Magazine Features
Kaitlyn Fasso-Opie | 14 Oct 2019
Contemplative life isn’t about cutting oneself off from the world, but engaging spiritually with the world, says Mother Hilda Scott from Jamberoo Abbey.
Tim Kroenert | 14 Oct 2019
Religious composer Fr Chris Willcock says music has its own little corner of the soul, which it alone can reach.
Nevie Peters | 29 Oct 2019
Three Magi take to the road not knowing what they will find at the end of their journey.
Michael McVeigh | 14 Oct 2019
A little girl discovers there’s more than one way to see the world.
Elaine Lindsay | 14 Oct 2019
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?
Dana Sutherland | 14 Oct 2019
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.
Michael McVeigh | 14 Oct 2019
A message sent across the ages from the shores of Lake Mungo.
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr | 14 Oct 2019
Dadirri is quiet, still awareness – deep listening. It’s the thing that makes up who we are as Aboriginal people, spiritually.
Miranda King | 14 Oct 2019
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.
Dylan Forge | 14 Oct 2019
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.
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Alice Foddy | 31 Oct 2019
Some simple ways you can live Laudato si’ at Christmas.
| 14 Oct 2019
Musical performances will lift the spirit at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Perth in December.
Thea Kurniawan | 14 Oct 2019
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.
Margaret-Mary Flynn | 14 Oct 2019
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.
Emilie Ng | 14 Oct 2019
Penny Sturrock says children take to meditation much more naturally than adults. We talk to her about her work in schools across Australia.
Beth Doherty | 14 Oct 2019
Is it still possible to live a mystical life in a de-mystified world?
James O'Brien | 14 Oct 2019
Being led by God into a deepening experience of grace.