Magazine Features
Kaitlyn Fasso-Opie | 18 May 2020
A summer of bushfires has been followed by a pandemic that has seen unprecedented shutdowns and economic hardship. Yet organisations such as St Vincent de Paul are continuing to respond in any way they can.
Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ | 18 May 2020
The coronavirus might have affected the way we can interact, but it hasn’t changed our need for connection with each other and with God.
Michael McVeigh | 18 May 2020
The coronavirus has had an impact on families across the globe. While social and work activities might be curtailed, many families have found living in close quarters has helped fuel creativity and strengthen relationships. We asked the Rich family in Brisbane what life under lockdown has been like for them.
Emilie Ng | 18 May 2020
With its pristine white beaches and rolling dirt-red cliffs, Broome is the pearl of Australia’s north-west. The Nulungu Research Institute at Notre Dame University, in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, is working to turn the region into a microcosm for a better Australia, both for the land and its people.
Michele Gierck | 18 May 2020
Australian Divine Word Missionary Priest Fr Manh Le spent five years ministering to remote communities in the Amazon region. In the wake of the Pope’s latest exhortation, Querida Amazonia, we spoke to him about what he learned among the peoples of the region.
Anna Watt | 17 May 2020
These are unprecedented times. The streets have gone quiet, many businesses are closed and people are confined to their homes. In this new world, the Catholic Church has had to find new ways of bringing people together, sharing the Good News, and offering hope to those who are struggling.
Ally FitzGerald, Roger FitzGerald and Craig Arthur | 13 May 2020
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective on Laudato Si’ and Querida Amazonia
Alice Carwardine | 06 May 2020
Five years ago, Pope Francis published his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. One of the ideas that emerged from this landmark document was ‘integral ecology’. In this feature, we explore what this means, and why it’s so important to the way Catholics understand our relationship to God, each other and creation.
Miranda King | 21 May 2020
Finding a faith that embraces justice, ecology and theology.
Brooke Myler | 18 May 2020
When disaster strikes, rather than asking ‘why is God doing this?’ it might be more helpful to ask ‘what is God asking of me at this time?’
More Stories
| 26 May 2020
News and items from around the schools including tips on teaching remotely, teachers who have been siging to their students and an online retreat for a time of isolation.
Michele Frankeni | 25 May 2020
Every educational post helped build Bernard Holland’s commitment to environmental sustainability, culminating in his role as Catholic Earthcare Australia Director.
| 06 May 2020
News and items of interest around the Church including a Q&A reconsidering church leadership in the wake of the Royal Commission.
Michael McVeigh | 26 May 2020
Here’s a fun activity to help stir the imagination while in lockdown at home. You have 15 points to spend. Who would be your dream quarantine companions?
| 26 May 2020
What seven things would students want with them in their own Garden of Eden?
Michael McVeigh | 26 May 2020
This game is aimed at helping young people become the next generation of social justice heroes.
Kate Moriarty | 25 May 2020
‘Reduce, re-use, recycle’ might be a helpful mantra for family prayer.
Thea Kurniawan | 26 May 2020
Regular readers will be familiar with our ‘Sneaky Jesus Songs’ series that highlights songs with lyrics that, if looked at in a certain light, could be seen as religious hymns. Inspired by that series, we’ve put a mash-up of tunes that could be related to the stories of some inspiring social justice saints.