TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Love your enemies IMAGE Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Love your enemies

February 22, 2022 Teresa Brierley

Over the past couple of weeks, I have managed to catch some of the highlights of the Winter Olympics. I have marvelled at the ability of humans to train and achieve such excellence in what seems to me dangerous pursuits. Almost all things on ice and snow seem to be accompanied by high speed and incredible grace.

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Happy are they who hope in the Lord IMAGE Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Happy are they who hope in the Lord

February 15, 2022 Teresa Brierley

I love the way our Sunday scripture readings are relevant and provide us with guidance for our lives each week. For those who are able to attend Mass or who read the scriptures daily, they too find what they read applicable to their lives. And so, for this particular Sunday, people are being asked to trust in God both now and for eternity. The response to our Responsorial Psalm was, “Happy are they who hope in the Lord.”

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Word of God Sunday IMAGE Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Word of God Sunday

February 08, 2022 Teresa Brierley

I am aware that the first Sunday in February (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) has been designated by the Australian bishops as Word of God Sunday, typically held on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time in other parts of the world.

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: New beginnings IMAGE Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: New beginnings

February 01, 2022 Teresa Brierley

This first day of February marks the beginning of my work year in the Diocese. We are still living in uncertain times, and I am conscious that many are feeling the anxiety, stress and strain of the past two years.

Brendon Mannyx: Breaking walls this Christmas IMAGE Opinion & Comment

Brendon Mannyx: Breaking walls this Christmas

December 21, 2021 Brendon Mannyx

In November, our Diocese began sharing stories of Mission and Outreach under the name, Church without Walls.

Musings by Mary: Prepare the way of the Lord IMAGE Opinion & Comment

Musings by Mary: Prepare the way of the Lord

December 14, 2021 Mary-Anne DeLuca

As we begin a new liturgical year with the Season of Advent, we are encouraged to: “Prepare the way of the Lord” and to "Make his paths straight.’

But what does this actually mean?

Christopher Voigt: Parish leadership IMAGE Opinion & Comment

Christopher Voigt: Parish leadership

December 07, 2021 Guest Contribution

Parish Leadership can take many forms and employ varying models, yet all good leadership hinges on teamwork. We need to lead out of a team. No one person has all the gifts: we all have blind spots and none of us sees all the perspectives.

Happy days with Helene IMAGE Opinion & Comment

Happy days with Helene

November 26, 2021 Helene O'Neill

When Confucius said, “choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life,” he must have had in mind the role of the Family Ministry Coordinator (FMC) in the Diocese.