What is the best advice you would pass on to future Seminarians? Pray, pray, and pray some more. Develop solid prayer habits – know the Lord – and stay with him.
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Life & Ministry of a priest today
On the 17 March 2009, the very day I sat down to write this contribution to the Autumn edition of The Swag, I read that Pope Benedict had addressed the Congregation for Clergy in Rome a day earlier. He had announced a special year focussing on the mission of Priests, to begin on 19 June this year.
TEAMS World Conference
Rome was the city, and ‘Il Carmelo’ (a retreat house for 300+) was the centre. The reason for the gathering: the International College of Equipes de Notre Dame, known in Australia as TEAMS – a Movement for Married Couples.
Pastoral Planners Network Conference
Wellington NZ, provided a magnificent setting for the Pastoral Planners of Australia and New Zealand to gather from
16-20 February, the first time they have gathered outside Australia.
Bushfire chaplain advises “States, be prepared“
Fr Greg Bourke, newly appointed Bushfire Recovery Chaplain, told The Swag there were lessons for the Catholic Church throughout Australia from the bushfire tragedy.
In the first place, our church needed to be a part of whatever peak religious body the State looks to in declared emergency disasters, in Victoria, the Council of Churches.
Benedict XVI announces special year for priests
Meeting with members of the Congregation for Clergy this morning, the Holy Father announced that the Church will celebrate a special year for priests beginning on June 19, 2009. The year will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Vianney, Cure of Ars.
Three deacons ordained for Armidale
Bishop Luc Matthys of Armidale ordained three men as Deacons in St Mary and St Joseph’s Cathedral on 11/12/2008.
Vincentians leaving Rockhampton
The end of the Vincentian Fathers’ presence in the Rockhampton Diocese was marked with a Mass, unveiling of a commemorative plaque, morning tea and barbecue lunch on Sunday 18 January 2009.
Geelong shopping centre gets Catholic chapel
Fr Kevin Dillon, of the Geelong Deanery in the Melbourne Archdiocese has established a chapel and Catholic resource centre in the heart of Geelong’s shopping strip.
New pilgrim centre in Rome – Australia House
A group of Australian Dioceses, led by the Archdiocese of Sydney and supported by each of the Australian Archdioceses is finalising the process of buying the student house of the Marist Fathers in Via Cernaia, Rome, to establish a new pilgrim centre for visitors to Rome.
