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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: holy: 1440 spirit: 791 Articles containing the exact phrase: 380 (shown first)Articles containing 2 single search words: 191 1 - May 2013 - Reflection: Pentecost: opening our minds to truth and our hearts to love, Bishop Arthur Serratelli(Subscribers only - please login to view) With the gift of the Holy Spirit the Church begins her mission in the world. 2 - Apr 2013 - Books: PERPETUA'S PASSIONS, ed. Jan N. Bremmer and Marco Formisano, Peter Westmore Christians of the third century would have immediately seen the connection between Perpetuas visions one of which predicted her death with the Apostle Pauls description of prophecy as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit the vision experienced by St Stephen before his execution as described in Acts and the vision of the second century martyr St Polycarp in which he foresaw that he was to be burnt to death. 3 - Apr 2013 - Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's insights on the priesthood, Martin Tobin This excellent book treats many other subjects relating to the life of a priest in an honest down to earth manner: The Holiness of the Priest The Spirit of Poverty as applied to the life of a priest The Holy Spirit and the Priest Why make a Holy Hour and How to Make a Holy Hour The Spirit and Preaching and Praying and more. 4 - Apr 2013 - Vocations: Australia's vocations springtime continues into 2013, Br Barry Coldrey When Msgr Anthony Randazzo arrived from Rome at the beginning of 2009 to become Rector of Brisbanes Holy Spirit Seminary in Banyo he was greeted by a mere four seminarians. 5 - Apr 2013 - News: The Church Around the World EWTN News Hopeful signs for Church in China Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 2010 and formerly a professor of Theology at the Holy Spirit Seminary in Hong Kong told an interviewer in Rome on 7 February that he saw many reasons for hope for the Church in China. 6 - Apr 2013 - POPE FRANCIS: 'REBUILD MY CHURCH', Michael Gilchrist There is talk of stones: stones have consistency but the stones spoken of are living stones stones anointed by the Holy Spirit. 7 - Mar 2013 - Reflection: Icon for the Year of Grace: 'Sir, we wish to see Jesus', Anne Lastman For life is the result of an overflow of the love of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and the home designed for that life is heaven with a vision of the face of divinity forever. 8 - Mar 2013 - Books: BECOME WHAT YOU ARE: Growing in Christian Character, by Bishop Julian Porteous, Brother Barry Coldrey Chapters include: Made in the Image of God The Question of Good and Evil In Need of Redemption and A Life in the Holy Spirit through to Life in God Prayer and Holiness of Life. 9 - Mar 2013 - Priestly celibacy: being one with Christ and His mission, Father John O'Neill PP Finally because everything in God has to be person and infinite love between Father and Son is the Holy Spirit. 10 - Mar 2013 - True reform in the Church: Yves Congar's golden mean, Andrew Kania At the Council of Trent Cardinal Pole declared candidly about the salt of the clergy losing its flavour: If we do not recognise that then it is vain for us to go into the Council vain to invoke the Holy Spirit who enters the soul of the people first of all to convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation (Jn 18:8). 11 - Mar 2013 - STOP PRESS: Vale, Pope Benedict!, Peter Westmore Certainly the cardinals themselves believe that the decision as to who is to serve as the successor of St Peter will be inspired by the Holy Spirit although it will be taken after intense discussion and prayer by about 117 cardinals of the Church from around 50 countries representing all five continents. 12 - Mar 2013 - Homily: Benedict XVI's 2012 Annunciation homily, Pope Benedict XVI In the Gospel of Saint Luke we hear the words of the angel to Mary: The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you therefore the child to be born will be called holy the Son of God (Lk 1:35). 13 - Feb 2013 - Reflection: The cathedral: symbol of Christ's authoritative teaching, Bishop Michael Kennedy When Jesus says know that I am with you always yes to the end of time we know that this refers to a number of different modes of his continuing presence amongst us: through his Holy Spirit; in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist; and whenever two or more gather in his name. 14 - Feb 2013 - Religious freedom: The widows of Kandmahal: anti-Christian violence in India, Babette Francis I really feel the power of the Holy Spirit in what we are doing. 15 - Dec 2012 - Letters: Old Testament, Fr Brian Harrison In his reply to my latest letter Frank Mobbs (October AD2000) makes no attempt to counter my central point namely that in denying the truth of certain assertions of the biblical authors he is taking a stand not just against some aberrant personal opinion of mine but against the firm and constant doctrine of the Catholic Church according to which all such assertions in both Old and New Testaments are coauthored by the Holy Spirit who cannot err. 16 - Dec 2012 - Catholicism: The Year of Faith: time to revisit the Catechism of the Catholic Church Church, Audrey English With this gift comes a whole supernatural organism: the theological and moral virtues the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Divine Indwelling (CCC1266). 17 - Nov 2012 - Reflection: Father forgive them ...: God's infinite mercy for the repentant, Anne Lastman Mercy and forgiveness are not human initiatives but the work of the Holy Spirit through the intercession of Jesus the beloved Son who took that sin of abortion onto the cross. 18 - Nov 2012 - Hong Kong's Catholic Bishop interviewed I think conversion depends on the Holy Spirit on Gods grace. 19 - Nov 2012 - Ignite Conference unites young practising Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey Holy Spirit The Emmanuel Communitys Director of Music Pat Keady a key Ignite organiser elaborated on the Awake theme to enthuse Brisbanes young Catholics three weeks before the event: Wake up! 20 - Oct 2012 - Reflection: The Year of Faith and the Church's missionary role, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes The Catechism Compendium reminds us: The Church guided by the Holy Spirit continues the mission of Christ himself in the course of history. 21 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Biblical assertions, Frank Mobbs Seeing that Fr Harrison lacks a complete list of such assertions then on his own grounds he is not believing that everything asserted in the Bible is asserted by the Holy Spirit. 22 - Oct 2012 - Schools: Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges, Wagga Wagga: progress report, Charles Morton However he added that if the Holy Spirit wanted the school to succeed it would. 23 - Oct 2012 - The new evangelisation and the culture of life, Anne Lastman These He continues to speak about through the Holy Spirit via the Church whose work is to bring a change to a disordered world. 24 - Oct 2012 - The Year of Faith and true unity of faith, Cardinal Raymond Burke For the Church to remake her own fabric requires that she acknowledge a rupture in her life caused by the failure to see the organic nature of her life received from Christ faithfully transmitted down the centuries as the gift of the Holy Spirit for the evangelisation of the world. 25 - Sep 2012 - Letters: Old Testament, Fr Brian Harrison OS For her unchangeable faith reaffirmed by Vatican II is that everything asserted by the sacred writers of both Old and New Testaments is to be held as asserted by the Holy Spirit (DV 11). 26 - Sep 2012 - The Church's mission priority: to search for its 'lost sheep', Andrew Kania The Church ceases to be vital and becomes a quaint reminder of times gone by when it fails to act on her mission a mission that Christ the Immanuel directed to us: Go therefore make disciples of all nations baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you (Matthew 28:19-20). 27 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Old Testament God (1), Fr Brian Harrison OS We believe God did those things because the Church solemnly teaches that the books of the Old Testament as well as the New entire with all their parts were written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and so have God as their author ( Catechism of the Catholic Church (105) quoting Vatican IIs Constitution on Divine Revelation and various New Testament teachings about biblical inspiration). 28 - Aug 2012 - The Virgin Mary's key role in our salvation history, Cedric Wright Our Lady instructed the saint to say three special Hail Marys every day in honour of God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. 29 - Aug 2012 - Marriage: Archbishop Hickey: the Eucharist and the Christian family, Archbishop Barry Hickey Basically it says that the love of God is such that God draws us through our Baptism and the power of the Holy Spirit into a deep communion with himself. 30 - Aug 2012 - Vocations: Australian religious Sisters: 'In the true spirit of Vatican II', Kate Cleary MGL There was much debate dissension and heartache in the wake of Vatican II as bishops priests and theologians tried to contain or explain or even to simply understand what the Holy Spirit had been saying to them through the Council. 31 - Aug 2012 - Assumption homily: Mary: The true Ark of the Covenant, Pope Benedict XVI It was the Holy Spirit who opened Elizabeths eyes and caused her to recognise Mary as the true Ark of the Covenant the Mother of God who was coming to visit her. 32 - Jul 2012 - Letters: The Year of Grace and the New Evangelisation, Fr Dennis Byrnes As the Statement of Conclusions put it in 1998: This common labour is before all else a co-operation with the Grace of the Holy Spirit each one praying for the wisdom always to give first consideration to the honour of God and the salvation of souls and begging for the strength needed for the task of building up the Body of Christ so that all efforts may bear abundant fruit for the mission of the Church in Australia and beyond. 33 - Jul 2012 - Letters: Communion reception, Ken Bayliss The late British writer Michael Davies wrote that according to The Universe (then Britains largest Catholic weekly) Pope Paul has given permission for Holy Communion in the hand because he believes as do the bishops that it will emphasise the sacred nature of the communicant as a temple of the Holy Spirit as well as the sacred nature of the Eucharist as the Body and Blood of Our Lord. 34 - Jul 2012 - 'Born again': how to change from a nominal to a "living" Christian, Andrew Kania He opens with the sentence: So that the sap of Christianity can still thrust its shoots through the crust of history the Holy Spirit watching over the Church raises up servants whose fidelity goes beyond conformity to the status quo. 35 - Jun 2012 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: Pentecost and the Church's universality, Pope Benedict XVI The Church has prepared us in recent days for Pentecost with her prayers with the repeated and intense plea to God for a renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us. 36 - May 2012 - Reflection: Nicene Creed's "consubstantial":What does this mean?, Bishop Arthur Serratelli 200 AD) the first of the great Patristic authors to write in Latin coined the word Trinitas (Trinity) to describe the relationship of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit (cf. 37 - Apr 2012 - Reflection: Christ's Resurrection: the central truth of our faith, Fr Dennis Byrnes At Jesus Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state so that St Paul can say that Christ is the new man of Heaven (1 Cor 15:35-50) therefore the Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ and represents along with his cross an essential part of the Paschal Mystery. 38 - Apr 2012 - Art: Icons: linking the spiritual and material, Aidan Hart A prophet walks in the Holy Spirit and through the Spirit is inspired to hear the word of God and declare it. 39 - Apr 2012 - Missions: Where the Church's growth is fastest, Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil And the missionaries could come and say: Have no fear there is one spirit the Holy Spirit and its a good spirit. 40 - Apr 2012 - Vocations: Australia's seminary numbers continue their growth, Br Barry Coldrey Sydney seminaries In Sydney there are three seminaries in the metropolitan area: the Archdiocesan Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush the Redemptoris Mater (Neocatechumenate) Seminary and the Holy Spirit Seminary of the Parramatta Diocese. 41 - Mar 2012 - Reflection: The wonder of the Incarnation: Pope Benedict's Nazareth homily, Pope Benedict XVI When our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived in Marys virginal womb through the power of the Holy Spirit God united himself with our created humanity entering into a permanent new relationship with us and ushering in a new Creation. 42 - Mar 2012 - Books: Streams of Grace, by Bishop Julian Porteous, Fr Ken Barker MGL He unveils the extraordinary creativity of the Holy Spirit who acts in fresh and surprising ways at every stage of the Churchs history. 43 - Mar 2012 - Extraordinary life of new Czech Cardinal, Dominik Duka, Peter Westmore Bishop Duka commenced a vigorous program of religious renewal in the diocese along with the construction of new schools and theological institutes and the refurbishment of Holy Spirit Cathedral to mark the 700th anniversary of its foundation. 44 - Mar 2012 - Year of Grace: can Australian Catholicism recover its unity?, Michael Gilchrist During that time the Archbishop continued the Church in Australia will implore a new sending of the Holy Spirit who alone can breathe new life into the Church. 45 - Mar 2012 - Homily: Benedict XVI: the Annunciation and Mary's virginity, Pope Benedict XVI In fact not only did the Virgin Mary conceive but she did so through the Holy Spirit which is God himself. 46 - Feb 2012 - Youth: iWitness 2011: a celebration of young adult Catholic life, Br Barry Coldrey Redfield College was well represented and also involved were Anthony Ndaira Youth Ministry Co-ordinator at the huge St Charbels (Maronite) Parish at Punchbowl and Jack Green from Doonside Parish who is preparing to enter the Holy Spirit Seminary St Marys Parramatta Diocese. 47 - Feb 2012 - Census: Growth and decline in the churches: research findings, Frank Mobbs Praying is intense unscripted with strong appeals to the Holy Spirit. 48 - Dec 2011 - Letters: Eucharistic confusion, John Royal May it be only the Holy Spirit who guides us and may St Michael guard and protect us. 49 - Dec 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Guided by the Holy Spirit we compiled the Bible it says stating that the Church was started by Jesus. 50 - Nov 2011 - Letters: Catholic healthcare for Cairns, Dr Tim and Anne Coyle The Sisters of Mercy currently have aged care health facilities in Cairns The Holy Spirit Aged Care facilities. 51 - Oct 2011 - Books: ROME AND THE EASTERN CHURCHES: A Study in Schism (2nd ed), Aidan Nichols OP, Michael Daniel One major tension was that of the Wests insertion of the term filioque (and from the son) into the Creed at the end of the words I believe in the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father. 52 - Oct 2011 - Pastoral care: One of the Catholic Church's best kept secrets, Marie Mason Testimonies All the aspects came together in the two inspired testimonies one by a man and the other by a woman who had both come out of the lifestyle and formed through their involvement with the Courage apostolate a close relationship with Jesus and a way of living chastely by yielding to the Holy Spirit when faced with an attack of lust. 53 - Oct 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Indeed the Holy Spirit has been working through parents priests and our vocations staff to bring about this blessing for our diocese. 54 - Sep 2011 - Reflection: Proper church etiquette: a public witness of faith, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Yes the church is first of all the People of God made one as the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit are one and . 55 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Teaching authority, Fr M. Durham Knowing our fallen human nature he foresaw the need for such an arrangement provided it and guaranteed his protection and that of the Holy Spirit. 56 - Sep 2011 - Interview: Pope's brother sheds more light on Benedict's early years, Zenit News Agency The most important day in his life was his consecration as a priest on 29 June 1951 when he felt how much more he could give to the people when he allows the Holy Spirit to work through him. 57 - Aug 2011 - Reflection: The new evangelisation: 'missionary spirit' needed, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes This sharing of faith leads people to a sense of the sacred which allows them to be open to the Holy Spirit and leads to a desire to transform the world according to Gods plan. 58 - Aug 2011 - Exegesis: Genesis account of creation and fall: what does the Church teach?, John Young But given a Magisterium guided by the Holy Spirit we can stay on the right path. 59 - Jul 2011 - Reflection: Christ's priestly promise: 'I am with you always', Fr John O'Neill And so it is when he sees we need it that the Holy Spirit will flash into the prayerful mind a clearer realisation of a truth he has revealed. 60 - Jul 2011 - Letters: Conscience, John Mulholland We are assisted by the gifts of the Holy Spirit aided by the witness or advice of others and guided by the authoritative teaching of the Church (1785). 61 - Jun 2011 - Reflection: Pentecost, the feast of true hope for humanity, Bishop Arthur Serratelli He sends his Holy Spirit who unites Gods children into a community where all are respected and all are loved. 62 - Jun 2011 - Australia's seminary numbers continue to increase, Br Barry Coldrey Across Sydney there are now three seminaries: the Archdiocesan Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Pagewood and the Holy Spirit Seminary of the Parramatta Diocese at St Marys. 63 - May 2011 - Reflection: The Resurrection: ultimate meaning of our existence, Fr Dennis Byrnes Holy Spirit Every liturgical action especially the celebration of the Eucharist and the sacraments is an encounter with Christ our light. 64 - May 2011 - Letters: 'Spirit of Vatican II', Fr. M. Durham Some even credit no less than the Holy Spirit for inspiring them to believe and do what they want thereby confirming them in their cafeteria Catholicism. 65 - Mar 2011 - Letters: Missionaries of God's Love a welcome initiative, Tom King May the Holy Spirit now motivate the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference to publicise and support with appropriate resources other God-inspired initiatives like Fr Barkers. 66 - Mar 2011 - Netherlands: Migrants keep Church alive in Holland, Fr Cornelius van der Geest The Holy Spirit Sisters and the Divine Word Missionaries together started this new mission here fifteen years ago. 67 - Mar 2011 - iWitness 2010: an unforgettable retreat for young Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey iWitness fills you with the fire of the Holy Spirit to set the world ablaze (Joe Hopkins Hunter Valley). 68 - Feb 2011 - Young children: never too early to love God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli All in all she wrote 105 letters to Jesus to the Father to the Holy Spirit to our Blessed Mother to St Agnes and to St Thrse the Little Flower. 69 - Feb 2011 - News: The Church Around the World It is because it is a gift of the Holy Spirit abiding in his Church that I believe I must accept it and invite others to come with me on the journey. 70 - Dec 2010 - Reflection: Messiah: the one anointed by God to reconcile sinners, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes From the first formulations of her faith the Church has confessed that Jesus was conceived solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary affirming also the corporal aspect of this event: Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit without human seed. 71 - Dec 2010 - Books: FIVE SMOOTH STONES: A 40 Day WYD08 Journal, by Stephen Lawrence, Bishop Joseph Grech Yet at the same time a man who realises that because this is Gods work he needs a constant connection with the Holy Spirit. 72 - Dec 2010 - News: The Church Around the World And the Holy Spirit. 73 - Nov 2010 - Vocations: Priestly and religious vocations upsurge in the US, Tim Drake Take a look at some of the good news coming from various seminaries across the US and youll find that the Holy Spirit is still at work in the Church. 74 - Oct 2010 - Books: THE PATH TO ROME: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Bishop David Robarts It is a response to the call of God and the insistent prompting and goading of the Holy Spirit. 75 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott This is an ancient mystical response to a blessing-greeting referring either to the priests angelic guardian or the presence of the Holy Spirit in the priest. 76 - Sep 2010 - Reflection: Accepting the reality of sin: a cornerstone of Christian faith, Fr Dennis Byrnes The late Pope John Paul II in his Encyclical Dominum et Vivificatem states: Conversion requires convincing of sin: it includes the interior judgement of conscience and this being a proof of the action of the Spirit of truth in mans inmost being becomes at the same time the start of a new grant of grace and of love: Receive the Holy Spirit. 77 - Sep 2010 - Ecclesial movements in the life of the Church, Bishop Julian Porteous Here the Pope is proposing that we see the Church as a dynamic reality living under the influence of the Holy Spirit. 78 - Sep 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Benedict XVI: role of theologians The people of God precede theology thanks to the Holy Spirits gift that brings them to embrace the faith and which can leave theologians struggling to explain what the faithful already know. 79 - Aug 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Sacrament of Penance: whatever happened to confession?, Br Barry Coldrey John the evangelist records: He breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit when you forgive mens sins they are forgiven when you hold them bound they are held bound. 80 - Aug 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Benedict XVI said that bishops are the administrators of the supreme priesthood and that they must truly make the liturgy an epiphany of the mystery that is expression of the genuine nature of the Church which actively offers worship to God through Christ in the Holy Spirit. 81 - Jul 2010 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: What we can know about heaven from Scripture and the Church, John Young We will experience the three divine Persons: the Father generating the Son Father and Son giving rise to the Holy Spirit. 82 - Jun 2010 - Reflection: Benedict XVI on the Church's birth and universality at Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI The fire specifically took the form of tongues of flame which settled on each one of the disciples who were all filled with the Holy Spirit and through the effect of this outpouring began to speak in other tongues (Acts 2:4). 83 - Jun 2010 - Editorial: Pentecost Sunday: the 'birthday of the Church', Michael Gilchrist Pentecost Sunday which fell on 23 May this year commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christs disciples 50 days after His Resurrection. 84 - May 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass: early centuries to Vatican II, Br Barry Coldrey He left these decisions to the Apostles and later leaders of the Church down the centuries guided by the Holy Spirit. 85 - May 2010 - Culture: The vocation of Christians in public life, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput John Courtney Murray the Jesuit scholar who spoke so forcefully about the dignity of American democracy and religious freedom once wrote: The Holy Spirit does not descend into the City of Man in the form of a dove. 86 - Apr 2010 - Reflection: The Resurrection: cornerstone of the Christian faith, Fr Dennis Byrnes Even closer to the heart of the resurrections mystery are these words of Jesus: Receive the Holy Spirit. 87 - Apr 2010 - Bishop Kevin Rhoades: Tribute to an outstanding American Church leader, Fr John Trigilio Teacher and pastor We are praying to the Holy Spirit and Our Lady Mother of the Church that we be sent another gem like Bishop Rhoades. 88 - Apr 2010 - Homily: Easter - from death to eternal life, Pope Benedict XVI Let us open our spirit to Christ who has died and is risen in order to renew us in order to remove from our hearts the poison of sin and death and to pour in the life-blood of the Holy Spirit: divine and eternal life. 89 - Mar 2010 - Youth: Summer School of Evangelisation: helping young people's faith, Johanna Banks With this in mind the congregation was sent out with a mission to transform the world by the power of the Holy Spirit inspired by a new hope and vigour. 90 - Mar 2010 - Courage: A Catholic psychologist exposes 'gay' myths, Marie Mason Individuals with SSA are encouraged to find healing intimacy with God as Father Son and Holy Spirit to get to know Our Lady and the saints to meditate on Scripture to pray the Rosary daily to adore our Lord in the Eucharist etc. 91 - Mar 2010 - Year for the Priest: English-speaking clergy: first ever international conference, Fr Glen Tattersall Could anyone say that the Bride of Christ had lived without the assistance of the Holy Spirit in a particular period of the past so that its memory should be erased purposefully forgotten? 92 - Mar 2010 - Annunciation: Benedict XVI: Mary's acceptance of the Divine Word The icon of the Annunciation more than any other helps us to see clearly how everything in the Church goes back to that mystery of Marys acceptance of the divine Word by which through the action of the Holy Spirit the Covenant between God and humanity was perfectly sealed. 93 - Dec 2009 - Vatican II: Yves Congar, Vatican II, ecumenism: finding the right balance, Andrew Kania The Holy Spirit dominating time as well as space can be present to many people in many ways. 94 - Nov 2009 - Missionaries: Mary Glowrey (1887-1957): Australian witness to hope in India, Robyn Fahy And Fr Dan Strickland MGL Mary was said to radiate Christ by word and example and she never attempted anything without praying to the Holy Spirit knowing that with such help all things are possible. 95 - Oct 2009 - Priesthood: Why the Catholic Church cannot ordain women, Kathleen Wood OAM The role of King is witnessed by the action of a bishop when a male having been tried and tested by the Church is presented to receive the Sacrament of Holy Order together with the special grace of the Holy Spirit administered by the Bishop in his role of Old Testament King. 96 - Oct 2009 - Episcopacy: Bishop Luc Matthys: on being a bishop, Bishop Luc Matthys of Armidale One likes to think that the Holy Spirit was involved somewhere. 97 - Aug 2009 - Magisterium: Authentic Catholicism: neither progressive nor conservative, Fr Martin Durham He promised He would be with His Church until the end of time (Matt 28:20) and that He would send another advocate the Holy Spirit of truth (John 16:13) to guarantee the Church would not fall into error in handing on Gods revealed truths. 98 - Aug 2009 - Is this where 'progressive' religious life is heading?, AD2000 REPORT After Pentecost the preaching of the Apostles was immediately effective and gradually the Church evolved guided by the Holy Spirit working through the Apostles as they gradually framed the Church organisation in response to the conditions they faced. 99 - Jul 2009 - New Evangelisation: Catholics Come Home: a fresh approach to re-evangelising, Bob Denahy They tell how the Church contains sinners and saints and how it can trace its history back in an unbroken line to the first pope appointed by Jesus Christ Peter; that it has founded more hospitals schools and universities than any other institution on the planet; that under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit it compiled the Bible; that it has always promoted the sanctity of human life at all stages of development as well as the sanctity of life-long marriage; and that in a confused and hurting world its teachings are consistent true and strong. 100 - Jun 2009 - Reflection: Pentecost and the power of the Holy Spirit for today, Fr Dennis W Byrnes In the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania Pope John Paul II wrote: Through the power of the Holy Spirit the Church in Oceania is praying for a new Evangelisation of peoples who today hunger for Christ . 101 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Pontius Pilate, Grahame Fallon Moved from within by the Holy Spirit Simon exclaimed You are the Christ the Son of the living God! 102 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Church authority, Paul Fitzgerald Christ sent the Holy Spirit to protect the truths he had revealed and which the faithful are to believe. 103 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World In her Tradition the Church carries the living memory of the Word of God and it is the Holy Spirit Who provides her with the interpretation thereof in accordance with its spiritual meaning. 104 - Jun 2009 - Vocations: Brisbane's Holy Spirit Seminary: promising signs of growth, Anthony Barich Evangelisation plans put in place up to eight years ago by Rector Monsignor Anthony Randazzo have resulted in a promising turn- around in vocations at Brisbanes Holy Spirit Seminary. 105 - Jun 2009 - Editorial: Pentecost Sunday: birthday of the Church, Michael Gilchrist The word Pentecost means fifty and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit fifty days (seven weeks) after Our Lord rose from the dead. 106 - May 2009 - Editorial: The Virgin Mary's key role in our redemption, Michael Gilchrist The virginal conception of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit is communicated in the Gospel accounts as a divine work that surpasses all human understanding and possibility (Catechism 497). 107 - Apr 2009 - Books: LIVING BIBLICALLY, by Archbishop Barry Hickey, Michael Gilchrist No Christian can live without reference to the Holy Spirit who is also God. 108 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Love and truth, Frank Mobbs To test this I put the following questions: Given that Alan is a Baptist does he believe that an infant who is baptised has received the gift of the Holy Spirit has been incorporated into Christs Church and is among the saved? 109 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Dissent, Peter D. Howard The Catholic Leader (8 February 2009) informs us that the ACU is now the primary higher education body for teaching theology for the Catholic Church in Queensland and that the new rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary Monsignor Tony Randazzo also hailed the change for allowing cross-pollination of ideas between the seminarians and the broader public . 110 - Mar 2009 - Pope welcomes election of new Russian Patriarch Kirill, Michael Gilchrist Benedicts telegram At a general audience following Patriarch Kirills election Benedict said I invoke upon him the light of the Holy Spirit for a generous service to the Russian Orthodox Church entrusting him to the special protection of the Mother of God. 111 - Mar 2009 - News: The Church Around the World The Neo-Catechumenal Way is part of this ecclesial mission as one of the numerous ways brought into being by the Holy Spirit at Vatican Council II for the new evangelisation. 112 - Feb 2009 - Reflection: Pope St Gregory the Great's advice to bishops and priests, Pope St Gregory the Great That is why the Holy Spirit settled on the first religious leaders in the form of tongues: because those whom he fills he fills with his own eloquence. 113 - Feb 2009 - Letters: Inclusive language, Eamonn Keane For several years going back to at least 2004 people have been baptised in one Catholic parish in Brisbane without use of the words Father Son and Holy Spirit. 114 - Feb 2009 - Fundamental flaws in Bishop Robinson's book, Andrew Kania Among the other signs of His knowledge of the future Christ knew that the Holy Spirit would be sent (John 14:15-20). 115 - Feb 2009 - Flying into the Wind for the new evangelisation, Fr John Fowles CCS & Fr Joel Wallace CCS In the words of an East Timorese nun Life is much more than success; it is transformation in the Holy Spirit which gives meaning to life. 116 - Dec 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI's Christmas homily: how God became a child for us, Pope Benedict XVI Let us ask him to give us the humility and the faith with which Saint Joseph looked upon the child that Mary had conceived by the Holy Spirit. 117 - Dec 2008 - Pub life: Young adult Catholic ministry: ingredients for success, Br Barry Coldrey Its a case of allowing the Holy Spirit to inspire and the spirits to move. 118 - Dec 2008 - Novus Ordo: Vatican approves new Missal translation, Michael Gilchrist The faithful likewise will bow during the words who was conceived by the Holy Spirit . 119 - Nov 2008 - Letters: Rebel church in South Brisbane, Bob Osmak In one of them he used the words: Name we baptise you in the name of God the Creator the Redeemer the Son and the Holy Spirit the God of Love the Creator Redeemer and Sustainer of life. 120 - Nov 2008 - Anima Women's Network: giving 'heart' to women of faith, Anna Krohn This years Conference explored the particular instances of feminine genius in the Land of the Holy Spirit that is Australia. 121 - Oct 2008 - WYDSYD08: Thomas More Centre Youth follow up World Youth Day, Bridget Spinks The Holy Spirit has evidently been pouring His grace upon young Australians inspiring them to follow their vocation and to hear His call to bring Christ into the public square. 122 - Oct 2008 - Response: Archbishop Bathersby's concerns over rebel Brisbane parish, Michael Gilchrist In 2004 Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane took action over an invalid baptismal formula - Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier instead of Father Son and Holy Spirit - being regularly used at St Marys. 123 - Sep 2008 - Books: FAITH AND FIDELITY, by Anthony Meredith SJ, Michael Daniel The material is divided into five sections: Incarnation Faith and Reason Death and Resurrection The Gift of the Holy Spirit and Morality and Belief. 124 - Sep 2008 - Foundations of Faith: Priesthood and the sacraments: Divine help for eternal salvation, Br Barry Coldrey At Baptism the priest or deacon pours water over the persons head saying I baptise you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 125 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: World Youth Day 2008: what the media missed, Deborah Baker This is the work of the Holy Spirit! 126 - Aug 2008 - Reflection: World Youth Day: bringing a message of hope to the secular culture, Fr Dennis Byrnes The theme of the World Youth Day in Sydney has been You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses (Acts 1: 8). 127 - Aug 2008 - Interview: Denise Mountenay on post-abortive women: from silence to lawsuits, Luke McCormack God called me to be a voice for the voiceless and it is through the Holy Spirit that I gained the courage and boldness to speak out despite harsh ridicule. 128 - Aug 2008 - Foundations of Faith: How much history do the Scriptures contain?, Frank Mobbs The Nicene Creed contains not one item which depends for its truth on the OT except for the statement that the Holy Spirit has spoken through the prophets. 129 - Aug 2008 - News: The Church Around the World The Bible the instrumentum laboris emphasises must be understood as the work of the Holy Spirit a gift to Christs Church. 130 - Jul 2008 - Books: TURMOIL AND TRUTH, by Philip Trower, Tim Cannon In Trowers assessment Vatican II was in essence the work of the Holy Spirit a response to the pressing needs of the Church in the modern world. 131 - Jul 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Jesus: how do we know he was God?, Br Barry Coldrey CFC However at the Last Supper (before his passion and death) Jesus told them to repeat the Eucharist as he had done and after his resurrection he told them to baptise in his name and gave them the Holy Spirit to inspire them in continuing with his mission. 132 - Jul 2008 - News: The Church Around the World In Saint Johns Gospel Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit to the disciples in order to lead them into the fullness of the truth (cf. 133 - May 2008 - Letters: Brisbane, Franklin J. Wood My wife was hospitalised in Holy Spirit Hospital in northern Brisbane for nine days during the Christmas period. 134 - May 2008 - Letters: Stations of the Cross, John D. Wightman As a recent report in the Catholic press (enclosed) indicates there are no Stations of the Cross in the newly completed Church of the Holy Spirit Gungahlin in the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese which was officially opened on 14 February 2008. 135 - May 2008 - Magisterium: When is it infallible?, John Young The bishops and Pope are guided by the Holy Spirit in their everyday teachings on faith and morals and this guidance can be such that they cant be wrong. 136 - May 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: What are the basics of Catholic belief and practice?, Lucy Tucker So Jesus tells us who the enemy is and what he as Bridegroom will do to safeguard his Bride; what he as the Good Shepherd will do to preserve his flock: he will send the Holy Spirit of Truth the One who sanctifies us in the truth. 137 - May 2008 - Summorum Pontificum: Benedict XVI's Latin Mass document: a parish priest's response, Fr Andrew Wise I too share this hope because the Sacred Liturgy is not frozen in time but with the help of the Holy Spirit develops in continuity with all that has gone before. 138 - Apr 2008 - Human rights: Cardinal Joseph Zen: conscience of China, Peter Westmore He has worked closely with Cardinal Zen for many years and been a lecturer with Cardinal Zen at the Holy Spirit Seminary. 139 - Mar 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI on Lent: 'authentic conversion to the love of Christ', Pope Benedict XVI Self-giving Through the water of Baptism thanks to the action of the Holy Spirit we are given access to the intimacy of Trinitarian love. 140 - Mar 2008 - Books: SEARCHING FOR AND MAINTAINING PEACE, by Father Jacques Philippe, Tim Cannon Because then the heart allows itself to be driven by the Holy Spirit and God is able to do more with it by His grace than the heart could do by its own efforts. 141 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Language, Kevin McManus Little do people realise that if the gender of the Holy Spirit is changed then Christ must have had two mothers. 142 - Mar 2008 - Crescat amor: What is the nature and purpose of theology?, Fr John O'Neill PP It is in the nature of light to let us see what things look like: it is in the nature of revelation to let us see what God is like Father Son and Holy Spirit and what man and his destiny are. 143 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Response, Don Gaffney The Church says relying on Christs authority and the guidance of the Holy Spirit (a) that it is infallible in its doctrines (b) that the meaning of those doctrines can never be changed. 144 - Dec 2007 - Architecture: Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails?, M. Cassey The Mass is something that Christ not us does by offering Himself to the Father in the Holy Spirit. 145 - Nov 2007 - Books: Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating: essential reading in apologetics, Valerie Renkema The experience was overwhelming and I felt the real and healing presence of the Holy Spirit in my life. 146 - Nov 2007 - Prayer: John Paul II and the Rosary, Fr. M. Durham Jesus sending down the Holy Spirit of power and love. 147 - Nov 2007 - Liturgical Abuse: Trinitarian language lost in Brisbane Scriptures, Michael Apthorp Johns themes here are love reassurance and the sending of the Holy Spirit: in the original If anyone loves me . 148 - Oct 2007 - Truth: And the Light shines in the darkness: the meaning of true ecumenism, Andrew Kania The Holy Spirit dominating time as well as space can be present to many people in many ways (Flynn 2005 p. 149 - Oct 2007 - Sacred space: Sydney seminar promotes improved church architecture and art, John O'Brien Gods creative process is ongoing through his subjects as guided by the Holy Spirit they were told. 150 - Sep 2007 - Laity: How the Legion of Mary can benefit parishes, Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ What he says to them in his three-minute allocution (they use the old Roman terminology to help keep the international flavour) will be furthered by the action of the Holy Spirit. 151 - Sep 2007 - Catholic education must be 'unashamedly Catholic', Bishop Robert Finn He himself taught the truth and entrusted this work to the Church promising the Apostles the help of the Holy Spirit. 152 - Aug 2007 - Society: Defending faith and reason in public life, Eamonn Keane In this teaching capacity the bishop is an instrument of the Holy Spirit who convinces the world of sin of righteousness and judgement (Jn 16:7f). 153 - Jul 2007 - Reflection: Bishop Robert Finn on what it means to be a Catholic priest, Bishop Robert Finn We must never weaken or dilute the mandate of the Gospel as entrusted to the Magisterium and guaranteed by the Holy Spirit. 154 - Jun 2007 - Reflection: Pentecost, the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist, Fr Dennis Byrnes It was through the power of God and the coming of the Holy Spirit that the apostles on the day of Pentecost left the secrecy of their room to confront the world with Christs message. 155 - Jun 2007 - New Missal translation: light at the end of the tunnel, Michael Gilchrist Changes The following will be the most obvious changes to the lay peoples responses when the revised Missal finally becomes available: And with your spirit instead of And also with you; through my fault through my fault through my most grievous fault as well as and you my brothers and sisters instead of and you here present in the Confiteor; peace on earth to people of good will instead of peace to his people on earth and Only-begotten Son for Only Son of the Father in the Gloria; In the Nicene Creed I believe instead of We believe all things visible and invisible for seen and unseen by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary instead of born of and for us and our salvation with men deleted; Pray brothers and sisters that the sacrifice which is mine and yours not our may be acceptable; We proclaim your death O Lord and profess your resurrection until you come in glory instead of Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again; Behold the Lamb of God . 156 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania Decree on holy images Such was the power of St Johns thesis as well as that of Theodore the Studite (758-826) that the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 issued the following decree which is still maintained to this day by the Church: Following the divinely inspired teaching of our holy Fathers and the tradition of the Catholic Church (for we know that this tradition comes from the Holy Spirit who dwells in her) we rightly define with full certainty and correctness that like the figure of the precious and life-giving cross venerable and holy images of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ our inviolate Lady the holy Mother of God and the venerated angels all the saints and the just whether painted or made of mosaic or another suitable material are to be exhibited in the holy churches of God on sacred vessels and vestments walls and panels in houses and on streets (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1994 par. 157 - May 2007 - Documents: Benedict XVI's new document on the Eucharist - Sacramentum Caritatis, Michael Gilchrist The decisive role played by the Holy Spirit in the eucharistic celebration is next noted particularly with regard to transubstantiation. 158 - Apr 2007 - Belief: Christian-Muslim dialogue: major stumbling blocks, Fr Richard Umbers A different and more promising form of modalism could be developed from current feminist downplay of the personality of God as Father Son and Holy Spirit. 159 - Apr 2007 - St Faustina: The Divine Mercy apostolate: a spirituality to transform the world, Eva Kimnes Divine Mercy prayers followed by a Healing Mass seek the healing of depression release from addictions forgiveness the consecration of families to Mary the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the New Evangelisation. 160 - Apr 2007 - Vocations: New survey of successful US dioceses: lessons for Australia, Michael Gilchrist It found the most striking common factors were that successful bishops attribute their success to the Holy Spirit are joyful exude enthusiasm for the Faith and the Church are confident in what the faith offers and teaches and are not apologetic for being Catholic. 161 - Mar 2007 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity - source of true Christian unity, Fr John O'Neill There it is taken by the Holy Spirit into the Divine Wonder to see the Ancient Unity of the Three Persons in the One Nature. 162 - Mar 2007 - Books: The Glory of These Forty Days, by Fr James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist Next is an extract from St Basil the Greats A Book on the Holy Spirit: How are we to imitate Christ in his death? 163 - Mar 2007 - Letters: Ten Commandments, Arthur Hartwig In any case obedience to them the ability to so love the Lord our God that our obedience is consequential is completely dependent on the Holy Spirits indwelling power. 164 - Mar 2007 - Letters: Presumption, John H. Cooney Without doubt there were those who celebrated Vatican II more as a grand final victory than as a movement of the Holy Spirit. 165 - Feb 2007 - Books: TREASURE IN CLAY: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist It is a historical fact that whenever there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit as in a General Council of the Church there is always an extra show of force by the anti-Spirit or the demonic. 166 - Feb 2007 - Poetry: Gender-Bender Autos, Bruce Dawe Well swap your Holy Spirit for A more serviceable bus One low on fuel-consumption - When youre ready call on us . 167 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Truth and love, Chris Hilder The Church and the sacraments are the prime means for the work of the Holy Spirit and underrating their importance has serious consequen-ces. 168 - Dec 2006 - Reflection: Jesus' law of love and the Ten Commandments, Fr Dennis Byrnes The Ten Commandments are no longer enshrined in a Book but are rather enshrined by the love of the Holy Spirit motivating and encouraging us to intimacy with God. 169 - Dec 2006 - Letters: Christian differences, Alan Barron The Holy Spirit Himself will guide each believer to worship in spirit and in truth. 170 - Dec 2006 - Modest dress: Suitable attire for Mass: the moral dimension, Bishop John W. Yanta To live our daily Faith as children of God (baptism) disciples of Jesus and temples of the Holy Spirit we are faced with moral choices constantly many times a day. 171 - Dec 2006 - 'Lost!' controversy: Archbishop Bathersby's reply, AD2000 Report In 2006 there were seven students for the whole of Queensland (with its five dioceses) studying at Brisbanes Holy Spirit Seminary including one man in his 60s. 172 - Nov 2006 - Education: The Spirit of Generation Y: the challenge for Catholic schools, Cardinal George Pell Especially in our challenging environment catechesis and envangelisation are not only a duty but an adventure and challenge truly one great work of the Holy Spirit. 173 - Oct 2006 - Reflection: Philosophy and theology: avoiding the pitfall of human pride, Fr John O'Neill The expertise however that had its roots in Christs truth preserved in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition by the Holy Spirit guiding his Churchs authority in the greats like Augustine and Thomas and Anthony and Teresa is not as widespread as it used to be and so we find it hard to fill the teaching chairs in our colleges and theological institutes with professors of great stature. 174 - Oct 2006 - Letters: Early baptism, Frances McEniery The fact that many Saints have testified to visions of very young children detained in Purgatory and even Hell supports the need for early baptism and the strengthening and transforming effects of Grace and the gifts of the Holy Spirit thus conferred on a childs soul. 175 - Oct 2006 - Modernism's 'second wave' continues to impact on the Church, Fr Martin Durham The Holy Spirit the Spirit of truth (John 16 13) would guarantee this by seeing to it that the teaching authority (the magisterium) given by Jesus Christ to Peter and the eleven and their successors would not err in handing on His teachings. 176 - Sep 2006 - USA: Liberal Christianity goes into meltdown, Charlotte Allen Gene Robinson of New Hampshire three years ago the Presbyterian Church USA at its general assembly in Birmingham Alabama was turning itself into the laughing-stock of the blogosphere by tacitly approving alternative designations for the supposedly sexist Christian Trinity of Father Son and Holy Spirit. 177 - Aug 2006 - Reflection: The importance of early baptism, John Young As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says by baptism one becomes a child of the Father a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit (n. 178 - Aug 2006 - Books: SEEDS OF LIFE: Early Christian Martyrs, Julia Bakowski However the Christians were so protected and guided by the Holy Spirit that they did not yield in pain or embarrassment. 179 - Aug 2006 - Letters: Receive EWTN around Sydney by satellite for $495, Ernesta Sculli Eternal Word Television Network is the largest religious media network in the world a fact that its founder Mother Angelica attributes to Divine Providence and the Holy Spirit working through the efforts of thousands of inspired volunteers. 180 - Jul 2006 - Reflection: US bishop: making saints should be the goal of Catholic schools, Bishop Robert Finn We must present carefully all the propositions of the Creed all that has been handed on to us about the Holy Trinity - Father Son and Holy Spirit - about our Blessed Mother the meaning of the Church and her hierarchy. 181 - Jul 2006 - Letters: The Da Vinci Code, Denis Dominguez Jesus entrusted His Church guided by the Holy Spirit to write and choose the canonical list of books comprising the Holy Bible. 182 - Jun 2006 - Reflection: Pentecost, launching of the Church, Cardinal Francis Arinze At the end of this exceptional novena of prayerful waiting the promised Gift the Holy Spirit descended on Mary and the Apostles on the 10th day. 183 - Jun 2006 - Education: Why do CEOs use Groome's RE method?, AD2000 Report The problems begin in the programs Core Document and Syllabus Statement where the only time the Holy Trinity is designated as Father Son and Holy Spirit is in an appendix. 184 - Jun 2006 - Vocations: Sydney seminary's growth continues, Michael Gilchrist However Brisbanes Holy Spirit Seminary which caters for Queenslands five dioceses had just three students in residence in 2006 plus two others on pastoral placement. 185 - Jun 2006 - Editorial: Pentecost: Church needs a spiritual kick-start, Michael Gilchrist Cardinal Francis Arinzes reflection (page 20) is a reminder of the Churchs impressive launch following the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. 186 - May 2006 - Reflection: Oneness in Christ: the heart of the priesthood, Fr John W. O'Neill PP At the core of his being there must be an awareness of Jesus Christ loving him in that special way by which He the Divine Master is lifting him by the Sacrament which priested him into that loving which knew no beginning nor will it know any end that Eternal Love which gives infinite joy to Father Son and Holy Spirit. 187 - May 2006 - Letters: Modernism, Don Gaffney Incidentally that throwaway sneer about the Pope having a private line to the Holy Spirit is not original. 188 - May 2006 - Benedict's first twelve months: 'We Are Church' delivers its verdict, Michael Gilchrist Its press release concluded: The International Movement We Are Church offers these reflections in hopes Benedict XVI will see within them some reflection of the gifts of the Holy Spirit emanating from the People of God. 189 - Apr 2006 - Letters: RU486, Brian Harris We Catholics are fortunate that Christ said he would protect his Church in its teachings to the end of time through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 190 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Translations, George Simpson In fidelity to the inspired Word of God the traditional biblical usage for naming the persons of the Trinity as Father Son and Holy Spirit is to be retained. 191 - Apr 2006 - Conscience: Dissenters' appeal to Rome 'a real hoot' says Cardinal Pell, Michael Gilchrist It seems to believe that the Holy Father has a hot-line to the Holy Spirit and does not need to consult and listen even to bishops let alone to the faithful. 192 - Mar 2006 - Liturgy: Eucharistic faith: why the Mass needs re-enchanting, Alvin F. Kimel Jr We have been regenerated by water and Holy Spirit hence the phrase intimates both the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church and the depth and freedom of the believers inner being in Christ. 193 - Mar 2006 - Archbishop Hickey: how to address the crisis of faith, Archbishop Barry Hickey I cannot blame it on Rome nor on the Holy Spirit as a sign of the times calling us to reshape the Church. 194 - Feb 2006 - Letters: Ars priests retreat, Fr Robert Markey The Missa de Angelis was used for the Masses Benedictions and hymns to the Holy Spirit with Plain Chant used for the Divine Office. 195 - Dec 2005 - Books: Good News About Sex And Marriage, by Christopher West, Kerrie Allen In answering all questions West draws upon the Theology of the Body: sexual intercourse should always be an expression of the bond formed by the Holy Spirit in marriage. 196 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Evangelisation, Michael Dunlea When a man does that sincerely a spiritual effect usually occurs (the work of the Holy Spirit? 197 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Vatican II myths, Peter D. Howard Thus in 3 it states that the Council will clarify the many problems and questions in the world in the light of the Gospel and will furnish mankind with the saving resources which the Church has received from her founder under the promptings of the Holy Spirit. 198 - Dec 2005 - The Eucharist: gift of an interventionist God, Chris Hilder We enter the Kingdom of God through a new quality of existence another level of being in which the Holy Spirit lives in our soul. 199 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch During his homily the priest introduced us to Come Holy Spirit a program of prayer being promoted by Archbishop Bathersby for the renewal of the Church in South-East Queensland especially in regard to Mass attendance and priestly vocations. 200 - Nov 2005 - Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ, Christine McCarthy Contemplation of His face involves listening to the Fathers voice under the guidance of the Holy Spirit (Rosarium Virginis Mariae). 201 - Oct 2005 - Letters: Watered-down faith, Paula Gartland I thought the Holy Spirit came only to the disciples. 202 - Sep 2005 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: how to make the new evangelisation more effective, Fr Dennis Byrnes PP We ought also remember as members of the Church that the Holy Spirit needs to be infused in our hearts with love so that we do not merely rely on the wisdom of our minds and the world. 203 - Sep 2005 - Books: STAIRWAY TO THE UPPER ROOM: Daily Meditations on the Gospel Readings, Michael Gilchrist For example with Pentecost Father Ronald Walls includes quotes from Genesis Exodus and Ezekiel as well as a portion of Psalm 104 to acc- ompany his discussion of St Johns Gospel in which he writes: The Gospel reading for Pentecost Sunday takes us back to the first Easter Day which reminds us that Pentecost the coming of the Holy Spirit is the final act in the paschal drama. 204 - Sep 2005 - Books: THE PATH OF LIFE: Benedictine Spirituality for Monks and Lay People, Gabrielle Walsh When offered to God obedience through the grace of the Holy Spirit takes on a spiritual dimension and offers freedom from selfish or internal compulsions and desires. 205 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Liturgy, John Daly I know we must continue to believe in the working of the Holy Spirit but when I read your summary of the problem areas I wonder whether any of the people who need to take note of them will ever admit that they have the need. 206 - Sep 2005 - A religious response to evil ideologies, John Rego In responding to evil ideologies we thus confront the central notion of human redemption: liberation from the evil that dwells inside the human for which the Holy Spirit must be our guide. 207 - Sep 2005 - Interview: Benedict XVI and the power of the Eucharist, Fr John Corapi However between now and then there is a chasm that can be bridged by the Holy Spirit alone. 208 - Sep 2005 - News: The Chuch Around the World Catholic News Agency Pastoral Letter: rebuilding Queenslands priesthood Coinciding with Vocations Week from 7-14 August came release of A Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of Queensland on Vocations to the Priesthood as well as an Open Letter to the Priests of Queensland from Father Michael McCarthy of the Holy Spirit Seminary in Brisbane which serves all five Queensland dioceses. 209 - Aug 2005 - Reflection: How we will overcome the shortage of priests, Fr John O'Neill PP The priest celebrates Mass to continue the Lords saving Sacrifice he absolves from sin to keep alive the reason for Christs Incarnation; he preaches Christ to the world because Christs is its essential need; he begets spiritual children for God and matures them in the Holy Spirit; he sanctifies their life-giving love and he builds them into the Lords embrace when they are suffering. 210 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Origins of the Bible (letter), George Simpson The deliberations relied heavily on Tradition but more heavily on the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 211 - Jul 2005 - Rockhampton: Year of the Eucharist: a time for clear thinking, AD2000 REPORT The Holy Spirit dwells in them but they retain their own personal identity. 212 - Jun 2005 - Reflection: Cardinal Nguyen van Thuan: witness to the priesthood and Eucharist, Fr Dennis Byrnes It is the same mystery of sanctification and love through the Holy Spirit that makes the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ which is also bestowed upon the person of the future minister at the moment of priestly ordination. 213 - Jun 2005 - Letters: A true shepherd, Lynn Wise After a long absence from the Catholic Church I have thanks to the Holy Spirit and our Blessed Mother returned to Mass attendance and come to know my Jesus again this time as an adult. 214 - Jun 2005 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic News Agency Hong Kong bishop applauds papal election In a message to the faithful published on his dioceses Web page on 28 April Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong expressed his joy over the papal election: We prayed with great confidence that the Holy Spirit would inspire the cardinals to choose a Pope according to the will of God. 215 - May 2005 - Letters: Correcting pastoral blunders, Kevin McManus The Holy Spirit always guides the Church and eventually corrects pastoral blunders. 216 - Mar 2005 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity and the Church: the truth will set you free, Fr John O'Neill Most mysterious of all perhaps is the Third Person the Holy Spirit. 217 - Mar 2005 - Adult Education: Sydney Centre for Thomistic Studies continues a great teacher's legacy, Audrey English In 2005 she will be teaching among other courses one on Wisdom in which the different kinds of wisdom: natural supernatural and the Holy Spirits Gift of Wisdom are examined. 218 - Mar 2005 - Church's future lies with orthodoxy, not dissent, Fr Paul Stuart The pain and disturbance I feel at the dissent by some fellow clergy towards the wisdom of the Holy Spirit operating in the Church and the Petrine Ministry is more than made up for by the positive fidelity and enthusiasm of our future priests. 219 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Books wanted (letter), Edwin McGrath May the Holy Spirit bless and guide you in your work for God and Our Fatherland Australia. 220 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Catholic youth (letter), Jim Brown There are three persons in God - Father Creator Son and Holy Spirit. 221 - Dec 2004 - Reflection: Today is born to us a Saviour of the world, Pope John Paul II You who came from the Father lead us to him in the Holy Spirit along the path which you alone know and which you have revealed to us that we might have life and have it in abundance. 222 - Dec 2004 - Books: Theology of the Church, by Cardinal Charles Journet, Michael Gilchrist In his Foreword Journet outlines the structure of Theology of the Church as follows: After an initial presentation (chapter 1) the Church is joined to Christ (chapter 2) and to the Holy Spirit (chapter 3). 223 - Nov 2004 - Letters: Church teaching (letter), Carmel Pittari Do we not believe that the Holy Spirit guides the Church in truth? 224 - Nov 2004 - Letters: Crisis of faith (letter), Errol P. Duke The Cardinal may not be liked by the luke-warm but he has the courage to stand up against those who have forgotten the Holy Spirits guarantee that the Church will not err in its teachings on faith and morals. 225 - Nov 2004 - Letters: Reporting abuses (letter), E. Makaus Those venerable wise and holy men whom Mr Lynch discourteously and disrespectfully calls men in frocks in Rome have a clear mandate to teach and lead under the guidance of the Holy Spirit; they keep the Catholic Church true to its mission in spite of negative forces. 226 - Oct 2004 - Liturgy: Why priests should stick to the Mass texts, Bishop T.J. Paprocki History has shown that the even the seemingly slight difference between saying The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son versus The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son can be the source of schism. 227 - Sep 2004 - Reflection: Why the priesthood is absolutely necessary, Fr John O'Neill What we discover is not only God but that He has let us know so much about what He is like (Revelation): that in God there are Three Divine Persons distinct and equal in all things Father Son and Holy Spirit. 228 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Catholic schools (letter), George Simpson It should therefore be undertaken with profound humility and a willingness to submit completely to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 229 - Jul 2004 - Eucharistic Adoration: heart of evangelisation, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM So renewed with the Holy Spirit let us take up the challenge and courageously be worthy witnesses of our Church to the world and profess that we are Eucharistic people. 230 - Jul 2004 - Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett It can only be a work of the Holy Spirit that in so many parishes and communities throughout the world today there is a resurgence of Eucharistic Adoration. 231 - Jul 2004 - Liturgy: New improved English Mass translation nears completion, Michael Gilchhrist In addition people are reminded to bow at the words and by the Holy Spirit became incarnate of the Virgin Mary and was made man. 232 - Jun 2004 - Reflection: The Holy Spirit: like a bed for the weary traveller, Fr Leo Duck In the Scriptures and in the writings of the saints of the Church the Holy Spirit is likened to many different things: the breath of God the finger of God and a freely moving wind; also to a dove to fire and to water; and to a counsellor an advocate a witness a judge and a teacher. 233 - Jun 2004 - Editorial: Pentecost: As it was in the beginning ..., Michael Gilchrist And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit . 234 - May 2004 - Letters: Catholic schools (letter), Elizabeth Alderton Instead of sensationalising and bandwagonning about the supposed crisis in Catholic education and playing God in your judgement of parents motive in their sending of their children to Catholic schools how about you pause for one moment and look at the power of the Holy Spirit at work in these microcosms of faith. 235 - May 2004 - Priesthood: Pope's World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Fr Paul Stuart This reminds me that the more visible we priests are in those places where the next generation are the more we can help present the priesthood as one of the many choices they have for their own vocation - a choice that originates with the Holy Spirit but which can be helped or hindered by a variety of influences. 236 - May 2004 - Editorial: May: the month of Mary, Mother of God, Peter Westmore She was with Jesus at every moment of his life: from his conception through his hidden life in Bethlehem during his public ministry at his crucifixion and with the disciples on Pentecost Sunday when the Holy Spirit came down upon them. 237 - Apr 2004 - Events: Adore 2004 Youth Eucharistic Congress, Nicole Osmak Each day a variety of speakers addressed many vital issues such as spiritual warfare - beware that no-one deceives you - the power of the Holy Spirit the true presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and the importance of purity. 238 - Apr 2004 - National Church Life Survey: church-going declines further, Michael Gilchrist The 1996 survey found only 63 percent of those aged 15-39 attending weekly Mass accepted the central article of Christian faith that There is one God Father Son and Holy Spirit while 83 percent of those over 60 did so. 239 - Mar 2004 - Letters: Scripture and the Magisterium, John Frey are so linked and joined together that one cannot stand without the others and that all together and each in its own way under the action of the one Holy Spirit contribute effectively to the salvation of souls. 240 - Mar 2004 - USA: American bishops critical of their RE texts, Zenit News Service Jesus may not be identified as the Son of God and the Holy Spirit may be called the Spirit of God or Gods Spirit. 241 - Feb 2004 - Interview: Scott Hahn interviewed on Dei Verbum : What Vatican II taught about Scripture, Zenit News Service Its sharing the power of divine love with the Father Son and Holy Spirit. 242 - Dec 2003 - Reflection: 'Jesus Christ: the door of our salvation' : the meaning of Christmas, Pope John Paul II When the Prophet Isaiah says: To us a child is born he reveals in all its fullness the mystery of Christmas: the eternal generation of the Word of the Father his birth in time through the work of the Holy Spirit. 243 - Dec 2003 - Books: Confirmed in the Faith, by Dora Nash, Joanna Bogle Candidates for Confirmation today need to be given a sense of awe as they are prepared for this Sacrament and for receiving the Holy Spirit into their souls. 244 - Dec 2003 - INTERVIEW: New Melbourne and Sydney Religious Education texts, Msgr Peter Elliott But the Holy Spirit is at work when I hear of a family returning to the sacraments because of the Grade 3 book! 245 - Nov 2003 - Vocations: Missionaries of God's Love congregation flourishes in Canberra, Mary Pidcock Fr Barker believes that men are drawn because the MGL are distinctive having their roots in the experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the worldwide new Pentecost since Vatican II. 246 - Oct 2003 - Letters: New bishops (letter), Anne Lastman I may be naive but I imagine the Holy Spirit may just have had a little to do in the appointments. 247 - Oct 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 He considered two steps to be essential: Conversion to a profound and deep faith with a life of prayer and sacraments and clear moral teaching and awareness of the teaching that the Church has the Holy Spirit and can give us the way. 248 - Jul 2003 - School sacramental programs: evangelise Catholic families first, Fr John Speekman I see it as a failure to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to bring about through conversion what we seek to bring about through sacramentalisation. 249 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), Alistair Barros Archbishop Bathersby has shown extraordinary faith in the movement of the Holy Spirit extending the gift of synod to a largely lay delegation. 250 - Jun 2003 - Interview: Vatican II and the liturgy, 40 years later, Zenit News Service Liturgy becomes what we do rather than the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. 251 - Jun 2003 - Liturgy: John Paul's new encyclical on the Eucharist targets liturgical abuses, Michael Gilchrist In the Eucharist we have Jesus we have his redemptive sacrifice we have his resurrection we have the gift of the Holy Spirit we have adoration obedience and love of the Father . 252 - Jun 2003 - Editorial: Three Feasts: Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Peter Westmore St Luke tells us that Pentecost occurred a short time after the Ascension and marked the fulfilment of Jesus promise at his Ascension to send the Holy Spirit on the disciples. 253 - May 2003 - Letters: Praying for priests (letter), Denise Kelly Marian spirituality is centred on surrender to Jesus Christ through Mary in the Holy Spirits power for the glory of Our Father as well as prayer and renewal of the Church through renewal of a persons heart. 254 - May 2003 - Letters: Infallible (letter), George Simpson For the Holy Spirit was promised to the successors of Peter not so that they might by His revelation make known some new doctrine but that by His assistance they might religiously guard and faithfully expound the revelation or deposit of faith transmitted by the apostles. 255 - May 2003 - Language: The forgotten language of adoration of God - through words and actions, Audrey English A soul with sanctifying grace is the temple of the Holy Spirit so we can adore the living God and contact him in silent prayer at any time in the inmost depth of our being. 256 - Apr 2003 - Letters: Catholic hospitals? (letter), Tom King We must now add the Brisbane Holy Spirit Hospital to the list of casualties which have succumbed to corporate enticements and an absence of real support and leadership from the Catholic hierarchy. 257 - Apr 2003 - Ecumenism: Christian unity: major obstacles still remain, David Schutz The Eucharist as the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ an offering of praise to the Father the sacrificial memorial and real presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 258 - Mar 2003 - Liturgy: The Mass is the same sacrifice as the Cross, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott This is proclaimed in the doxology at the end of each eucharistic prayer: Through him with him in him all glory and honour is yours almighty Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. 259 - Feb 2003 - 'Healing the family tree': New Age under the guise of religion (Part One), Fr Peter Joseph Holy Spirit Instructive in this regard is the reply of Our Lord to St Teresa of Avila. 260 - Feb 2003 - Events: Europe's most influential Catholic lay association coming to Melbourne, Anthony Cappello When praying together the Holy Spirit assembles the disciples in the upper room together with Mary the Lords mother so that they may direct their gaze towards the Lords face and learn from him the secret of his heart. 261 - Dec 2002 - Letters: Forgiveness (letter), John Schmid 28: All sins will be forgiven the sons of men and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness but is guilty of eternal sin. 262 - Dec 2002 - 'New' ecumenism fights secular culture: Protestant theologian With much different goals the new ecumenism does not presume to control the work of the Holy Spirit. 263 - Dec 2002 - Brisbane Synod 2003: a leadership challenge, Peter D. Howard On the record so far the Archbishop will need the Holy Spirits guidance to prudently direct the outcome for the glory of God and the re-evangelisation of the flock. 264 - Nov 2002 - Sydney Archdiocese courses on 'Catechism', Fr John Flader The second series in July and August covered the second half of the Creed and dealt with Christs redemptive death and resurrection the Holy Spirit and the Church the structure and infallibility of the Church Mary and the Last Things (death the judgment Heaven Hell and Purgatory). 265 - Sep 2002 - Is the self-destruction of Anglicanism to continue?, Nigel Zimmerman As readers of this magazine will note there are no conclaves no episcopal requests for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and unfortunately plenty of politically-motivated leaks to the secular press in what was dubbed the race for Canterbury. 266 - Aug 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books Hahn sees the relations among the Father Son and Holy Spirit as a model for the relations within every family composed of father mother and children. 267 - Aug 2002 - Helping Catholic school students to love the Church, Br John Moylan CFC That the light of Christ shines thus is clearly taught for example in the opening statement of the key document of Vatican II Lumen Gentium (The Dogmatic Constitution of the Church): Christ is the light of humanity; and it is accordingly the heart-felt desire of this sacred Council being gathered together in the Holy Spirit that by proclaiming his gospel to every creature it may bring all men to that light of Christ which shines out visibly from the Church. 268 - Aug 2002 - Sexual abuse, celibacy and vocations: a response to the Church's critics, Fr Paul Stuart It is in the hands of these young people - among whom are future priests and religious future leaders and parents; and most of all it is in the hands of the Holy Spirit. 269 - Jul 2002 - Reflection: John Paul II clarifies Vatican II teaching on lay and priestly roles, Pope John Paul II Some persons we know affirm that the decrease in the number of priests is the work of the Holy Spirit and that God Himself will lead the Church making it so that the government of the lay faithful will take the place of the government of priests. 270 - Jul 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books Hahn sees the relations among the Father Son and Holy Spirit as a model for the relations within every family composed of father mother and children. 271 - Jul 2002 - Interview: George Weigel: the impact of John Paul II's pontificate, Zenit News Service Like Blessed John XXIII John Paul II thinks of the Second Vatican Council as a new Pentecost - a privileged moment in which the Holy Spirit prepared the Church for a springtime of evangelisation. 272 - Jun 2002 - Following our baptismal calling takes courage - Chrism Mass homily, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett The Sacred Chrism is consecrated to anoint the newly-baptised to seal with the Holy Spirit those who receive the Sacrament of Confirmation to anoint the hands of priests at their ordination and the heads of bishops at their consecration. 273 - May 2002 - Reflection: The Ascension: climax of Our Lord's life on earth, Fr Ian Falconer SJ Just before he ascended our Lord reminded the Apostles of the coming of the Holy Spirit which he had told them about at the Last Supper. 274 - May 2002 - Letters: Transubstantiation (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan SM In a book by a prominent biblical scholar published in 1996 I read: Thanks to the action of the Holy Spirit the consecrated bread and wine contain simultaneously their own substance or nature as bread and wine which remains unchanged and the divine nature. 275 - Apr 2002 - Melbourne TMC: The rights and responsibilities of laity in the Catholic Church, Archbishop Denis Hart Keeping the Church in unity is the work of the Holy Spirit and the special responsibility of bishops but so that bishops always speak with one voice Lumen Gentium reaffirms the central importance of loving and loyal communion with the Holy Father the successor of Blessed Peter - that lasting and visible source and foundation of the unity both of faith and of communion. 276 - Apr 2002 - Adelaide Thomas More Centre address: The key elements of Catholic Action today, Archbishop Philip Wilson Referring to the impact of Vatican II almost 40 years ago Archbishop Wilson suggested we are only just beginning to assimilate the Councils vision and it could take 100 years to see what the Holy Spirit had in mind. 277 - Apr 2002 - News: The Church Around the World Yet he said he perceives the action of the Holy Spirit in that situation who is inspiring new ecclesial movements in which the Pope sees the future of the Church. 278 - Mar 2002 - Letters: Sunday obligation, Leo Willems The Catechism is one of the most important documents and the greatest gifts of the Holy Spirit since the Council of Trent. 279 - Feb 2002 - Catholic schools and 'youth spirituality', John Kelly Living tradition The Churchs living tradition through Christ and the Holy Spirit provides eminently accessible and practical means for this re-alignment of self. 280 - Dec 2001 - Letters: Huge response, Dolores Lightbody Just a short note to thank you for your support in publishing the review by John Miles on our recording of Traditional Catholic Hymns from the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit in your July issue. 281 - Dec 2001 - Editorial: A Christmas reflection, Peter Westmore We pray: Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love. 282 - Nov 2001 - A young Catholic's views on the state of the Church in Australia, James Connolly For myself I have decided to travel overseas and work in the hope that the Holy Spirit will guide me to where I would best serve the Church. 283 - Oct 2001 - Reflection: Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, Bishop Kevin Manning (Mt 26:26-28) And so the Church believes and teaches based on these words that in the celebration of the Eucharist bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the power given to the priest through the Sacrament of Holy Orders. 284 - Sep 2001 - Reflection: Saint Catherine of Siena: how to receive the Eucharist more worthily, Sr Mary Jeremiah OP The deepest desires of our hearts are from the Holy Spirit. 285 - Sep 2001 - Letters: Fatima Family Apostolate (letter), Margaret Grace 30pm Monday 10 September at Holy Spirit Church Lavington. 286 - Sep 2001 - Letters: Adelaide protest (letter), Pauline Pascoe These Dominican nuns in their dedication to their vocation were true instruments of the Holy Spirit. 287 - Sep 2001 - Archbishop Hart's reception at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne - Homily, Archbishop Denis Hart Now is the time to teach with resolution and clarity and to build up faith under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 288 - Aug 2001 - Reflection: Clerical celibacy: Giving ourselves up completely to God and the people He loves, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP Under the influence of the Holy Spirit and Gods grace we strive to give up our own will in order to live as Jesus lived completely subject to the will of His Father: I come not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me. 289 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Finding more priests (letter), Theo Silvas Yet the Holy Spirit will blow where He will and He seems to avoid some parts of Australia where some of the priests die off and there are no replacements while in other dioceses and nations there are vocations aplenty. 290 - Aug 2001 - Denver Archdiocese: the future of Catholicism, David Scott I dont think Ive ever been afraid of failure because if its of the Holy Spirit it will survive. 291 - Aug 2001 - Editorial: The Assumption of Our Lady: 15 August, Michael Gilchrist This cult as it has always existed in the Church for all its uniqueness differs essentially from the cult of adoration which is offered equally to the Incarnate Word and to the Father and the Holy Spirit and it is most favourable to it. 292 - Jul 2001 - Music: From the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit:, John Miles From the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit: A Heritage of Traditional Catholic Hymns by the Cantabile Singers (The Cantabile Singers Inc Brisbane 2000 CDs or tapes $20. 293 - Jul 2001 - Books: Testimonies to the Glory of God: World Youth Day Pilgrimage AD2000, Catherine Sheehan Fr Paul Stuart Co-ordinator of Catholic Vocations in the Melbourne Archdiocese wrote: The hand of God the life of Jesus Christ and the fire of the Holy Spirit could be seen at work. 294 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'Praying with Thomas Aquinas' by Houle, Monshau and Norris, Catherine Sheehan Some of the themes include: The Trinity Gods Unconditional Love Happiness Friendship with God The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Virtue and Petitionary Prayer. 295 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'The Doctors of the Church' by Bernard McGinn, Angela Joseph They possess a special charism or grace that arises from within that is from the gift of the Holy Spirit. 296 - Jun 2001 - Letters: Annunciation (letter), Andrew Scholl My intention in doing so is in no way to detract from the wonderful fiat of our Blessed Mother but to highlight the fact that precisely through her agreement to become the Mother of God our focus should be on the fact that God the Father in His ineffable love for us sinful human beings sent the Holy Spirit to overshadow Mary and thereby conceive Jesus a man like us in all things but sin who was and is God the Son the Second Person of the triune God. 297 - Jun 2001 - Letters: Consecrated life (letter), Therese O'Rourke The Holy Spirit does not very frequently inspire a member of the Church to found a new institute of consecrated life. 298 - Jun 2001 - Light to the Nations 2001 - Young Australian Catholics celebrate their faith, Mary-Jane Donnellan On Easter Sunday morning we gathered to hear talks and discussions about the Holy Spirit and Evangelisation after which we were commissioned to go out among our friends and tell them about the Good News of Jesus Christ and to not be afraid. 299 - May 2001 - Books: 'Prayers From The Heart: for the Feasts of the Year', Joanna Bogle, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Prayers from the Heart evokes The sound of a great rush of wind - the coming of Pentecost as it invites the reader to be guided and strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit to share in the waiting of Advent anticipate the arrival of Christmas and celebrate the Solemnities of All Souls and All Saints days. 300 - May 2001 - Books: 'He's Risen' by Phelim McGowan SJ, Mary-Jane Donnellan Hes Risen: Reflections on the Risen Christ and the Coming of the Holy Spirit by Phelim McGowan SJ (Dublin Columba Press 2001 128pp RRP $20. 301 - May 2001 - Books: 'Becoming Fire' by Fr Ken Barker mgl, Peter Westmore Pentecost The first Chapter The fire of Gods love examines how Pentecost transformed the early Christians from a frightened timid group who hid away from the people of Jerusalem into fearless and outspoken leaders who were consumed by the fire of the Holy Spirit. 302 - May 2001 - Letters: 'Courage' (letter), John Dodwell Change or a desire for change occurs through conviction of the Holy Spirit. 303 - Apr 2001 - Thomas More Centre Summer School 2001: "Building a Culture of Life", Michael Daniel It is the Holy Spirit rather than eloquent preaching or argumentation that converts people. 304 - Apr 2001 - Editorial: 'If Christ is not risen, then your faith is in vain', Peter Westmore He sent his disciples forward saying: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you: and lo I am with you always even to the end of the world. 305 - Mar 2001 - News: The Church Around the World When singing and music are signs of the presence of the action of the Holy Spirit in a certain sense they favour communion with the Trinity. 306 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello The texts are published in-house by James Goold House Publications and have assimilated into their content four Catholic foundations: We believe in one God Father Son and Holy Spirit who loves us. 307 - Dec 2000 - The 'new breed' of orthodox seminarians, Carter H. Griffin To be sure much of this change in attitudes among seminarians is supernatural in origin the work of the Holy Spirit which blows where it wills and you hear the sound of it but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes (John 3:8). 308 - Dec 2000 - C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist, Sarah Macdonald In his preface to the French edition of his book The Problem of Pain he wrote that as a Christian I am very much aware that our divisions grieve the Holy Spirit and hold back the work of Christ. 309 - Nov 2000 - Reflection: Brother Andrew (1928-2000): returning to spiritual basics, Brother Andrew For our loving God lavishes on us in ready availability His special treasures: the Word of God in Scripture Christ-Life in the Sacraments our daily life of prayer in the Holy Spirit Christ our Brother to comfort daily at home and the needy and wounded. 310 - Nov 2000 - Books: Hungry For God: Practical Help in Personal Prayer by Ralph Martin, Michael Daniel The author argues that a fruitful prayer life is grounded in our relationship with God - Father Son and Holy Spirit. 311 - Oct 2000 - How language transforms a Christian society into a secular society, Audrey English Unlike communism which was recognisably opposed to Christianity a common feature of these ideologies is their use of Christian terms of references to God to the Holy Spirit - traps for the uninformed who are deluded into thinking they are being spiritually nourished instead of being deflected from the truth. 312 - Oct 2000 - 'Dominus Jesus' reaffirms Catholic Church's claims to truth, AD2000 Report Thus it is wrong to suggest that the Catholic Church is complementary to other religions while Chapter Two refutes the views of theologians who say that the Holy Spirit has a more universal breadth than the Church. 313 - Sep 2000 - Reflection: Religious life: death or re-birth?, Fr Benedict Groeschel Once they have confronted this they must ask the Holy Spirit to lead them in taking the next step toward community reform. 314 - Aug 2000 - Reflection: Re-discovering holiness will lead to more priestly vocations: Cardinal Daly, Cardinal Cahal Daly The crisis of vocations is not a manpower problem it is a problem of holiness - the holiness to which we are all called and the holiness for which the priest is by ordination set apart and empowered by the Holy Spirit. 315 - Aug 2000 - Eucharistic Congress in Wollongong: 'a time of blessing', Fr Mark De Battista While its fruits must result from the Holy Spirits action they also depend on the fidelity of those who receive the grace. 316 - Aug 2000 - Rockhampton: shuffling deck chairs on the 'Titanic', AD2000 Report Waiting on the Spirit: To meet in silence waiting for the Holy Spirit to move our hearts. 317 - Jul 2000 - Australian bishops' response to 'Woman and Man' report, Michael Gilchrist We sincerely trust and hope that through the guidance of the Holy Spirit our recommendations and decisions for future actions will bring women and men to a fuller communion with the Catholic Church. 318 - Jun 2000 - Reflection: Dom Columba Marmion on the significance of Pentecost, Dom Columba Marmion Our Lord told his Apostles that after he had returned to heaven he would send them the Holy Spirit. 319 - May 2000 - Reflection: Mary's divine motherhood: central to God's plan of salvation, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP Marys fullness of grace comprises not only sanctifying grace and all the virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit but other extraordinary graces as well. 320 - May 2000 - Letters: Mixed marriages (letter), John Schmidt The thrust of the reports appears to be that the Churchs position has softened and that interchurch (mixed) marriages are now to be regarded as a gift of the Holy Spirit as they foster ecumenism. 321 - May 2000 - Understanding the Incarnation, Msgr Peter J. Elliott He is God from all eternity one and equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. 322 - May 2000 - How do we know whether a sacrament is valid or not?, Fr Peter Joseph That faith is not necessary for the validity of Baptism is a dogma defined by the Council of Trent: If anyone says that Baptism even given by heretics in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit with the intention of doing that which the Church does is not true Baptism anathema sit (DS 1617). 323 - May 2000 - Editorial: Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Michael Gilchrist Those possessing such challenging insights regard the fall in priestly numbers as the work of the Holy Spirit and a window of opportunity for setting up more lay-led communion services. 324 - Apr 2000 - Coming Home Network: a Catholic apostolate for converts, Marcus Grodi But then through the witness of other Protestant clergy who had discovered the truth of the Catholic Church I discovered that there is a Tradition a teaching authority that one can trust; one that was established by Christ himself in his hand-picked apostles and guided by the Holy Spirit: the Catholic Church. 325 - Apr 2000 - Indulgences and the Millennium Jubilee Year, Neil Coup it is necessary that all the Pastors and the other faithful have a new awareness not only of the lawfulness but also the richness for the Church of a diversity of charisms traditions of spirituality and apostolate which also constitutes the beauty of unity in variety: of that blended harmony which the earthly Church raises up to Heaven under the impulse of the Holy Spirit. 326 - Mar 2000 - Biography: Fulton J. Sheen: prophetic inspiration for today's new evangelisation, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey He spoke often of St Pauls conversion on the way to Damascus and believed that conversion was possible for any person whatsoever even the most unlikely because conversion is a response to the action of the Holy Spirit not the evangeliser. 327 - Feb 2000 - Defending the faith against secularism and relativism, Bishop Kevin Manning As Catholics we believe that certainty rests with the Holy Spirit and the authentic interpretation of the Church. 328 - Feb 2000 - The comunità: a new form of monastic life for Australia, Peter Westmore Its steady growth led Fr Serafino to observe The Holy Spirit is encouraging a new form of monastic life. 329 - Feb 2000 - Legionaries of Christ: new order for a new millennium, Peter Westmore The spectacular growth of the Legionaries of Christ is clear evidence of the continued working of the Holy Spirit in the Church. 330 - Dec 1999 - Reflection: Christmas: John Paul II's thoughts on the eve of the Jubilee, Pope John Paul II In fact she gives birth to the child that as the docile and responsible instrument of the divine plan she had conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. 331 - Dec 1999 - Catholic Church Life Survey's shock findings, AD2000 Report Father Mason found that only 63 percent of those aged 15-39 attending weekly Mass accepted the central article of Christian faith that There is one God Father Son and Holy Spirit while 83 percent of those over 60 did so. 332 - Nov 1999 - Reflection: How unconditional is God's love?, Fr G.H. Duggan SM Striving to control these in Pelagian fashion by his own efforts and failing as was inevitable he hit upon the solution of his problem with the theory that we are saved by faith alone quite independently of any good works we might perform and he attributed his enlightenment on the matter to a special action on the part of the Holy Spirit. 333 - Oct 1999 - Bishop John Myers of Peoria on the meaning of teaching authority, Bishop John Myers Just as Christ sent the apostles to teach with authority by the strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit so bishops teach according to their office (cf. 334 - Sep 1999 - Reflection: A spirit of poverty and the level of vocations: how they connect, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB For this reason we speak of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist itself is the gift of divine love - God giving himself. 335 - Sep 1999 - Scripture: The call to conversion in the early Church: lessons for today, Rev Dr Peter Waters Before this could begin however the disciples of Jesus were directed to wait in the Holy City for the coming of the Holy Spirit. 336 - Jul 1999 - Jacques Maritain: modern philosophy in the tradition of St Thomas Aquinas, E. J. Borich A profound believer he was possessed like Thomas of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in abundance his reason strengthened in its order by the light of a deep faith. 337 - Jul 1999 - Ecumenism: New ARCIC document on Papal authority, Peter Westmore It was an act of authority in that the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit received and handed on these texts declaring that they were inspired and that others were not to be included in the canon. 338 - Jun 1999 - New Missal a 'decided improvement' concludes US Archbishop Elden Curtiss, Archbishop Elden Curtiss For example the early struggles in the life of the Church which defined the Trinitarian nature of God in our Catholic faith (the Father Son and Holy Spirit three Persons in one God) must be understood fully by translators so that imprecise English words are not used in reference to the Trinity. 339 - May 1999 - Reflection: John Paul II: Christ provides the answer to the mystery of human suffering, Pope John Paul II Many of the sick can become bearers of the joy inspired by the Holy Spirit in much afflictions (1 Thes 1: 6) and be witnesses to Jesus Resurrection (n. 340 - May 1999 - Vocations: Confronting today's vocations crisis, Fr Paul Stuart They have old but radical ones and they have been at the service of the Holy Spirit for millennia. 341 - Apr 1999 - Extending general absolution: why such a move is out of the question, Fr Peter Joseph Unchanging teaching The Council of Trent defined solemnly: that Penance is a Sacrament instituted by Christ for the remission of sin committed after Baptism; that the words of Christ Receive the Holy Spirit. 342 - Mar 1999 - Vocations: The Brothers of St Francis: a sign of renewal in religious life, Fr Christopher Sharah FSF I believe the Holy Spirit is calling on men and women in our age who desire to live the consecrated life to do so with extraordinary courage and complete abandonment to Gods providence. 343 - Mar 1999 - Charles Chaput: a remarkable American Archbishop, Louis Power Much of this flowering of vocations can be attributed to a Spirituality Year during which young men are invited to make a commitment for one year and are then put through a formation program which includes much prayer a 30-day Ignatian retreat and an emphasis on the teachings and doctrines of the Church as presented in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (The Holy Spirits gift to the Church remarks the Archbishop). 344 - Feb 1999 - Reflection: Catholic identity and 'reading the signs of the times', John Kelly It would be as naive and absurd as Lear for Catholics to suppose that the forces which shape contemporary popular imagination and thought are ipso facto consonant with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and attuned to the voice of the Good Shepherd; and as blind as Shakespeares misguided monarch to think that the divinely inspired and sustained wisdom of two millennia more accessible than ever before and distilled in the Churchs official doctrine on all that ultimately matters has nothing to teach our contemporaries. 345 - Dec 1998 - Reflection: The mystery of Christmas confronts a sceptical world, Fr Robert J. Batule The Holy Spirit had come upon Mary and overshadowed her (Luke 1:35) thereby conceiving the Child. 346 - Oct 1998 - Perth Archdiocese vocations: an 'optimistic picture', Archbishop Barry J. Hickey Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit into the Church to help the Church fulfil her mission to the world. 347 - Sep 1998 - Books: Why Christianity must Change or Die, by Bishop John Selby Spong, Frank Mobbs Because Christians do not have a belief about how the Holy Spirit brought about the conception of Jesus for the very good reason that the New Testament has nothing to say on the matter. 348 - Aug 1998 - Pope's new Apostolic Letter puts theological dissenters on notice The first as Cardinal Ratzinger puts it is based directly on faith in the authority of the Word of God while the second is based on faith in the Holy Spirit and the infallibility of the Churchs teaching authority. 349 - Jul 1998 - Inclusive language: 'eventually all nonsense implodes upon itself', Gerald Wilson It is therefore incorrect to limit creation to the Father redemption to the Son and sanctification to the Holy Spirit. 350 - Jun 1998 - John Henry Newman on liturgical tradition, Cardinal John Henry Newman His Apostles followed his pattern; and this is still more remark-able because after the Holy Spirit had descended at first sight it would have appeared that all the Jewish ordinances ought at once to cease. 351 - Jun 1998 - New Texts the key to reshaping religious education, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Through doing our best with the Holy Spirit to guide us we can help prepare the coming generations not only for a creative life in this world but for citizenship in the eternal Kingdom. 352 - Apr 1998 - Holy See rejects the latest ICEL submission When the Latin speaks of the Holy Spirit rather than the Spirit Saint Peter or Blessed Peter rather than Peter . 353 - Mar 1998 - Vatican Instruction on the role of the laity is binding on Catholics, Peter Westmore We believe and act with the conviction that Christ promised the Holy Spirit to the successors of Peter in their mission of teaching and legislating Archbishop Brambilla said. 354 - Dec 1997 - Cardinal John O'Connor: what Catholics believe, Cardinal John O'Connor I know that our Holy Father would want me to thank Archbishop George Pell in a special way for the fidelity and vigour with which he transmits that Church teaching which we believe to be revealed through Christ the Word in the Holy Spirit. 355 - Oct 1996 - Reflection: Mediator Dei: Recovering the 'vital impulse' of the liturgical movement, Bishop Basil Meeking (Christchurch, New Zealand) First of all that document was one of the fruits of the light and guidance of the Holy Spirit so evident in the Council. 356 - Oct 1996 - How the new Catechism can impact on the secular culture, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey In the Apostolic Constitution Fidei Donum which introduced the Catechism the Holy Father Pope John Paul II stated that it was a sure norm for teaching the faith that it was an instrument for promoting unity within the Church and it would provoke a renewal of the Church in the Holy Spirit that it would be a symphony of the faith that it would lead to a deeper faith in Jesus Christ and would be a compendium and sure reference for local catechetical texts. 357 - Aug 1996 - How to overcome the shortage of priests, Fr Kevin Dillon PP Only the priest can absolve sin in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit. 358 - Sep 1995 - Saints and heroes: where the difference lies, Lawrence Cross The Church declares individuals blessed which means that it declares them to be human beings who now infallibly live in the eternal embrace of the Father Son and Holy Spirit filled with the light of God which shines through Christ. 359 - Apr 1995 - Catholicism: 'revealed by God, not devised by man', Fr Graham Leonard (former Anglican Bishop of London) Dr Edwards says that we must use the minds given to us to make our own judgements about the truth: By the guidance of the Holy Spirit working through a joint operation between our community our reason based on knowledge and our conscience based on experience we have to say what Scripture or Tradition means to us in life and death. 360 - Apr 1995 - New Melbourne R.E. Guidelines: an improvement on the old, Michael Gilchrist Right direction That the Guidelines are headed in the right direction is underlined by inclusion of the following kinds of statements: In Baptism the human person is cleansed from original sin and all personal sin reborn as a child of God sanctified with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 361 - Dec 1994 - RE syllabus based on new Catechism: Wagga Wagga diocese sets pace for Australia, Bishop George Pell and Mark Moriarty from Holy Spirit School Lavington as executive officer. 362 - Dec 1994 - An Open Letter to the Manly Seminary staff, Fr Brian Harrison OS For the papacy to step inside that door (something which we know the Holy Spirit will never actually allow to happen) would be a leap of suicidal self-contradiction. 363 - Oct 1994 - An Anglican Bishop responds to Bishop Spong - defending Christian revelation, Bishop David Silk (Anglican Bishop of Ballarat) As Stephen Neill wrote somewhere That Jesus Christ whom the Christian meets when he comes to Holy Communion who is made present to him in the proclamation of the Gospel in Christian worship to whom he speaks when he prays who speaks to him through the Holy Spirit is the same Jesus who was born at a specific time and place in history who lived a human life who spoke certain words did certain deeds and suffered certain things of which we have clear though far from complete knowledge. 364 - Apr 1994 - Making sense of 'Veritatis Splendor', Bishop Kevin Manning The Church under the Holy Spirits direction continues to develop her tradition of moral reflection on the different areas of human life. 365 - Feb 1994 - Reflection: The Immaculate Conception: Mary’s unique holiness, Br Christian Moe FSC Vatican II speaks similarly when it refers to the place of Mary in the Church: It was customary for the Fathers to refer to the Mother of God as all holy and free from every stain of sin as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creation; and it restates the meaning of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception: The Virgin of Nazareth was enriched from the first moment of her Conception with the splendour of an entirely unique holiness . 366 - Nov 1993 - Preparing for a 'priestless' Church in Rockhampton?, Michael Gilchrist Lest anyone question the good reason for the Mass-less weekend Rockhamptons theological expert Peter Young writing in his regular column in the Rockhampton diocesan monthly The Review (May 1993) declared: If the bishop after due deliberation prayer and consultation requires the withdrawal of the pastors from their parishes for a particular (in the bishops estimation) serious reason it ill-behoves us to challenge such a movement of the Holy Spirit. 367 - Oct 1993 - Eucharistic adoration - are we keeping up with the rest of the world?, Christine McCarthy In the United States there are 500 parishes where there is perpetual adoration of the Blessed Eucharist - surely an inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 368 - Jul 1993 - Reflection: Eucharistic reverence: 'How our actions reflect our belief', Christine McCarthy The first time I was sent onto the sanctuary with some candlesticks I was overwhelmed by holy fear what we might call in retrospect a healthy sense of awe in the presence of God one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 369 - Mar 1993 - Books: A review of the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' (French Edition), Fr Peter Joseph in the mystery of the Holy Spirits procession in the Holy Trinity (248); in the treatment of Confirmation where East and West differ about the ordinary minister (priest or bishop 1312-3) and time of conferral (at baptism or later 1290-2); similarly for marriage where the Latin Church sees the spouses as the ministers of the sacrament whilst the Oriental liturgies see the priest as the minister (1623). 370 - Mar 1993 - The Myth of Latin America's 'Basic Christian Communities', Paul Gray The religious style of these groups emphasises dramatic personal testimony to the workings of the Holy Spirit and a dramatic lack of interest in affairs of state. 371 - Mar 1993 - Religious Order Leaders challenge Catholic structures 11 describes it thus: A diocese is a section of the People of God entrusted to a bishop to be guided by him with the assistance of his clergy so that loyal to its pastor and formed by him into one community in the Holy Spirit through one Gospel and the Eucharist it constitutes one particular Church in which the one holy catholic and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and alive. 372 - Jun 1992 - Monika Hellwig visits Australia, Michael Gilchrist During 1990 the Woodstock Theological Centre at Georgetown University became the hub of opposition in the United States to the planned Catechism for the Universal Church a project which Pope John Paul 11 recently called a further gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church (LOsservatore Romano April 1 1992). 373 - Apr 1992 - Sexist language: theological mumbo-jumbo, Frank Mobbs The Glory be to the Father (Gloria) is to be replaced by Glory to you Source of all Being eternal Word and Holy Spirit . 374 - Apr 1992 - Whence Ecumenism? The Vatican and ARCIC, Michael Davies He not only recites the narrative of the institution of the Last Supper pronouncing the words of consecration and imploring the Father to send the Holy Spirit to effect through them the transformation of the gifts but in doing so offers sacramentally the redemptive sacrifice of Christ. 375 - Apr 1992 - Problems of modern Biblical scholarship, B.A. Santamaria He concludes that men and women were at least equally important to him; that since no preferred place was offered to men by ordination at the beginning and since the priesthood is simply a product of historical evolution (although under the guidance of the Holy Spirit) there is no proven Biblical/historical reason why women cannot also be ordained. 376 - Mar 1992 - Mary - Biblical focus of Christian unity, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey In that context it is useful to point to a remarkable event the coming down of the Holy Spirit on Mary a woman. 377 - Nov 1991 - Editorial: When television told the truth, B.A. Santamaria What the Holy Spirit was doing across twenty centuries to permit the Church which he was supposed to inspire to teach error was left unclear. 378 - Aug 1991 - 'Creative liturgy' - darker reasons beneath the surface, Fr Ephraem Chifley OP There was no mention of the relationships within the Trinity of the Incarnation of the Holy Spirit or of anything much except Gods integrity and justice. 379 - Nov 1989 - Thomas More and today's crisis in faith and morals, John Finnis In the Catholic conception of faith for which More died ones personal faith which one has by the grace of the Holy Spirit is only a fully adequate and appropriate response to that grace when it is a sharing in the faith of the Church. 380 - Sep 1988 - 'Putting the essence of the Faith in doubt' (Jean Guitton), B.A. Santamaria The elements therefore have a dual essence - remaining bread and wine but impregnated with the full saving effectiveness of Christs presence (Fr David Coffey Grace: the Gift of the Holy Spirit p. 381 - May 2013 - Church unity and the Anglican Ordinariate, Archbishop Gerhard Müller(Subscribers only - please login to view) 382 - Apr 2013 - Reflection: Easter: the centrality of faith in the risen Christ, Fr Dennis Byrnes 383 - Apr 2013 - Pilgrimage: A Holy Land pilgrimage with Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Wanda Skowronska 384 - Feb 2013 - Grace: Indulgences: relics of the past or still Church teaching?, John Young 385 - Feb 2013 - Events: iWitness Retreat: a celebration of young adult Catholic faith, Br Barry Coldrey 386 - Nov 2012 - Books: CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, by Fr Robert Barron, Michael Gilchrist 387 - Oct 2012 - Liturgical Music: Vatican II: Singing nourishes faith ... raises minds to God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli 388 - May 2012 - Young adult ministry 2012: more reasons for hope, Br Barry Coldrey 389 - Apr 2012 - Books: LIGHT OF THE WORLD: The Pope, the Church and Signs of the Times, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput 390 - Mar 2012 - The Immaculate Conception and the development of doctrine, Bishop Peter J. Elliott 391 - Feb 2012 - Letters: SSPX schools, Ken Bayliss 392 - Feb 2012 - News: The Church Around the World 393 - Nov 2011 - WYD Madrid: World Youth Day: Becoming sons and daughters of Christ, Sam Rebbechi 394 - Oct 2011 - Letters: One-sided, Charles M. Shann 395 - Sep 2011 - Books: THE COUNCIL IN QUESTION: a Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism, Fr Glen Tattersall 396 - Aug 2011 - Bishop Conley on the new Missal translation: 'The very words of God', Bishop James Conley 397 - Jul 2011 - Whatever happened to the virtue of obedience?, Bishop Julian Porteous 398 - Jun 2011 - Why Pope Benedict removed Toowoomba's dissenting bishop, Michael Gilchrist 399 - May 2011 - Liturgy: Welcome to the new translation of the Missal, Audrey English 400 - May 2011 - Interview: International Conference on Eucharistic Adoration in Rome, Father Florian Racine 401 - May 2011 - Two million in Rome for beatification of John Paul II, Peter Westmore 402 - Apr 2011 - Music that elevates faith and worship of God, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev 403 - Feb 2011 - Liturgical rights of Catholics must be upheld, Fr Martin Durham 404 - Nov 2010 - Saints: Blessed John Henry Newman: why he is worthy of canonisation, Frank Mobbs 405 - Nov 2010 - News: The Church Around the World 406 - Aug 2010 - Liberalism: Christian churches and the 'religious left', Babette Francis 407 - Jul 2010 - Books: THE ABBESS OF ANDALUSIA: Flannery O'Connor's Spiritual Journey, Lorraine Murray, Terri Kelleher 408 - Jun 2010 - Missal: New Mass translation: Archbishop Hart interview, Archbishop Denis Hart 409 - Apr 2010 - Books: CREED OR CHAOS: Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster, Sayers, Terri Kelleher 410 - Apr 2010 - Real Presence: Eucharistic Adoration: ultimate weapon of spiritual warfare, Fr Martin Durham 411 - Feb 2010 - News: The Church Around the World 412 - Dec 2009 - How to get Vatican II back on track: a bishop's prescription, Bishop R. Walker Nickless (Sioux City, Iowa) 413 - Oct 2009 - Letters: Liturgy reform, Paul Martin 414 - Oct 2009 - News: The Church Around the World 415 - Sep 2009 - The Reformation and England's changing Coronation Oath, Tom Johnstone 416 - Sep 2009 - Christian Life: Courage and EnCourage: a chaste lifestyle for the same-sex attracted, Marie Mason 417 - Aug 2009 - News: The Church Around the World 418 - Jul 2009 - Reflection: The full meaning of love: Christ and St Peter in St John's Gospel, Andrew Kania 419 - May 2009 - Letters: One Shepherd, Peter D. Howard 420 - Mar 2009 - Lefebvrists: Benedict XVI's bold move for Church unity, Michael Gilchrist 421 - Feb 2009 - Letters: Jewish conversions, Andrew Sholl 422 - Dec 2008 - Books: The Life of Saint Joseph, by Maria Cecilia Baij, OSB, Tim Cannon 423 - Dec 2008 - Bishops' Synod on Bible concludes: Pope working on Apostolic Exhortation, AD2000 Report 424 - Jun 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI on the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ, Pope Benedict XVI 425 - May 2008 - Two changes: Bishop Jarrett explains upcoming Mass changes, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett 426 - Mar 2008 - 40 Years On: Vatican II at its mid-life crisis, Br Barry Coldrey 427 - Mar 2008 - News: The Church Around the World 428 - Feb 2008 - News: The Church Around the World 429 - Dec 2007 - Reflection: May we deepen our longing for the Lord's coming, Bishop Arthur Serratelli 430 - Nov 2007 - Democracy: Religious leaders must have freedom to speak, Cardinal George Pell 431 - Jul 2007 - Why truth and charity are inseparable, Alice von Hildebrand 432 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: Bill Daly RIP: fearless defender of Catholic orthodoxy in Australia, Fr James Tierney 433 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: A tribute to natural family planning pioneer, Dr John Billings, RIP, Msgr Peter J. Elliott 434 - May 2007 - Letters: Thank you from India, Fr. A. Joseph 435 - May 2007 - Vocations: New religious communities flourishing in the United States, Fr James Lloyd 436 - Apr 2007 - Rockhampton Lenten program: 'whatever that might mean', AD2000 Report 437 - Mar 2007 - Catholic religion courses and the challenge of relativism, Audrey English 438 - Feb 2007 - Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and the heavenly choir, Fr Finbarr Flanagan 439 - Feb 2007 - The Church and the environment: address the moral pollution first, Wanda Skowronska 440 - Feb 2007 - Priesthood: Orthodox priests in a divided Church, Fr John Trigilio 441 - Feb 2007 - News: The Church Around the World 442 - Dec 2006 - Books: COME, LORD JESUS:Reflections on the Advent and Christmas Seasons, James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist 443 - Sep 2006 - History: The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits, John Morrissey 444 - Aug 2006 - Liturgy: The new Missal translation: Archbishop Hart's progress report, Michael Gilchrist 445 - Jul 2006 - US Archbishop: how to reform the Liturgy 446 - Jul 2006 - Evangelisation: Strong leadership: US bishop Robert Finn shows how, AD2000 Report 447 - Jul 2006 - News: The Church Around the World 448 - May 2006 - Books: Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words, by Ann Ball, Jacinta Cummins 449 - Apr 2006 - Editorial: New cardinals: Benedict XVI signals his intentions, Michael Gilchrist 450 - Mar 2006 - Modernism: 'New Church' not true Church: what modernists believe, Pastor Remotus 451 - Feb 2006 - Liturgical Music: The spiritual impact of Msgr. Richard Schuler's priestly leadership and example, Fr John T. Zuhlsdorf 452 - Feb 2006 - Cardinal Arinze on the Liturgy: the Mass is not entertainment, Cardinal Francis Arinze 453 - Dec 2005 - Books: Christmas reading from AD Books 454 - Dec 2005 - News: The Church Around the World 455 - Oct 2005 - Youth: The lasting impact of World Youth Day, Sannon Donahoo 456 - Oct 2005 - News: The Church Around the World 457 - Sep 2005 - Education: Catholic schools of the future, Br John Moylan CFC 458 - Aug 2005 - Books: More Catholic Than the Pope, by Patrick Madrid and Pete Vere, Fr Glen Tattersal FSSP 459 - Aug 2005 - Editorial: Liturgy: opportunity for bishops to take control, Michael Gilchrsit 460 - Jul 2005 - Books: Letters To a Young Catholic, by George Weigel, David Birch 461 - Jul 2005 - Living Stones: Church architecture: can a sense of the sacred be recovered?, Christian Xavier 462 - Jul 2005 - Vocations: John Paul Il's Milwaukee connection, Fr John Walter 463 - Jul 2005 - Year of Eucharist: The Eucharist: heart of our faith, Cardinal George Pell 464 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Pre-Vatican II myths, Douglas V. Boyle 465 - Jun 2005 - Benedict XVI and liturgical reform, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB 466 - Jun 2005 - Habemus Papam: Benedict XVI charts course as successor to John Paul II, Michael Gilchrist 467 - May 2005 - Reflection: Pope John Paul II and the redemptive power of suffering, Fr Paul Stuart 468 - May 2005 - St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, a spiritual oasis in London, Tess Livingstone 469 - Dec 2004 - English language: Will Rome ensure the completion of an improved Mass translation?, William Oddie 470 - Nov 2004 - Liturgy: Ad-libbing in the Mass: Does it really matter?, John Young 471 - Nov 2004 - British Catholic writers call for a better Mass translation, AD2000 Report 472 - Oct 2004 - Reflection: Our Lady, Fatima and the 'annihilation of nations', Anne Lastman 473 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November 474 - Sep 2004 - Mass Attendance: Where have all the worshippers gone?, Fr Martin Durham 475 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Ineffective system (letter), John Mulholland 476 - May 2004 - News: The Church Around the World 477 - Apr 2004 - News: The Church Around the World 478 - Feb 2004 - Modern church design: 'Spank the architect!', Paul Mees 479 - Feb 2004 - Liturgy: 'Excellent start' on accurate English Missal translation, AD2000 REPORT 480 - Dec 2003 - Social Justice Statement 2003: a response from Bishop Saunders 481 - Dec 2003 - EVENTS: Adore 2004: a Eucharistic Congress for youth 482 - Dec 2003 - VOCATIONS: Melbourne's 'Hearts on Fire' vocations congress a success, Fr Paul Stuart 483 - Dec 2003 - News: The Church Around the World 484 - Nov 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 485 - Sep 2003 - Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB 486 - Aug 2003 - Documents: Ecclesia in Europa - Pope challenges Christians to re-evangelise Europe, Michael Gilchrist 487 - Jun 2003 - Laity: The role of lay Catholics in a time of crisis, Mary Ann Glendon 488 - May 2003 - News: The Church Around the World 489 - Mar 2003 - New Age ideas: how Catholics should respond, Fr Peter Joseph 490 - Mar 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 491 - Feb 2003 - Reflection: Lectio Divina: a way to deepen our prayer life and spirituality, Fr Andrew Wise 492 - Feb 2003 - Vocations: Sydney seminary growth based on orthodoxy, fidelity, Fr Julian Porteous 493 - Dec 2002 - Reflection: John Paul II on Christmas: 'the mystery of humanity redeemed by Christ', Pope John Paul II 494 - Dec 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 495 - Dec 2002 - New Vatican Instruction on priesthood: the challenge to be another Christ, AD2000 Report 496 - Oct 2002 - Bishop Power: Church teachings need to be 're-examined', AD2000 REPORT 497 - Oct 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 498 - Aug 2002 - Letters: Dissent (letter), Clair Tieppo 499 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe 500 - Jun 2002 - Reflection: A reason for mercy: healing post-abortion trauma, Anne R. Lastman 501 - Jun 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 502 - Mar 2002 - Reflection: John Paul II: St Joseph's renewed significance for the Church, Br Christian Moe FSC 503 - Mar 2002 - 'Liturgiam Authenticam', ICEL and the need for improved Mass translations, Anna Silvas 504 - Mar 2002 - 'Conservation Plan' recommends changes to Toowoomba's Cathedral, Michael Gilchrist 505 - Feb 2002 - Reflection: NCC Mass of Thanksgiving: Archbishop Hart's homily, Archbishop Denis Hart 506 - Dec 2001 - Tenth Synod of Bishops' statement, Michael Gilchrist 507 - Nov 2001 - Winter school: Evangelising in a "post-pagan" culture, Fr Anthony Mastroeni 508 - Nov 2001 - Tenth Synod of Bishops: Bishops called to courageous witness to the Faith, AD2000 509 - Oct 2001 - Education: Mass attendance: a key measure of Catholic schools' effectiveness, Br John Moylan CFC 510 - Oct 2001 - Editorial: Liturgy: light at the end of the tunnel, Michael Gilchrist 511 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 512 - Jul 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 513 - Jul 2001 - New Vatican guidelines call for sound, accurate liturgy translations, Michael Gilchrist 514 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 515 - May 2001 - New WA Catholic schools document stresses orthodoxy 516 - May 2001 - The Church in Germany: John Paul II expresses serious concerns, Catholic World News 517 - May 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 518 - Mar 2001 - Reflection: Liturgy in the true spirit of Vatican II, Ralph McInerny 519 - Mar 2001 - Letters: Supernatural order (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan SM 520 - Feb 2001 - Liturgy: when will the 'Statement of Conclusions' make an impact?, Michael Gilchrist 521 - Feb 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 522 - Dec 2000 - Reflection: The coming of Christ on earth, Pope John Paul II 523 - Nov 2000 - Canonisation of 120 Chinese martyrs: has much changed under communism?, AD2000 Report 524 - Oct 2000 - News: The Church Around the World 525 - Sep 2000 - The 'Statement of Conclusions' and liturgy: what needs to be done, Msgr Peter J. Elliott 526 - Aug 2000 - 'We Shall Overcome': 'liberal' Catholicism after Vatican II, Norm Yodgee 527 - Aug 2000 - News: The Church Around the World 528 - Jun 2000 - News: The Church Around the World 529 - May 2000 - News: The Church Around the World 530 - Apr 2000 - John Paul II calls for recovery of the true spirit of Vatican II, AD2000 Report 531 - Feb 2000 - Reflection: Private revelations: "Keep to what is countenanced by the Church", Fr Peter Joseph 532 - Oct 1999 - Pope Pius XII's efforts to avert World War II, Zenit News Service 533 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World 534 - Aug 1999 - Reflection: Hymn In honour of Our Lady's Assumption, Fr Ramsey Williams SSC 535 - Aug 1999 - Catalyst for Renewal: or is it a catalyst for extinction?, Edward Thornton 536 - Jun 1999 - Reflection: The spirit of poverty of Francis of Assisi, Fr Christopher Sharah FSF 537 - Jun 1999 - The challenge for religious educators in a secular culture, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput 538 - Jun 1999 - Fr. Frank Andersen's new book on the Eucharist: how Catholic is it?, Des O'Hagan 539 - May 1999 - Vatican launch of book highlights Pius XII's World War II role in saving Jews, Zenit News Service 540 - Apr 1999 - News: The Church Around the World 541 - Feb 1999 - Bob Billings (1915-1999): outstanding Catholic layman, Peter Westmore 542 - Feb 1999 - 'Absolute Truth': another media 'job' on the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist 543 - Dec 1998 - Cardinal Ratzinger presents John Paul II's latest encyclical, Michael Gilchrist 544 - Feb 1998 - Reflection: The Mass: the symbolism of 'facing East', Fr Fabian Duggan OSB 545 - Nov 1997 - Books: 'Tomorrow's Creed' as drafted by Fr Michael Morwood, Frank Mobbs 546 - Sep 1997 - Editorial: Inclusive language: the Vatican sets the limits, Michael Gilchrist 547 - Feb 1997 - The Catholic Church in Singapore: why is it strong and healthy?, Michael Barr 548 - Jul 1996 - Books: 'Critics on Trial - An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis', O'Connell, Fr John Parsons 549 - Apr 1996 - Vatican II, 1962-1965 - The next 30 years: to bring about a Catholic revival, Fr John Parsons 550 - Nov 1995 - Evangelium Vitae - Catholicism, the media and the 'culture of death', Bishop George Pell 551 - Sep 1995 - Editorial: Catholic doctrines and moral teachings: the time for enforcement is overdue, B.A. Santamaria 552 - Jul 1995 - Edel Quinn (1907-1944): Ireland's 20th century apostle to Africa, Michael Gilchrist 553 - Mar 1995 - A young Catholic's view of Youth Liturgies, Bernard Finnigan 554 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews 555 - Nov 1993 - In the aftermath of 'Veritatis Splendor', B.A. Santamaria 556 - Feb 1993 - The dimming of the 'vision splendid': religious life in distress, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP 557 - Sep 1992 - Crises in the Church: Fr Hubert Jedin's warning to Rome 558 - Sep 1992 - The Townsville experiment: next stage in the evolution of an Australian Church? 559 - May 1992 - Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: has ecumenism lost its way?, Fr Peter Knowles OP 560 - Feb 1992 - The Pope's agenda - overcoming the obstacles, Michael Gilchrist 561 - Dec 1991 - 'Follow your conscience': but what does that mean?, Frank Mobbs 562 - Oct 1991 - France and the revival of traditional Catholicism, Dr Geoffrey Hull 563 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria 564 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold 565 - Mar 1990 - Parish assemblies - pluralism or brainwashing?, Michael Gilchrist 566 - Mar 1990 - New Zealand: tensions between Rome and the Bishops, John Kennedy OBE 567 - Nov 1989 - Teaching Christian doctrine in Catholic primary schools, Gerard Gaskin 568 - Jul 1989 - Making a revolution by changing the meaning of words, Frank Mobbs 569 - Jun 1989 - How the liturgy fell apart: the enigma of Archbishop Bugnini, Michael Davies 570 - May 1988 - Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith, Andrew Greenwich 571 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria