The late morning ABC Radio Program ‘Conversations’ hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski is this year celebrating 20 years on the air. A recent guest on the program was Sr Clare Nolan, a former Director of Nursing at Sydney’s St. Vincent’s Hospital. Clare Nolan was 21 years old when she entered the convent, against […]
Peter Taylor, PP of Rutherglen and Chiltern writes: Over these past months I have given reflection time to a 600-year-old redgum tree, standing ever so strongly at Wahgunyah over the Murray River from Corowa. In my present ministry at Rutherglen (mighty wine country!) with Chiltern and Wahgunyah, this tree is drawing pilgrims as a designated […]
Further to an item published in the Winter edition, Peter Malone MSC contacted The Swag to add to the reporting on the impending canonisation of Peter to Rot in Papua New Guinea. He writes, “I wondered whether you could make a note in the next issue concerning the item about the canonisation of Peter to […]
Pope Leo XIV has urged the faithful to reflect on how they invest the “treasure” that is their life, challenging Catholics to share not only material possessions but also their skills, time and compassion for the good of others. In a recent Angelus address, the Pope reflected on yesterday’s Gospel reading from Luke 12:32-48. The […]
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) more commonly known as COP30, is to be held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. Published below is the Executive Summary of a message from the Catholic Episcopal Conferences and […]
