"Learn how to forgive others"
In a get-together in Mexico in 1983, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo insists that we need to learn how to forgive others, so that God will forgive us.
From Sydney to Rome and the Holy Land – UNIV 2014
In March 2014, 16 intrepid young men from Sydney left their university studies and jobs on a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land. They took part in the UNIV conference – a conference organised for University students from across the world during Holy Week; and also attended the canonisations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. The pilgrimage was organised by Warrane College and also involved students from Mirrabooka and Nairana Study Centres.
Philippines Service Project
On the 15th of October 2013 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the southern islands of the Philippines causing the death of hundreds and the destruction of more than eighty-thousand structures. Ten students from universities in Sydney and Brisbane volunteered three weeks of their summer to alleviating structural and educational damage in the town of Clarin in the Philippine island of Bohol.
Pope Francis: Homily for the Assumption
On Friday, August 15, Pope Francis celebrated his first public Mass during his 5-day visit to South Korea, in the World Cup Stadium in Daejeon.
"Exalted above all creatures"
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of our Lady, who considered herself the least among the Lord’s poor, and finds herself crowned as Queen and Lady of the whole universe.
Interior Quiet in the Digital Age
Faced with all the "noise" of the new technologies, we need to foster the interior quiet that enables us to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit in our soul. A new article on Christian life.
"People here are always giving thanks"
Isabel Covarrubias, a teacher from Santiago, Chile, is spending this semester helping out at Kimlea Technical Training Centre in Kenya.
Kimlea Technical Training Centre
Near Nairobi, Kenya, Kimlea began in 1989 under the encouragement of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. To date about 12,000 women have benefited, most of them young girls working on the tea and coffee plantations.
Letter from the Prelate (August 2014)
The Prelate invites us to struggle to win out in all the battles of the interior life, in order to ensure that we win the "last battle."
The Prelate in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
From July 28 to August 3, as part of his pastoral trip to 6 countries in Central America, Bishop Echevarria visited Nicaragua and Costa Rica and met with thousands of people.