Summer 2019/20
13 October 2019
Magazine
29 October 2019 |
Michael McGirr
Michael McGirr writes to Pedro Arrupe congratulating him for being on the road to sainthood.
13 October 2019 |
Tim Kroenert
Religious composer Fr Chris Willcock says music has its own little corner of the soul, which it alone can reach.
13 October 2019 |
Kaitlyn Fasso-Opie
Contemplative life isn’t about cutting oneself off from the world, but engaging spiritually with the world, says Mother Hilda Scott from Jamberoo Abbey.
30 October 2019 |
Alice Foddy
Some simple ways you can live Laudato si’ at Christmas.
28 October 2019 |
Nevie Peters
Three Magi take to the road not knowing what they will find at the end of their journey.
28 October 2019 |
Hannah Kennelly
The deep bonds between people and their animal companions cannot be denied. When one of these companions passes away, it can be as painful as losing any other family member. Dr Michael O’Donoghue says accompanying people in their grief after losing pets has taught him a great deal about love, and enhanced his faith.
13 October 2019 |
Thea Kurniawan
The stories that we tell at Christmas are often centered around miraculous events and transformations. Whether people believe in God or not, there’s something about the Christmas season that opens people up to the deeper mysteries of our existence. One of our young writers looks at the truths hiding inside some mystical Christmas stories from around the world.
13 October 2019 |
Musical performances will lift the spirit at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Perth in December.
13 October 2019 |
Margaret-Mary Flynn
Recently, a renewed interest in the benefits of mindfulness and meditation, and ancient practices for inner peace, such as yoga, has sparked interest in the spiritual traditions of silence and contemplation. There is nothing new under the sun, and the techniques for stilling the body, mind and heart used in Eastern traditions can easily be added to the tradition of silent prayer and contemplation that has always been central to Christian spirituality.
13 October 2019 |
Elaine Lindsay
Books provide us with a privileged insight into the interior lives of the people who wrote them. So what can we learn about how Australians experience the mystical side of reality from Australian fiction?
13 October 2019 |
Emilie Ng
Penny Sturrock says children take to meditation much more naturally than adults. We talk to her about her work in schools across Australia.
13 October 2019 |
Michael McVeigh
A little girl discovers there’s more than one way to see the world.
13 October 2019 |
Dana Sutherland
Mystic saints have served as an example for Christians for centuries. Whether it’s through their writing or the example of their lives, they demonstrate a way that we can be brought more closely into unity with God. But that’s not to say that each saint is the same. The variety in the lives of saints is proof that there are many different ways to walk with God. In this feature, one of our young writers explores the lives of three female mystics and their very different spiritual journeys.
13 October 2019 |
Kate Moriarty
It might be time to start spreading the burden when it comes to answering domestic prayers.
13 October 2019 |
Peter Fleming
John the Evangelist had a mystical understanding of the mission and meaning of Jesus.
13 October 2019 |
Michael McVeigh
A message sent across the ages from the shores of Lake Mungo.
13 October 2019 |
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr
Dadirri is quiet, still awareness – deep listening. It’s the thing that makes up who we are as Aboriginal people, spiritually.
13 October 2019 |
Miranda King
In this feature we explore some of the key writings of Catholic mystics through the ages. Each spoke in a particular way to their own times and contexts, but their writings continue to call us back to a more authentic way of living out the life of faith today.
13 October 2019 |
Fr Andrew Hamilton
The Trinity is often left out of our prayer as we focus on either God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit, rather than the mystery of how they all come together. But does it have to be that way? In this Explorations, we explore how the Trinity can help bring us into a deeper relationship with God.
13 October 2019 |
Ann Rennie
Seeking those moments when we connect with that mysterious something beyond ourselves and our world.
13 October 2019 |
Beth Doherty
Is it still possible to live a mystical life in a de-mystified world?
13 October 2019 |
James O'Brien
Being led by God into a deepening experience of grace.
13 October 2019 |
Dylan Forge
There are some mystical aspects of Catholicism that seem strange to people outside the Church (and some inside the Church, too). But if we look at some of them a little more closely, we can find ideas that have enriched the prayer lives of Catholics over the centuries.