2019 Year in review, Advent, Achievements, Learnings, Whats next in 2020?What a year it has been! Here we are in the final month of 2019 in the season of Advent. As I look at where we are and what has been achieved this year I can't help but feel so grateful to God...
I don’t know if it is true, but someone said to me recently that children who play the roles of Mary or Joseph in nativity plays possess better than average outcomes later in life. As I say, the evidence may not be cast in iron. Nonetheless, children the world over are playing these roles in community and school plays in the lead up to Christmas.
John Pridmore Tour Above: John Pridmore & Charbel Raish with members from Our of the Rosary Parish in Taree who now have a Parousia Parish Stand! Welcome to another month at Parousia! We are excited to welcome back the author of the best selling book 'From...
There is no question but that this has been a difficult year for the Australian Catholic Church. Debates around the seal of the confessional and religious freedom, the ongoing troubles concerning Cardinal Pell, the decriminalising of abortion in New South Wales: each of these has hit us with a blow that has left us reeling, and from which we are yet to come back.
In case you missed yesterday's Parousia hour, you can watch it here! This week Charbel Raish & Salwa Elias spoke with special guest Tony Dingle sharing his conversion story!
Advent begins on Sunday 1st December, which is convenient for remembering.
But what should we be remembering for a fruitful commemoration of Advent? What is Advent for? Here are five things to remember about Advent.
By naming his top-of-the-chart album Jesus is King, patron saint of the present moment, Kanye West, was making a personal statement about authority.
In Kanye’s life, there is one ruler, Jesus.
In Solidarity with the Holy Souls
When I was 10 years old, my family befriended a retired gentleman. An early retiree, he volunteered virtually full time at his parish where my mum was housekeeper.
Salt of the earth, he wore a jacket and tie every day, and one of those hats you see civilian men wearing in World War II-era photos.
October Newsletter 2019: Catholic Answers Tour, Paul J Kim and John Pridmore.. It has been another packed month at Parousia!
