Focus

Charism: Gift, passion and joy

Jul 01, 2015

Like most of the population, I experience some measure of anxiety when called to speak in front of more than three or four people at a time. Public speaking is not my thing.
Should God’s gifts to me and you divide us?

Jul 01, 2015

Most people agree that great teachers are gifted people. I, for one, am indebted to several fine teachers who awakened me to my own modest gifts and inspired me to develop them.
The one theologian you need to know about when reading Laudato Si’

Jul 01, 2015

With so many interpretations being presented for Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fr Robert Barron says only one theologian can give us the proper context for reading Laudato Si’: Romano Guardini.
The hero-complex

Jul 01, 2015

Several years ago, the movie Argo won the Academy award as the best movie of the year.
Have a family, grow a garden, be holy

Jul 01, 2015

The Pope’s latest encyclical Laudato Si’ was published Thursday, June 18.
Pope decries abortion, population control in new encyclical

Jul 01, 2015

In his new encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis slams attacks against human life such as abortion, embryonic experimentation and population control – saying that respect for creation and human dignity go hand in hand.
The best one can do in the circumstances

Jun 26, 2015

Recently, I led a week long retreat for some sixty people at a renewal center. Overall, it went very well, though ideally, it could have gone better.
Food for Thought

Jun 26, 2015

Pope Francis often brings up the important role women play as models of faith. In his general audience catechesis for April 3, 2013, he recalled that it was women who were chosen by God as the first witnesses of the Resurrection, the cornerstone of our faith.
The pillars holding up a daily life of faith

Jun 26, 2015

St Therese of Lisieux has her home on the dresser in my bedroom. Some days, I feel bad for all my missteps she witnesses — the myriad times I turn off my alarm and slink back under the covers, my frustration over my children’s missing uniform pants, the raised voices signalling that, yet again, we are running close to being late.
Women’s role in the life of faith

Jun 26, 2015

It’s not difficult to see. Walk into a religious education programme in the US today and you’ll see that a large number of catechists are women.