Columnists
A Lesson for a Chaotic Soul
Recently I learned a hard lesson. It was a concept that I knew was coming, as people close to me had informed me of the
Larabeth Miller
February 9, AD 2018
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Prayer
The Blind Man & the Child
By Ann Tran as told to Jean Seah. Some years ago in Adelaide, I was struggling with my faith and with attending Mass. One day
Guest Writer
January 5, AD 2018
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Columnists
Fr. Douglas Bazi: Praying the Rosary in ISIS Captivity
Fr. Douglas Bazi (a.k.a Abouna Douglas Joseph Shimshon Al-Bazi) recently spoke at the 2017 Spirit in the City conference in Brisbane. He spoke of how
Jean Elizabeth Seah
January 2, AD 2018
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Prayer
Hundreds form a Human Prayer Chain against Café Plans for Villa Maria Chapel
By guest writer Catherine Toomey. Circa 200 people of all ages and races formed a human chain down the wall of Brisbane’s Villa Maria heritage
Guest Writer
December 7, AD 2017
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Columnists
Why Make Resolutions for the Liturgical Year?
Advent began on Sunday, December 3, and with it, the new liturgical year also began. An entire year to focus on the life and ministry
AnneMarie Miller
December 6, AD 2017
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Life
The Extra Jar of Oil
By guest writer Rev. Fr. Michael Chua. I returned last month from a pilgrimage to Western Europe. As usual, I was bombarded by the same
Guest Writer
November 19, AD 2017
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Columnists
A Vicarious Grief Observed
On the recent Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, my priest-uncle-spiritual-director, Father Jim, suddenly lost his brother Allan. Father Jim was abroad teaching a
Cristina Montes
August 13, AD 2017
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Columnists
Give Thanks At All Times
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and
Jean Elizabeth Seah
August 1, AD 2017
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Prayer
Kneeling at My First Mass
By guest writer Tasman Westbury. In the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the
Guest Writer
June 21, AD 2017
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Dating
Dear Future Husband
Dear Future Husband, I wonder what you are doing at this moment. Are you studying for finals? Maybe you’re chatting with friends, or are laughingly lost in
Theresa Curley
April 25, AD 2017
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Prayer
My Chrism Mass Experience
After having been curious for so many years about how it is to experience a Chrism Mass, I finally got a chance to attend one.
Cristina Montes
April 14, AD 2017
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Prayer
Nietzsche, Barney the Dinosaur & the Word of God: On catechesis for young people
Friedrich Nietzche was reported to have said that if Christians wanted him to believe, they had to “sing him better hymns”. Whether Nietzche would have
Nick Chui
March 27, AD 2017
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Columnists
The Efficacy of Prayer: Not Just Nice Thoughts
The monastery ain’t a hideout. A mug wants to come in here, take the vows, he should come because he wants to open himself to
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 22, AD 2017
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Columnists
What’s Cooler Than Getting Ashes on Your Forehead?
Ash Wednesday is a fairly busy day in many places. People cram into churches and receive ashes in the form of a cross (or a
AnneMarie Miller
March 21, AD 2017
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Career
Learning to Listen to the Divine Whisper
It has been a crazy past few months here. I have been facing the usual high school senior dilemmas regarding the “afterlife”, so to speak,
Theresa Curley
March 8, AD 2017
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Columnists
Understanding Our Dustiness
You are dust and to dust, you shall return. Each time I hear this phrase at Ash Wednesday, I think of a little prayer that
Larabeth Miller
February 24, AD 2017
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Life
Miserere Mei, Deus, Domine et Pater
O Father, Brother, Lord, And God, Spouse of my soul, Forgive my many sins, my crimes. Lave my wriggling, red, whinging soul And wipe away
Ryan Kraeger
February 23, AD 2017
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Columnists
Healer of Souls
Over the past week, the Gospel readings have contained many scenes of healing from Jesus’s public ministry. We know that Jesus performed many miraculous healings
Erin Cain
February 17, AD 2017
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Columnists
Order
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
Jean Elizabeth Seah
February 6, AD 2017
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Columnists
Making a Prayer Fan: Sacramentals
On my onomastica or name day, the feast of my Confirmation patroness St. Elizabeth of Hungary, my friend Anne gave me a blank paper fan
Jean Elizabeth Seah
January 16, AD 2017
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Family
Time in Prayer this Year
One of the questions I struggle with sometimes is how much time I ought to be spending in prayer on a daily basis. This is
Ryan Kraeger
January 2, AD 2017
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