At the Annual general Meeting of the ACCC, held during our recent conference in Sydney, I was elected as National Chairman of our Confraternity. It was an honour to be elected after 4 years away from the executive. I would like to record the debt of gratitude we owe...
This is the twentieth issue of the journal published under the present Editor. The photo above marks the last Mass celebrated by Father McGavin in the Parish of Taralga in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, ending 8 years there as pastor. “PP” is not found...
The Anglican Death-Bed On September 25 1843, the Rev John Henry Newman, Vicar of one of the most famous churches in England, St Mary’s Oxford, preached his...
This talk was introduced by the Rev Dr John Doherty, Parish Priest of Oatley in the Archdiocese of Sydney and a member of the Tribunal of the Province of New South Wales. During his introduction, and in subsequent answers to questions, he made strong...
This long encyclical is not an easy read and from a social science perspective some of the analysis may be questioned. It is important to discern the "heartland" of this encyclical. What is the enduring contribution of this encyclical? Where does this encyclical most...
by Dr Anna Silvas My most honoured father among the Fathers, St Basil of Caesarea, was not surnamed ‘the Great’ for nothing. Not in one field only, but in a whole range of fields he proved to be an outstanding Father of the Church in the later part of the fourth...
rubric / "roohbrik" / noun 1 a heading, e.g. in a book or manuscript, written or printed in a distinctive colour or style. 2a a heading under which something is classed, b an authoritative rule, esp a rule for the conduct of church ceremonial, c an explanatory or...
In 2002 I had a book published called Giving Sorrow Words, I wrote it because two women told me their stories about abortion within a week of each other. They were really suffering, still in shock. They had no idea abortion could do that to you. I wondered how many...
Let me put a question that I have put to others with interesting results: What would you say is the central Christian affirmation, the most definitive confession of the Christian Faith? The central Christian revelation, I suggest, is that the divine absolute is both...
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