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Halloween and Remembering the Dead
Sandie talks about Halloween down under, and the true meaning that we Christians should remember at this time. I went to the supermarket in late October last year to buy a new broom. I was walking...
View ArticleIs Assisted Suicide Brave?
In recent weeks two chronically terminally ill people passed away in very different circumstances. Dominic contrasts the difference between the assisted suicide and dying with dignity viewpoints. Last...
View ArticleDeath, Prayer and Purgatory
[quote] It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. (2 Maccabees 12:43-46)[/quote] One of the (many!) beautiful things about Catholicism is our...
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Six Things Every Man Needs to Do
The holidays are a time to relax, socialise and enjoy yourself. Men all over the world will be catching up with mates, grilling some meat on the barbecue (well, at least in the Southern Hemisphere) and...
View ArticleAn Exquisite Gown of Love
During a routine 18 week ultrasound, we were told our unborn child had an ‘abnormality incompatible with life’. Although the doctors told us to prepare for our baby’s death, we prayed for a miracle of...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Ordinary Things of Life
I am at my son Thomas’ wake. I have his memory box on my knee and I take out a few photos and pass them to a friend. “He was a chubby baby!” she exclaims. I reply, “He wasn’t really. Those photos...
View ArticleEthics: More a See-saw than a Slippery Slope
The slippery slope argument, while not the best argument, is often used in ethical discussions to warn about proposed law changes. It has been used in areas as diverse as euthanasia, free speech, and...
View ArticlePriesthood and Ordination
Last weekend, the Archdiocese of Sydney was blessed with two new priests – Fathers Thomas Stevens and Lewi Barakat. Ordinations are always an emotional occasion, but this particular Ordination Mass had...
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