Dear Friends,
By Virginia Ryan

Lent: it’s a great time to stand back from the busyness of our lives and decide to do things a little differently. This lent I have decided to detach.

"Hey, that's an argument I want to have with you!"
By Martin Teulan

Attending the Conference of Australian and New Zealand Pastoral Planners in Wellington last month, I fell into a conversation, over drinks, with Fr Martin Dixon a Melbourne priest who has been very involved with the National Council of Priests.

Two Types of Spirituality
By Dr Matthew Del Nevo

Christianity combines two types of spirituality – or has two kinds of spiritualty encoded in its character.

Taking Off Into the Dark Night
By Dr Carmel Bendon Davis

Many of you will have had the experience of preparing for an overseas holiday.

Fasting and Holy Indifference
By Dr Gerard Moore

How does a Christian gain a ‘holy indifference’ from the things that entwine us and ensnare us?  A traditional answer is fasting.

Why reflect on Torah?
By Teresa Pirola

Christianity is rooted in Judaism as a plant is rooted in the earth; it cannot live apart from the soil in which it is planted.

You Christians know too much about God
By Fr Noel Connolly

Recently I read a statement about Christianity that provoked much reflection in me. It was the statement of a Taoist philosopher.

Pope Says Freedom Is Realized in Service
Delivers "Lectio Divina" on Paul's Letter to Galatians

Human beings are truly free when we live in the truth of our dependency on God's love, count on him to provide all things, and serve others, says Benedict XVI.

Community-in-Mission
The Presenter - Prof Stephen Bevans SVD

15 – 17 May 2009, 9am-4pm , Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Armidale, 125 Barney St, ARMIDALE NSW 2350

Study online in 2009 with the Broken Bay Institute

Course UNITS available online in Semesters 1 and 2

• Introduction to Catholic Theology (TH188/TH488)
• Theology of Religious Education in Catholic Schools (PT344/PT544)
• Catholic Liturgical Foundations (LS170/LS470)
• Introduction to Catholic Youth Ministry (PT212/PT412)

Soldiers Of Peace

Speakers: Director Tim Wise, Professor Jake Lynch, Director Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, and Professor Stuart Rees Director of Sydney, Thursday, 19th March 7pm - Footbridge Theatre, Parramatta Rd (Sydney University)

Ecological Conversion

Day one with Denis Edwards, SATURDAY 21 MARCH 9.30am - 3.30pm
Day two with Pat O’Gorman, SATURDAY 30 MAY 9.30am - 3.30pm

Augustine: Man and Thinker
Presenter: Dr Matthew Del Nevo

In this short course we will study Augustine's Confessions, the first autobiography in Western literature, written in the form of an address to God. Dates: 4 March — 8 April, 7.00—9.00pm Wednesday evenings

Faith Australia
Local books on Faith and Theology
Review by Gerard Moore

This book is an engaging and lively read. David Ranson puts before bishops and priests, and by extension deacons, an approach to understanding priestly ministry constructed around ‘paradox’.