Cardinal Pell, you loved Christ and His Church with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. It is all that is asked of anyone. The testimony of your extraordinary talent for friendship is found in the sheer number of those who will remember you at the … Continue reading Cardinal Pell
More than three decades have passed since Pope St. John Paul II asked that as part of the universal call to holiness, all would “acknowledge the indispensable contribution of women to the building up of the Church and the development of society.” As we emerge from the isolation and dislocation if the last years - … Continue reading Lamps Alight – Retreat this Saturday and More lined up for 2023
"Shhhhhhhhh! Nanna is saying her prayers!" My siblings and cousins and I had come inside the house with our boisterous game; not an unusual thing for us to do. It was her everyday habit to pray in her room after lunch for an hour or so. It was sacrosanct. It was ordinary How do we … Continue reading The worth of a Grandmother’s Prayers
The role of a mother is vast: a mother tends, nurtures, encourages, teaches, forms, corrects, cares for, protects, provides, calls forth, cleans, orders, cuddles, and repeats - every day, week in week out, month in month out, year in year out - for years!! Much of this activity is done alone. Much of her work … Continue reading Mothers need Mothering
Just a short post to acknowledge the reception of the Medal of the Order of Australia in this year's Queen's birthday honours for Anna. "Anna Krohn said she was honoured to accept her Medal of the Order of Australia as a way of recognising the work of so many women in the Church; particularly the … Continue reading Congratulations to Anna Krohn
Have you ever wanted to grow closer to the Holy Spirit? Or not sure how to include Him in your prayer? This is a perfect preparation for Pentecost. In our half-day reflection, we will present two short talks looking at the Holy Spirit in Scripture and in Tradition. Then time will be given for prayer, … Continue reading Anima Education Presents – Come Holy Spirit! A Pentecost Retreat for Men and Women.
Life is a dangerous journey; on it, we are not called to be “safe”; we are called to be faithful. I am heartily sick of being told to “stay safe”. I want to make a vulgar response when I hear it. Safety did not prompt Mary to accept the Motherhood of the Divine; faith did. … Continue reading Of course he isn’t safe – A life of faithfulness
There is nothing new under the sun, including experts. No ancient court would have been complete without an astrologer on hand to predict next year’s grain harvest or the outcome of a military campaign. Experts have been loitering in the wings since antiquity, but in our time they have increased both in number and apparent … Continue reading Do not the Pharisees do as much?
Last month we unexpectedly lost a dear friend of ours here at Anima, Louisa Ashton. In fact she was a dear friend to many, especially across the Catholic community of Melbourne. She had many struggles and disappointments in her life which were magnified more so in the last few years. Sometimes, dreams, drive and all … Continue reading What do you seek? – The ponderings on the life of a friend.
'O Come, O Come Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel...that mourns in lonely exile here...until the Son of God appear.' These words of the beautiful Advent Carol struck me deeply this week and I carried them with me and deeply pondered them. By Walter Langley They got me thinking about the word 'mournful'. I often find … Continue reading How Long O Lord
