Prayer Articles

The value of mission is that it keeps people together, even when separated physically. In the past seven or so Covid-dominated months, especially in Victoria,...

God is the perfect dance partner if we learn to listen to him and follow his lead. Over the 17 years I have been writing...

We need to develop a deep understanding and appreciation of what is important, rather than living life on the surface. During the 35th General Congregation...

Silences not an absence but rather a consciousness toward other people or toward God. Have you ever been to the MCG on ANZAC Day and...

To sit around the kitchen or dining room table and share a meal, is to share yourself – to open up to companionship. One of...

Strong and caring families can be a wonderful avenue for building communities where each person is valued and respected for themselves. In thinking about ‘volunteering’...

Poetry is a language ideally suited to a spiritual life. Pope Paul VI once told an audience of Christians that they might be the only...

In thinking about the theme of ‘service’ , I came across these wonderful words of Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium (para 273): ‘I am a...

Many Madonna readers, I am sure, would have heard the story of the old Cherokee warrior one evening at the camp fire telling his grandson...

During the second week in May this year I had the good fortune to travel to Chiang Mai in Thailand and participate in a meeting...