The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a beautiful theme and title for the bull of indiction, his decree setting the course for the Year of Faith. This is the year when we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council on October...
At Masses on Trinity Sunday we often hear the story of St Augustine and the child who was trying to pour the ocean into a hole in the sand. The message conveyed to the congregation is that Augustine then saw that he had been presumptuous in trying to get an...
Your parish and Facebook At last count, 11.5 million Australians were monthly Facebook users. That’s nearly two thirds of the adult population! Chances are, a great many of your own parishioners are in the mix. If the parish website is online and up to date, then a...
New media resources to deepen the life of faith Recently some members and associates have mentioned that a short section highlighting good resources helpful for ongoing faith formation would be of benefit to many readers. To this end, a brief list of helpful...
Fr Tim Finigan was keynote speaker at the 2013 ACCC Conference. This is the second of four papers he presented at the conference. They were: Vatican II and its context. Trent and Vatican II: compared (not contrasted). The hermeneutic of continuity. Church,...
Fr Tim Finigan was keynote speaker at the 2013 ACCC Conference. This is the third of four papers he presented at the conference. They were: Vatican II and its context. Trent and Vatican II: compared (not contrasted). The hermeneutic of continuity. Church,...
The Priest is published twice each year, and all members and associates receive a copy. Overseas subscriptions are also available. Each issue of the The Priest is uploaded twelve months after publication date. This article will be freely available online from December...
Life during and after the Council On 21st September 1963, in the company of my bishop, I arrived in Rome in the first class cabin of...
The Priest is published twice each year, and all members and associates receive a copy. Overseas subscriptions are also available. Each issue of the The Priest is uploaded twelve months after publication date. This article will be freely available online from December...
Adult faith formation The Priest is published twice each year, and all members and associates receive a copy. Overseas subscriptions are also available. Each issue of the The Priest is uploaded twelve months after publication date. This article will be freely...