Tomorrow is International Day of Food Loss and Waste Reduction. The UN-inspired event is aimed at alerting people to the amount of food that is thrown out each day in a world where the number of hungry people has been rising since 2014.
A world hungry for change Read More »
It’s easy enough to be invisible in our society, just be poor. We often don’t see the outsiders, who become the nobodies, and then, quite literally, we remove them from our sight – to cheap motels, to grotty boarding houses, to the edges of our cities, to Christmas Island, while not forgetting those who lie at our gates in what we call the ‘Third World’: out of sight so they might all be kept out of mind.
Knowing the nobody as somebody Read More »
With many sports currently in the midst of finals action including the AFL and NRL, it’s a good time to recognise some of the ‘hidden’ faces that keep a multitude of our local sports operating smoothly throughout the year.
Our unheralded volunteers Read More »
The annual St Gerard’s Feast Day Blessing will be live streamed again this year. And this year St Gerard’s feast day falls on a Sunday.
St Gerard prays with us Read More »
Thank you to all our subscribers who entered our competition for a chance to win a digital radio. Congratulations to the winner Theresa French from Pittsworth in Queensland.
Then and Now … and the lucky winner! Read More »
The ‘smiling’ pope who lasted only 33 days in the papacy was beatified by Pope Francis on September 4.
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The purpose of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, on love in the family, is to describe and evaluate the ‘joy of love’ experienced in family life — for this joy is a powerful proclamation that the gospel is indeed good news for the fractured and questioning family of humanity (1).
Marriage one step at a time Read More »
From the moment they landed in Australia, the Redemptorists had been asked to open a foundation house in Victoria. However, it wasn’t until 1885 – three years after settling in Singleton, NSW – that Fathers Edmund Vaughan, Thomas O’Farrell and John Stokes made it to the southern capital.
A bumpy start down south Read More »
All Catholic institutions have been urged to divest from fossil fuels as a way to live out their faith and work against the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. The call has been made by Archbishop of Glasgow William Nolan, who added, “It will be an embarrassment for any Catholic institution that hasn’t divested.”
An ecological game-changer Read More »
Faith onLine: Almost 30 years ago Majellan introduced Catholic Faithline which included two monthly messages written by former Majellan editors Max Barrett CSsR and Bill Stinson CSsR. Father Stinson, Bishop Paul Bird CSsR and Michael Gilbert CSsR recorded the messages. The family reflections covered many issues ranging from bullying to how to improve your marriage to dealing with stress and loneliness.