Are you looking for a time to rest with the Lord this Lent? The Anima Network is holding a women's retreat on the 11th March in conjunction with The Makers Table at St Mary's in Jindera. It begins at 8am on the 11th March and concludes at 3:30. It will be a day of prayer, … Continue reading Be Still and Know – Jindera Lent Retreat 2023
We live in a time of polarisation. It seems to be felt wherever you look and not even just "out there" in the culture, but also within our own church. As Christ said "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and not city or house divided against itself will stand." (Matthew 12:25) We cannot … Continue reading Unam – Lent 2023
A bookclub has been on our mind for a little while here at Anima, so when people were starting to look into reading (or rereading) Pope Benedict's vast written legacy, we thought it was a great opportunity to begin. It was even more fortuitous when we realised that Emily Stimpson Chapman had decided something similar. … Continue reading Anima Women’s Bookclub!
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
