https://majellan.media/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Christmas-2020-2.mp4 Merry Christmas This year has been different! For those of us in Australia and New Zealand where we are approaching normality, it could be easy to forget the struggles that continue in other countries where infection numbers remain high – and growing, and where many are still suffering. Let us pause a moment each […]
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By David Ahern It is difficult not to be moved by the plight of refugees who have escaped tyranny and injustice only to find themselves locked away on Nauru in the Pacific or Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Month after month rolls by and many families languish in stifling conditions, still clinging to hope
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In an ordinary suburban house in an ordinary Australian suburb, there’s a home with an extraordinary story of welcome and love that transcends national and cultural boundaries. Peter and Carol have taken an asylum seeker named Duc into their home and hearts. Apart from the common humanity they share, the three are joined by their
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Mary Anne Johnson Like any mother and son, Lorna and Paul Castles have a special bond, and after a lifetime living under the same roof their affection for one another runs deep. Lorna is a sprightly 95 and Paul is 52 and lives with Down’s syndrome. Until last year they were living in the family
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Parenting Sessions Podcasts that help make your family the best it can be. Practical Advice on Parenting Figuring Out Families aims to help families to be the best that they can be. We interview experts in the field who provide practical advice and tips to help couples with their relationships and raising their children. In our
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A World Weary of Suffering “Here is your God!” These words of the first reading, attributed to a prophet called the second (or Deutero)-Isaiah, are words of hope for a disheartened people. The Israelites, although freed from slavery under the Egyptians, now find themselves exiles in what is called the “Babylonian captivity.” The Babylonians had
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When my boys were younger, grocery shopping almost always felt like a painful ordeal. Shopping with a four-year-old and a one year old in tow was highly stressful and fraught with difficulty. I remember my best shopping days back then, however, were when complete strangers would let me push in on the supermarket line or when they would entertain my boys while I concentrated on paying the bill.
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“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘peace be with you!’” (John 20:19)
Our lives have changed dramatically since COVID-19 spread across the globe. The virus has damaged many aspects of our lives. The pandemic has brought us to a dark place. We have become frightened, isolated and even stopped us from seeing the good in others.
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In 1948, Alan Paton, a white South African, wrote a haunting book called Cry the Beloved Country which described the situation in South Africa under apartheid. In a truly prophetic book, he spoke of his dream that there would come a day when there was justice and equality for all.
Our readers consistently rate the Jokes in The Majellan as a favourite. Here are some more giggles for you
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