News Archive
Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:21
5 reasons why Catholics should care about COP26
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 and as the Glasgow Conference, is about to start at the end of this…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 11:42
The Great Commandment
This is what it all boils down to: Love of God and love of neighbour. True faith, as Jesus teaches it, is about being in…
Wednesday, 27 October 2021 11:50
Br Albino to be ordained Deacon
The Carmelites of Australia & Timor-Leste joyfully announce that Br Albino Dos Santos will be ordained a Deacon on 20 November 2021 by Bishop Anthony…
Thursday, 21 October 2021 10:35
What do you want me to do for you?
There are all kinds of blindness - physical, lack of insight or perception, an unwillingness to see a confronting reality, and so on. For many…
Thursday, 14 October 2021 17:03
St Teresa of Jesus Feast Day 15 October
Born in Avila in Spain in 1515 Teresa entered the Carmelites and eventually made great progress in her spiritual journey. Wishing to share in the…
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:32
Servants, not masters
At the heart of so much politics, social media and TV reality shows sits an awful truth - our need to 'lord it over' one…
Tuesday, 12 October 2021 11:26
Prayerful, humbling, respectful, inspiring - Plenary Council
Spending 7 hours a day online for 6 days with 300 other participants can be exhausting and overwhelming, but Fr Paul Cahill says that the…
Monday, 11 October 2021 15:21
Fratelli Tutti - a Carmelite Reading
Is there a Carmelite reading of Fratelli Tutti? Carmelite Prior General, Míceál O'Neill, thinks so. Recently he prepared a 2-part online presentation about Fratelli Tutti,…
Thursday, 07 October 2021 11:12
Nothing is impossible for God
In the Jewish tradition, wealth was seen as a blessing from God and the wealthy person as especially favoured by God. Along with the idea…
Thursday, 07 October 2021 00:04
Our Lady of the Rosary
The feast which originally commemorated the victory of a Christian army serves today to focus us on the Rosary prayer. It is meant to be…
Saturday, 02 October 2021 15:10
Re-visioning our Church
This Sunday, 3rd October, the convergence of two major events in the Church calendar draws us to reflect on the continuing work of the Holy…
Saturday, 02 October 2021 13:40
Carmelites meet on Zoom
More than 20 Carmelites in Australia met together for the first ever online Provincial Assembly from 28-30 September. Carmelites in Timor-Leste were able to gather…
Saturday, 02 October 2021 12:20
Plenary Council - all you need to know
For the first time in 80 years members of the Catholic Church in Australia will meet together in the first Assembly of the Plenary Council.…
Friday, 01 October 2021 09:09
St Thérèse of Lisieux
1 October is the feast day of St Thérèse of Lisieux famous for her teaching on the 'the little way of confidence and love' found…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 15:19
Gracious & Generous Love
No doubt, many will find this Sunday’s Gospel difficult reading. Among Jewish scholars and rabbis of Jesus’ time there was often fierce debate about the…
Friday, 24 September 2021 14:42
A Prayer for conversion
The Australian Bishops Social Justice Statement, Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor encourages us to LISTEN with an open heart to those who…
Thursday, 23 September 2021 12:37
Dorothy Day: activist, journalist, mystic, prophet
Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, has been called many things: an activist, a journalist, a radical, a bohemian, a…
Thursday, 23 September 2021 11:35
Doing good in the name of Jesus
The disciples are on a steep learning curve as Jesus instructs them about what true discipleship is all about. True discipleship is not about holding…
Monday, 20 September 2021 17:04
Carmelites meet in 2 Assemblies
The Carmelites of Australia & Timor-Leste were due to meet in Melbourne last July. Due to COVID lockdowns and travel restrictions it was decided that…
Saturday, 18 September 2021 11:11
Seeing the presence of God in all things
The liturgy takes up this underlying sacramentality in all things as it uses water, wheat, grape, oil, music, smell, and touch to transform us into…
