Category Archives: Catholic Culture

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Posted on July 4, 2016 by

  And now for something slightly different. Some may be surprised that the Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri never made it to the Botany Bay penal settlement ever since that day when Captain (later Governor, later Admiral) … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Music, Catholic Orders and Congregations, Oratorians | 6 Comments

Making of an Icon

Posted on June 7, 2016 by

Our post for Trinity was illustrated with a beautiful icon of the Holy Trinity by Ann Chapin. On her own website, the artist has a description of the process of painting the icon, which can be found here.  She also … Continue reading →

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The speech of angels is song

Posted on March 17, 2016 by

Christianity has always understood that the speech of angels is actually song, in which all the glory of the great joy that they proclaim becomes tangibly present. And so, from that moment, the angels’ song of praise has never gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Music, Catholic Prayers, Devotion, Hymns, Latin, Liturgy, Marian, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Philip Jenkins on dissident Catholics

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

  Professor Philip Jenkins, Welsh-born Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University in the United States, may be quite well known to many for his contributions to research in Christian history and criminology (no pun intended!). Long, long ago in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Catholic Culture, Church History, Church Politics, Interreligious relationship, Mission, Pope Francis, Saints | 21 Comments

Rorate Sunday

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

Desert dew  A little study on my part has revealed that yesterday, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, has been sometimes called Rorate Sunday in times past and even present. This is to be distinguished from Rorate Masses, which refer to Votive Masses of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Biblical Reflection, Catholic Culture, Catholic Music, Catholic Prayers, Devotion, Hymns, Latin, Liturgy, Music, Sacred Scripture, Spiritual Life | 8 Comments

The Church is Holy

Posted on August 2, 2015 by

A little vid which might cheer some of us up a bit, with some help from Gustav Holst. It did me, just a moment ago. The church, of Our Lady of Lourdes, is that built in 1928 by French priests … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Church Teachings, Living Catholic lives, Rosary, Sacraments | 28 Comments

Honouring Our Lady of Fatima

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

Last Sunday was Fatima Day at “The Dome of Home” on the Wirral. The day began with a sung Tridentine Mass after which a beautiful statue of Our Lady was crowned. In a moving ceremony the faithful who had each … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Devotion, Hymns, Latin, Liturgy, Marian, Our Lady of Fatima | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Hymns of Lent 5

Posted on April 4, 2014 by

  And from Thy cross embrace me with arms outstretched to save.  (From the translation by Monsignor R.A. Knox of words attributed to St Bernard) The Epistle of the Mass of Passion Sunday, 5th Sunday of Lent, in the 1962 … Continue reading →

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Hymns of Lent 4

Posted on March 28, 2014 by

“There is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head.” This coming Fourth Sunday of Lent is still often referred to as Laetare Sunday, “Rejoice Sunday”, after the first word in the traditional introit of Mass on that day – Laetare, Jerusalem: … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Music, Devotion, Divine Mercy devotion, Hymns, Music, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 7 Comments

New Personal Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman, Melbourne

Posted on March 27, 2014 by

Tomorrow, 28 March 2014, will mark the canonical establishing of the Personal Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia. The parish will serve all those in the Archdiocese, which is Australia’s largest, wishing to worship in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Eastern Churches, Eastertide, Latin, Liturgy, Mass, Traditional Mass | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

A symbol of our times

Posted on February 14, 2014 by

Franz von Rohden – Crucifixion The Herald reports that a work of art, hailed as a masterpiece by experts, was hung in a chapel at Ushaw until the 1970s, when it was put in cupboard (no doubt replaced by something … Continue reading →

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Malaysia’s Appeals Court denies Malay-speaking Christians the freedom to write “Allah”.

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

On Monday 14 October 2013, a panel of three Muslim judges of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia quashed the 2009 judgement of the High Court that the Catholic Church in the capital city could use the word “Allah” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Guest Authors, Interreligious relationship, Mahometans, The Persecuted Church, World Affairs | Tagged , , , | 32 Comments

The papal earth-quake

Posted on October 4, 2013 by

Ches sums up the impact of the Papal interviews: The most visible wreckage lies in the confusion, disillusion and demoralization of faithful men and women – small ones and those at the very top of the Church’s life – whose … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Moral Teaching, Mission, Pope Francis I | Tagged , , , , | 49 Comments

The Sign of the Cross

Posted on August 8, 2013 by

by Tim Shaughnessy I knew how to do the sign of the cross growing up. As far as “easy prayers to memorize” go, it has to be at the top of the list and so usually is the first prayer … Continue reading →

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