On this feast of St Joseph, we recall Pope Francis’ words in the Apostolic Letter Patris Corde (With a Father’s Heart) which offer the life and character of St Joseph as an inspiration to a suffering world.
Explore-Embrace-Embody is the Action Plan for the Josephite community for the next seven years. It reflects the Catholic Social Teaching presented in Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’.
Sr Louise Marie McDonell rsj who died on 11 October was the last member of a well-known and extensive family that worked the land in the Taree area for many years.
Amid the challenges, fear, violence and contradictions in our troubled world, Sr Ann’s garden shows the beauty of what is possible. It speaks for “the first fruits of hope.” (cf. Romans 8:19-25)
The recent pilgrimage of Pope Francis to South East Asian communities coincided with some sad news for a local Australian Timor-Leste parishioner and her friends
Pope Francis wrote this document on the climate crisis last year to underscore the need for everyone to respond to this global and social crisis with immediate action.
The Season of Creation is an ecumenical celebration seeking to highlight the gifts of Creation. It ends on 4th October the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron of ecology.
