Prayer Articles

We need to turn away from the chauvinistic view of Anzac Day as a celebration of self-attributed ‘Australian values’. This year Anzac Day falls...

The feast day for St Bernadette, the patron saint of illness is 16 April. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage communities we pray...

Easter is the ideal time to pray for fundamental rights – Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April. While Good Friday was given over to...

Easter Sunday reminds Christians that there is life beyond our earthly lives. ‘Our Lord has written the promises of Resurrection, not in books alone,But...

As we move toward Holy Week, we consider Jesus’ brief confinement in Jerusalem before his trial on Good Friday, and the parallels this has...

Church leaders need courage and faith to build creative ways of reaching those on the margins. I once visited a wonderful Catholic charity in...

For Pope Francis the sacrament of Reconciliation has a central place in Catholic life. He refers to it frequently as one of the pillars...

Pope Francis, to mark the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, has dedicated most of this...

It is joy and fun that connects us to God and each other. 2020 has been an annus horribilis with sickness, death, loss of...

An instruction, because of coronavirus, to sprinkle ash on our heads brings home the point of the ritual of Ash Wednesday. During the last...

Pope Francis, in his prayer intention for February, calls on us to walk with women who suffer violence and to encourage respect for women...

Recognising the fundamental unity of body and mind, the Sacred Heart is a devotion of healing for all pain. Trauma has been described as...