Richard White writes on the life and contribution of Kevin O’Shea CSsR to the Australian church. One of Kevin O’Shea’s confreres, in the course of a much appreciated theology update, commented that ‘Kevin is in danger of becoming a prophet in his own country’. My hope is that the late Kevin O’Shea might become a […]
Archbishop Raymond G Hunthausen, retired Archbishop of Seattle, died at the age of 96 on 22 July. At his funeral on 1 August, Fr Michael Ryan, Dean at St James Cathedral, Seattle delivered the homily. Fr Ryan had been Dean with Archbishop Hunthausen. This is an extract. The full homily can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/ydervwvn
Brian Gleeson CP offers a reflection on Pentecost. For this Pentecost Sunday let me start with a true story about how strongly the Holy Spirit works for good outcomes in human situations. The story comes from Northern Ireland (with thanks to Paul O’Reilly SJ for its core).
Monique (name and address supplied) explores the spirituality through the lens of our humanity and how we learn from prayer and reflection. We Catholics need to find and follow the real human Jesus or we will never become fully human ourselves, never surrender, never become one for others, never get near our full human potential […]
Peter and Penny Cahalan from Teams (Equipes Notre Dame) South Australia discuss the lessons learnt from an outreach program in New Zealand. They ask whether lay movements are suffering decline because of ‘professionalisation’ of ministry.
