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A bishop for the times

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 […]

The Spirit at work

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 […]

Fully human, fully alive

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 […]

Fostering the growth of lay movements

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 […]

Storms and Councils 

Eric Hodgens, Melbourne priest, considers the perfect storm that is upon us in the Australian church and if a Plenary Council can save us. The 19th century was a stormy […]