What are You Giving Back for Lent?
Lent will soon be upon us — that period of penance, fasting and almsgiving to prepare ourselves for the joys...
Raymond Perrier
Thank God For the Flower
I am a fully paid-up city-dweller. For 28 of the last 30 years, I have lived in places that...
Do We Spiritualise Poverty?
Christmas came early for me at Rhino Camp. I don’t mean in the form of tinsel or turkey or even...
Wait for Christmas!
Last year on December 28 I wished a shop assistant, “Happy Christmas”. She looked horrified — not because she was...
A Season of First Communions
We are in the middle of First Holy Communion season. Although there is no fixed liturgical feast for this, many...
Talking or Acting? How Do We Spend Most of our Time?
We need to get our own house in order. Do we as Church people — dioceses, parishes, sodalities, religious communities,...
Do Something Beautiful for God
The canonisation on September 4 in the Vatican of Mother Teresa focuses the world’s attention again on the extraordinary works...
Drama Can Ask Some Tough Questions
I love all forms of culture — drama, film, music, painting, dance, sculpture. They can be entertaining and inspiring and...
Is it the People versus the Politicians?
For those who enjoy politics as a spectator sport, it’s a great year. For those who, like me, enjoy the...
