4 March 2024

The United Nations (UN) is exploring ways to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive change and make a positive impact on the environment.

For those of us, despite our best intentions, who occasionally put the wrong product in recycling bins, help may be at hand – at last! And Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be the saviour.

Saints Perpetua and Felicity, also known as Perpetua and Felicitas, were early Christian martyrs who lived during the 2nd century AD. They were both young women who faced persecution and ultimately gave their lives for their faith.

Children from around the globe are expected to descend on Rome on May 25 and 26 for the first World Day of Children. Pope Francis made the announcement at the Angelus on the feast of the Immaculate Conception in December.

In this fifth article in the series on Prayer, the importance of “watering a spiritual garden” is explored while Teresa of Avila and her texts, ‘The Four Ways to Water a Garden’ are referenced.

We continue to pray with St Augustine: ‘Late, have I loved you O beauty so ancient and so new, Late, have I loved you.’

So, another year begins. Christmas and the summer holidays by the beach are no more than a distant memory. It is hard to believe that we have almost reached the quarter of a century milestone since the turn of the century.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the gift of motherhood and the loving embrace that mothers provide.

A group of men catch up early morning every Wednesday. Nothing unusual in that but they don’t meet for an early dip in the ocean or to walk or run around the local park. They meet at a café in the Brisbane suburb of Chermside to enjoy a cup of coffee and to discuss the following Sunday’s Scripture readings.