Life-Giving in every Social Role
In true family-friendly fashion of course, I cannot but comment on the newly issued bishops’ pastoral letter on marriage and...
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What’s a Talk-Walk?
Into the second month of the new year means it’s a bit late for resolutions, but maybe still a time for checking...
Even Children Can Be Inspirational
As I was going through some old writings I came across a column I wrote nearly ten years ago about...
A Mass in Music on a Desert Road
Very few people stay home day after day. Almost everyone, young and old, is out and about every day of...
Men and Women for Mercy – a Woman’s Day issue
“Is being men and women of mercy a factor for us in reflecting and discerning God’s plan for each of...
Let’s Pray for Grandparents Everywhere
As goes the family, so goes the Church and the world. This favourite statement by Pope St John Paul II...
Youths can be ‘Champions of Mercy’
When we consider the situation of young people, should we speak of youth with families, without families, or youth in...
Let us Be Reborn in the Spirit
Often we talk of a “good team spirit” or of a spirit that is lacking in some situation. People are...
Hear and See in Holy Week
You know the saying, “Hearing is believing”, and you might want to say: “No, seeing is believing.” And you are right,...
