The Neocatechumenal Way’s ‘Mission in the Squares’ is taking the Gospel to Perth’s streets, writes Fr Michael Moore SM

Others’ failures can make it easy to forget the Church is a divine reality, but the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the love of Jesus and forgiveness of Jesus mean we are never alone, writes Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his Easter message.

Les Mutton stumbled across thousands of seedlings when on business in Tanzania in 2008. It was a discovery that led him to meeting a visionary priest, Fr Melodious Mlowe, and to a shared project that is changing hundreds of children’s lives, writes Matthew Biddle.

The rough is part of getting to the smooth, writes Canberra priest Fr Peter Day in this short story.

When Bruna Maloal was a child, Abyei was a peaceful place, and every year her tribe, the Dinka Ngok, welcomed the Misseriya nomads who came to the region with their vast herds of cattle. But then things changed. With a separatist movement pushing the South of the country toward eventual independence, Abyei was caught literally in the middle. The nomads who once came to Abyei in peace were transformed into an armed militia by the northern government in Khartoum.

The following homily was given by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth at the Chrism Mass, St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Tuesday evening 26 March, 2013.

By Hugh Ryan This week’s article is the second in a series looking back over the WA Marist Brothers’ century. Brother Sebastian Hayden, who had helped Br Stanislaus to establish SIC in 1913-1916, returned as principal in 1929-31. NZ-born, he was trained in Sydney and spent the rest of his life in Australia. He was a prefect at St Joseph’s and not long afterwards he returned to spen...

Just 100 students strong, Sydney’s Campion College is
unique on the Australian Catholic tertiary education scene in its
focus on offering a liberal arts education, writes Matthew Biddle.
But despite its size, Australia’s littlest university has a big
vision.

Younger children are spending up to 11 hours a day at school as their parents use before and after-school care for child minding. Almost no-one, except school principals, appears to have noticed that there may be something very wrong with this picture. Where does one start? writes Peter Rosengren in this weeks Editorial …

Schools far away from the city face a complex range of issues, including negative perceptions from teachers and communities, writes Greg Clune