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Pope Francis - World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2020
1 September 2020Each year, particularly since the publication of the Encyclical Laudato Si (24 may 2015), the first day of September is celebrated by the Christian family as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and the beginning of the Season of Creation, which concludes on the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi on the fourth of October. During this period, Christians worldwide renew their faith in the God of creation and join in prayer and work for the care of our common home. more ... -
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Easter Sunday 2019
23 April 2019Mary of Magdala walked, sometimes stumbling as the tears, which had been flowing since the terrible events of Friday, clouded her vision. On she went, past the city walls where the tombs of the honoured ancestors slept, stumbled blindly past them to where her beloved was buried. more ... -
Good Friday 2019
18 April 2019They called him the good thief; and someone, somewhere at some time gave him the name Dismas. It is a dismal sounding name. Perhaps, I thought, it is so because of the sadness of his life? I only recently learned Dismas is a name given to him in the gospel of Nicodemus, an apocryphal writing, and the name means sunset or death. We do not know his age or his village. We do not know his crime, although over the centuries he has been called the good thief. more ... -
Holy Week 2019
13 April 2019‘And then the beating began.’ The first words that burst forth, uninvited from ‘CocoJo’s lips when I met him on a glorious February afternoon a few weeks ago. I had dropped into the Medaille Safe House to deliver clothes donations from my local parishioners. Clearly in need of a listening ear, CocoJo approached me. Bearing his untouched cup of coffee in his hands, he recounted without bitterness how ‘his friends’ had said they were offering him a job and a better life in the U.K Now he was trapped in the back of a van more ... -
5th Sunday of Lent 2019
6 April 2019My father always said that I did more and better work than two grown men could do. It wasn't difficult for me because I suppose that I was a bit of a perfectionist. I liked things done quickly, efficiently, and tidily and, as we weren't well off, I was very useful about our little holding. But I found later that, riches don't make a person good or happy, and on the whole my family was both. We were faithful to the law and we all cared about each other and that was enough. more ... -
4th Sunday of Lent 2019
29 March 2019Have you ever experienced losing something you treasured, or something important in your life? You never notice it is missing until the moment comes to use it, wear it, display it or pass it on to someone else. Then comes the frustration of: “Did I put it somewhere for safekeeping? Did I give it to someone? Did I loan it to someone? Did I carelessly put it somewhere? Was it stolen from me?” more ... -
3rd Sunday of Lent 2019
25 March 2019In catechism lessons many years ago, we learned that God created us in His own image and likeness, to know love and serve Him on this earth and to be happy with Him forever in heaven. This tells us that we are pilgrims on a spiritual journey. St Ignatius encourages us “to put on the mind of a pilgrim and set out on a journey. more ... -
2nd Sunday of Lent 2019
15 March 2019Since I started the Master of Divinity program here at JST, my dad has taken to asking me theological questions. I love our conversations and appreciate how interested he is in what I am studying, but honestly, sometimes I do not know the answers. Recently he asked me why Jesus calls himself, “the Son of Man.” more ... -
1st Sunday of Lent 2019
9 March 2019The Church offers us a variety of moods during the liturgical year as we re-live the life of Jesus. On this first Sunday of Lent we find ourselves at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. He has just been baptized and had his identity confirmed 'You are my beloved Son . . .' more ... -
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Share the Journey 2018
30 August 2018The Lampedusa cross is made from the driftwood of a boat that was wrecked off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy on 11 October, 2013. We walked in solidarity with those millions of refugees who flee from war, poverty and exploitation, searching for safety for themselves and their families more ... -
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Feast of St. Augustine 2017
28 August 2017Augustine was born in Thagaste, in eastern Algeria in 352. He was a searcher always asking questions about life and the meaning of life. more ...
