Mercy’s out of the box and it’s not going back!

For we who worship in the mainstream Christian churches, Matthew’s gospel is shaping our lives this year, definitively revealing Jesus as the living presence of God among us.

Mary Magdalene widens the space for incisive female presence in the Church

In the Catholic Church many have been honoured for their distinctive way of living the gospel by being formally proclaimed ‘saints’. This is the call to all of us, of course.

Richard Leonard: Mercy in the Movies “We need to ask for the grace to want to forgive!”

Participants in a seminar led by Richard Leonard sj know that they will be enthralled from the outset, and that was certainly true of the recent Mercy in the Movies. Continually alluding to the theme, Richard beckoned us into the experience of mercy, through an interweaving of words and stories from gospel witnesses, scripture, society and culture – notably the media.

Professor Richard Lennan: Continuing the Pilgrimage of Hope

Significant milestones give us time to pose questions, and the 150^th celebration of the arrival of the first bishop of Maitland-Newcastle is a fitting time to ask:

• What does it mean to be Catholic here and now?
• Things are changing around us. Of what do we need to let go? What do we need to take on?
• Where is Pope Francis pointing us?

Fr Richard Leonard’s Mercy in the Movies

Fr Richard Leonard,SJ needs little introduction. His name is a drawcard for those who seek to understand how we live faith in our complex age.