ONCE again, we gaze into the Christmas crib and are amazed by its simplicity. It is easy to forget that this tiny baby also ...

CHRISTMAS isn’t just about the birth of the Child who is God-with-us. It’s certainly about that, but it’s also about the human response to the birth of the Child. That’s why the Magi are such a part ...

‘The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light: on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone.’ (From the readings of Midnight Mass). THIS reading from the Prophet Isaiah ...

BROTHER Marinus always “just did” what he thought was right. He served the Benedictine congregation in Newtown, New Jersey, for 47 years, living a life of poverty and prayer, built upon a love and ...

ACCORDING to the song written by Australian songwriter Paul Kelly, Joe writes to his brother Dan on the 21st of December from his prison cell. In his letter he tells Dan his secret to making the gravy ...

RELIGION researchers have long taken for granted that women were just more religious than men – but new research might flip ...

QUEENSLAND Premier David Crisafulli has banned discussion of abortion in state parliament for the next four years. Mr Crisafulli used his LNP majority in parliament to quickly pass a motion banning ...

OZCARE Noosa can now count on a collective 600 years of wisdom from just six of its residents. Ozcare Noosa aged care facility manager Elizabeth Dodd said the centenarians, whose ages span from 100 to ...