackillop’s life was the way in which she instinctively moved beyond narrow boundaries to look to bigger horizons...

Some years ago a young friend asked me how I was. Deciding to vary the ritual answers–good, or OK–I said that I was going with...

The events of Easter and Christmas are shrouded in mystery. It takes faith to see God as present in Jesus. The stories of Easter are...

21 March is World Day for Cultural diversity In nature diversity is a good thing. Lack of diversity makes for inbreeding and impoverishment of the...