While some are intrinsically motivated to learn, others mainly do so for work flexibility, to have better opportunities. Yet, learning offers so much more. The habit of lifelong learning presents us with an opportunity to go deeper and discover the beauty of being human. 1. Education helps us understand the world around and the world […]Read More
This article explains why rest and leisure are of paramount importance in our life from both a physical and a spiritual perspective. The origins of the word “leisure” It is interesting to note that the term ‘workaholic’ was only coined in 1948. A year later, Josef Pieper penned his Leisure, the Basis of Culture, in which […]Read More
For Catholics, God is not an impersonal essence or a mere higher power but rather a personal God with whom one may enter into an intimate relationship. The Catholic faith speaks of a trinitarian God, one God but three persons, also known as The Trinity – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Theology graduate Dorianne […]Read More
Family is about witnessing to the Lord’s faithful love for the Church and for the whole of humanity; family is about making present, in a concrete and daily manner, the reciprocity and beauty of the love that characterises God’s life. Family is a rich school where we learn to be humane and generous, to be […]Read More
Founder of the World Youth Alliance Anna Halpine says that human dignity is “the deepest sense of the reality of who we are and nothing we do can take away that dignity from us. Human dignity is this worth in value that every person has as a human being. The great adventure of human life is to try and learn […]Read More
Fathers of the Church list compiled by Fr Joe Buhagiar Bianco SJ 1. The Apostolic Fathers : 1st Century Clement, Bishop of Rome (30-100)Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (30-107)Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (69-155)Barnabas (priest?) (between 70 and 132)Mathetes, Epistle to Diognetus 2. The Post-apostolic Fathers : 2nd & 3rd CenturiesJustin, (Priest) Martyr (100-165)Hegesippus, (110-180)Aristides the […]Read More
Bio means life and ethics is concerned with values, what is right and wrong. Bioethics asks what is technologically possible, is it ethically permissible? Catholic Bioethics topics include the value and significance of human life, the transmission of human life through new reproductive technologies, prenatal diagnosis and the right to life, sterilisation, abortion, the […]Read More
If one is to ask various persons, if they believe in God, probably they will say ‘yes’. If one is to ask, “who is God?” or “what is God?” there will probably be as many different answers as there are people! In ancient philosophy, God is described as the Unmoved mover, the all-knowing, eternal and […]Read More
Saints are people just like us who tried to live a holy life, meaning, a person who tried to love in some way or another. This could be by being kind, gentle, merciful, listening, wise, joyful, peaceful, faithful or hardworking towards the needs of others. All those who are in heaven are called saints. Some […]Read More
The environment has had a special place in the Catholic Social Teaching of the Church since the 1970s. In the more recent years, Pope Francis, with frankness and freshness, invites all Christians to an environmental conversion, by improving our relationships with other creatures and the world, also in view of the needs of the socially excluded […]Read More
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