It is evident that along with the collapse of so many aspects of Western Society from the mid twentieth century onwards, we have witnessed a
Australia’s mostly widely read weekend newspaper recently carried a front page story in which we were informed that a popular Rugby League player would no
My wife Jane and I have two little girls, Clare and Louise; Clare turns two this month and Louise is just over six months old.
Well we are currently in crunch time for New Year’s Resolutions. The number of you keeping your resolution is shrinking week by week. It was
I love Google. I use that little search bar numerous times every day. If I want to know what to cook for dinner, study the
In 1999 Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith created Dick Smith Foods to provide Australian owned and produced alternatives to the increasing number of foreign owned products.
The mainstream media in Sydney was recently abuzz at the report of a number of parishioners from a local Catholic church claiming to have witnessed
Where did your family eat dinner last night? In front of the TV? In the car on the way to sport? At McDonald’s? At the
I remember when I was engaged to my now wife Jane, one of the biggest discoveries I had to process was learning that she was
Pornography is a big problem in modern society. Actually, no. Pornography is a huge problem in modern society. Did you know that 10-15% of all
Over the Christmas break I decided to take my real first Facebook holiday since joining the social network site back in 2007. I was sensing
It seems that everywhere I look there are people that are going out of their way to annoy me! People who insist on driving at
Without a doubt, the articles I write which attract the most feedback (positive or negative) are always those that discuss sexual morality and the Catholic
I was recently invited to tour a new medical ship run by the international Christian relief organisation Youth With a Mission (YWAM). This particular ship,
If someone were to ask you how many Catholic Churches there are in the world, what would be your response? Not small ‘c’ churches referring
Last month Pope Francis seemed to shock the world by marrying twenty couples in a ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica. Aside from the fact that
The words ‘hashtag’, ‘selfie’ and ‘tweep’ were among 150 new words added to the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary this year, and with selfies being taken by everyone
Did you know that it is women who do the majority of housework? Even mothers of young children, who are holding down full time jobs,
Many years ago I was active in the Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organisation of lay people in the Catholic Church, with over 3
Every major city has its street preachers. Standing near train stations and bus stops, in parks and public squares, they hold up signs, handout leaflets
The other night I was watching a TV documentary on the ‘debate’ between intelligent design and evolution. The program captured the turmoil in 2005 that
