Boxing Day is the biggest day at the Australian box office, when studios release their biggest titles to cash in on the holidays.

After the major box office successes of Transformers, G.I. Joe and The Lego Movie comes Trolls, the latest toy franchise to transition from toy store to the big screen.

The Archbishop explained that he first heard God’s call to the priesthood when he was in primary school at St Peter’s, East Bentleigh, Victoria.

On the surface, Arrival may appear like another stereotypical Hollywood doomsday epic.

Fifty years in Australia, 60 years in religious life and 80 years alive! – join me for my 2016 trifecta. This could be read on the invitation which Father Laurence Murphy SDS sent out to friends and family earlier this year to announce the celebrations which took place on Sunday, 9 October at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Nollamara.

In what has been described by Variety magazine as “a work of scalding and moving relevance,” Ken Loach’s beautifully crafted I, Daniel Blake tells a bitter-sweet story of human resilience in drastic circumstances.

Jesuit Father Sean Salai provides a lot of information in What Would Pope Francis Do? – a relatively short but well-written book that is particularly suitable for young Catholics. Six thematic chapters (on longing, closeness, dignity, weariness, tenderness and Mary) reflect on Pope Francis’ teachings from his 2013 exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel).

In the Gospel of John, Jesus tells His disciples, “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”.

“Poor fellows, had they seen it in broad daylight they never would have attempted it.”

Religious orders have played an undeniably significant role in the development of the Catholic faith in Australasia. Coming from far across the seas – from Ireland, Spain, Italy and elsewhere – they have helped grow established Catholic communities and have helped build new ones.