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Catechetical formation of candidates for Holy Orders

Jan 17, 2025

Catechetics is the systematic study of the history, nature, goals, principles and process of catechetics.
I thank God for giving me a mission

Jan 17, 2025

From the historic town of Malacca, Sr Margarete Sta Maria has dedicated her life to the Canossian Sisters, inspired by the selfless lives of St Magdalene of Canossa and St Josephine Bakhita, who left behind a legacy of nuns and priests in Italy, dedicated to serving the poor, opening charity schools for children, evangelising the Gospel, and caring for the sick.
Why Christian Unity?

Jan 17, 2025

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) is an ecumenical Christian observance that is celebrated worldwide. This year, the World Council of Churches (WCC) together with the Catholic Church’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU) has set January 18-25 2025 and has chosen the theme Do you believe this? (John 11:26).
The silent wife

Jan 17, 2025

To be fair, the congregation at the wedding, including the bride and groom, had no issues with the reading, (aunties and uncles were probably even proud), so this is just the rant of a wayward Catholic woman!
Coming to peace with our lack of recognition

Jan 17, 2025

We crave few things as deeply as self-expression and recognition. We have an irrepressible need to express ourselves, be known, recognised, understood, and seen by others as unique, gifted, and significant
May 2025 be a year in which peace flourishes!

Jan 17, 2025

In these early days of the new year, many of us are probably feeling a mixture of anxiety and hope – anxious about the many crises in our nation and world, yet hopeful that 2025 will be better.
Christ’s baptism illuminates the path to eternal life

Jan 10, 2025

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Sr Shanti Mariadass, FdCC
Hope, by way of gratitude in the Spirit

Jan 10, 2025

St Paul, in his letter to the Philippians, begins with a “song of thanksgiving.” He states, “I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with joy in every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the Gospel from the first day until now.”
Honouring God through our finances

Jan 10, 2025

We have now entered into the second week of January 2025. Many of us have returned to our routines. Those with children may already be planning for the upcoming holidays, as the month-long public school break begins next Friday (January 17).
My top ten books for 2024

Jan 10, 2025

Full disclosure, I don’t read enough. A busy, pressured life affords me only small windows of time to read anything not directly related to my ministry.