Magazine Features
Michael McVeigh | 19 Sep 2018
In 1993, the Australian Jesuits partnered with Vinnies, the Pontifical Mission Society and the Australian Catholic Health Care Association to launch a new magazine for the Catholic community.
Clare Deignan | 22 Aug 2018
Australian Catholics spoke to the NCEC’s Senior Education Officer of Faith Formation & Religious Education John McGrath about the purpose of the framing paper 'Religious education in Australian Catholic schools' and how it will help Catholic schools shape future generations.
Michele Frankeni | 22 Aug 2018
First Communion education at a suburban Melbourne parish is just the start to life‑long sacramental learning.
Francine Crimmins | 21 Aug 2018
The diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, north-west NSW, relies on the lay people and more accurately, the women, to run the show.
Ann Maria Sabu | 21 Aug 2018
One of our young writers, Ann Maria Sabu, is a member of the Syro‑Malabar St Alphonsa Cathedral Parish in Melbourne’s north. She writes about her experiences of Church, and speaks to some of her fellow parishioners about what the Church means to them.
Bob Dixon | 22 Aug 2018
Bob Dixon explores what the Australian Catholic Church looks like today, a quarter of a century after the first edition of Australian Catholics was published.
| 23 Aug 2018
More than 700 students entered this year's Young Journalist Award and found there is 'hope for the future'.
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Thea Kurniawan | 21 Aug 2018
Originally from Malaysia, Noel Chandramoghan is a minister at 24:7 Youth Ministry in Perth, and Youth Minister at Holy Rosary Parish, Nedlands. He says that the Church can be a great place for young Catholic migrants to find kindred spirits, and feel more at home in a new country.
Michele Frankeni | 21 Aug 2018
Vinnies has always been at the forefront of the Catholic Church’s mission on the ground. We speak to two NSW Vinnies members who are working in different ways to widen Vinnies’ mission beyond the traditional model of vouchers for food, utilities and help with rents.
Louise Frankeni | 21 Aug 2018
For many who work at St John of God Health Care, it is far more than a job, or indeed, simply care-giving.
Michele Frankeni | 22 Aug 2018
Research into pastoral care aims to provide evidence about its importance to the health and wellbeing of the sick and aged.
Mark Green | 22 Aug 2018
A number of Australian state governments have recently debated, and voted on, euthanasia legislation. Catholic health care organisations like Calvary Health are sharing their experiences of accompanying people through palliative care to urge politicians and community leaders to reconsider their approach to death.
John Warhurst | 22 Aug 2018
Catholic Social Services Australia has shown how the Church can make a difference by drawing on the experience and passion of dedicated individuals at all levels of society.
Tatiasna Kurniawan | 22 Aug 2018
In a homily I once heard, the priest spoke about how our church only ever overflowed two days a year – Christmas and Easter. But sacraments like confirmation definitely provide a third opportunity.
Luke Bogoni | 22 Aug 2018
Starting out his career as a teacher, Luke Bogoni remembered how boring he’d found RE class. So he asked his students what they wanted out of the class, and was surprised by their response.
Suzanne Greenwood | 21 Aug 2018
Catholic Health Australia was one of the original sponsors of Australian Catholics magazine. This year it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Greenwood reflects on how Catholic health has changed over the years.
| 23 Aug 2018
The winner of the Intermediate Section of the 2018 Young Journalist Award looked at the Tasmanian Bears of Hope Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support program.
Regular features
Kate Moriarty | 22 Aug 2018
The post-Mass morning tea provides the amateur enthusiast a unique opportunity to examine Australian Catholics in their natural environment. Grab a cup of Earl Grey and a Scotch Finger biscuit and see how many you can identify.
Peter Fleming | 22 Aug 2018
St Alphonsus Rodriguez is proof that there are many paths to holiness, and that there is holiness in many paths.
Ann Rennie | 22 Aug 2018
How we see ourselves in relation to God is shaped by our background, our community, our experiences and our desires.
Michael McGirr | 22 Aug 2018
Dear Bruce Springsteen, Many of your songs tell stories of struggling people and celebrate their dignity.
Brendon D'Souza | 22 Aug 2018
In my family, Sunday lunch starts once we’ve all arrived home from Church and can extend to early hours of the evening. Here’s a favourite recipe featuring crispy pan-fried pork served on light and creamy cauliflower mash.
Michael McVeigh | 22 Aug 2018
Australian Catholics has been an important part of the Catholic Church life over its 25-year history. Here are some memorable moments in that journey.
Fr Andrew Hamilton | 22 Aug 2018
In this Explorations, we look at the relationships between the people in the pews and the leaders in the Catholic Church.