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November – A time to remember

Time moves by too quickly, where has this year gone!! This week we begin winter time. November is a time to remember all our loved ones who have gone before us. Death is that challenging confrontation that reminds us “We are only here for a short time”. Death points...

What will the Amazon Synod do for the Church?

The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region was controversial long before this Autumn. Self-described orthodox Catholics have worried over its potential impact far from the Amazon. One of the issues to be discussed at the synod is the acute shortage of priests in...

Saint John Henry Newman…. A wonderful saint

This Sunday, October 13 2019, will be canonized on October 13 2019, in Rome. Pope Francis decreed that Newman and four other blesseds will be canonized together in St. Peter’s Square. Indian Sister Marian Thresia, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy...

Harvest – A Time of Hope

Recently I was greatly inspired by the kind gesture of a neighbour calling with a bag of fresh vegetables from their garden. There is something very fulfilling eating fresh vegetables that you have nurtured and cultivated with your own hands. Harvest is from the...