The Melbourne pilgrims to World Youth Day 2023 are making their way home! Despite sweltering temperatures, the pilgrims’ time in Lisbon, Fatima, Rome, Assisi and the Holy Land was a deep immersion in the history and story of Catholicism, and…
On Sunday 6 August 2023 — the Feast of the Transfiguration — Pope Francis told more than a million people who had gathered at the Parque Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Closing Mass for World Youth Day 2023, to have no fear: ‘To…
On Sunday 6 August, the 16th international World Youth Day officially came to a close with Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the Campo da Graça, the Field of Grace, where Pope Francis encouraged those gathered to ‘be not afraid.’…
On 3 August, Pope Francis gave his first speech at World Youth Day 2023 during the Welcoming Ceremony in Lisbon’s Eduardo VII Park, reminding young people, ‘You are not here by accident. The Lord has called you … Indeed, he…
On Tuesday 1 August, World Youth Day 2023 officially began in Lisbon, Portugal, with nearly 400,000 young Catholics from around the world gathering to celebrate their faith. In his homily for the Opening Mass, Cardinal Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon,…
Melbourne pilgrims travelling to World Youth Day converged on Lisbon, Portugal, for a Mass celebrated with Archbishop Peter A Comensoli, the first time the nearly 600 pilgrims had been together since leaving Australia.
Over the weekend, from Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 August, pilgrims on the Italian Way and Holy Land pre-World Youth Day pilgrimages converged on Fatima, visiting the shrine commemorating Our Lady’s apparition to three young Portuguese children in the early…
As part of their program of formation, participants on the Emerging Leaders pilgrimage sat down with Archbishop Rino Fisichella (Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery of Evangelisation) and Sr Nathalie Becquart XMCJ (Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops), who encouraged the pilgrims…
Revered throughout Europe and a spiritual master known as ‘doctor mellifluous’, St Bernard is widely quoted by many theologians and great writers in human history.
Catholic liturgy is rich with expressive, symbolic movement, so that even the smallest physical gesture can carry deep meaning. Professor Clare Johnson of the ACU Centre for Liturgy helps us explores the symbolic significance of how we move through the…
Looking back on a period of aimlessness in his life, a young father reflects on what it means to have a sense of vision, discovering that vision and vocation often go hand in hand, so that even when we don’t…
Becoming a forgiving person by first seeking forgiveness. Fr Jaycee Napoles, Assistant Priest at St Patrick’s Cathedral, joins Fr Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen in this week’s episode to discuss forgiveness and the Sacrament of Confession.
From $2 Seven-Eleven coffees to $5 coffees on Lygon Street, this week Fr Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen are joined by Discipleship Intern Jacob to talk all things coffee.
Four of our World Youth Day Pilgrims take over the podcast this week and share some of their experiences on pilgrimage, and discuss what it has been like coming home and returning to life post WYD.
The cultivation of our lives by way of faith in Jesus Christ is the way in which we might learn to see what is wheat and what is weed about us.
To celebrate the Season of Creation, Caritas Australia invites Catholic communities nationwide to attend an online launch, offering participants an enriching and informative experience through its Catholic Earthcare program. The Vatican has also released a Catholic liturgical guide for parishes…
Speaking last week at the second Melbourne Catholic Professionals (MCP) luncheon for 2023, Dr Edward Simons, Executive Director of Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools, outlined an inspiring vision for the largest non-government schooling system in Australia and the single largest not-for-profit…
It’s often said that sport is, practically speaking, Australia’s national religion, but is that all we can say about? What is it we love about sport so much? Can Christians speak meaningfully into this space? And does sport have anything…
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