Faith and Family are solid supports
Simon and Stefanie Lloyd have been married for 19 years after first meeting at a Windale Catholic Parish Antioch closing ceremony in 1985.
Bishops make a timely statement
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the mental health of many members of our families and local communities. There is widespread pressure on livelihoods as businesses struggle, lay people off, or even close.
Serving Opportunity
The unmistakable sounds of coffee being ground and milk being frothed emanate from the bustling café at Hamilton’s St Francis Xavier’s College each weekday morning.
All too much, after a fashion
The Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed on 24 April 2013 killing 1,134 workers who formed part of the supply chain for “fast fashion”. It was a heartbreaking reminder of the human cost of cheap labour satiating the demand for more clothes.
Change is going to come
Alison Penfold is a former student of St Clare’s High School, Taree.
The Lorax by Dr Seuss
A few pages into the The Lorax the colourful illustrations transport you into a fictional world filled with “Truffula Trees” that provide shade for the “Brown bar-ba-loots” that play underneath, and where “Swomee-Swans” sing and “Humming Fish” hum.
New rhythms spring to life for Earth’s Jubilee
What is a Jubilee? In the tradition of the Church, life has an age-old rhythm. It begins with the story of creation and the rich theology of Sabbath found in the Book of Genesis. After all the work creating the world, “God rests” (Genesis 2:3). Well-known Catholic priest and writer Ronald Rolheiser describes this as the first sabbatical. Sabbath, he tells us, means seventh day.
Waste not, want not
Limp broccoli, bruised bananas, spoiled meat, or a half-eaten sandwich. Have you ever paused to consider how much food you waste? Data revealed in the Federal Government's National Baseline reports Australians waste, on average, an astonishing 298kg of food per year, per person.
