WelCom March 2020: Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England south coast, continues his six-part series for WelCom. Theology as Creative Engagement In the last article we saw how Pope Francis used the notion of theology as a […]
WelCom March 2020: First Sunday of Lent – Matthew 4:1-11 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. 2 He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, 3 and the tester came and said to him, ‘If you […]
WelCom February 2020 James Lyons Pope Francis has claimed the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time as a day to give special honour to the Word of God and to promote the study and reading of Holy Scripture. The first celebration was 26 January. This article expands the theme, exploring the power of human words as […]
WelCom February 2020 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord – Luke 2: 22-32 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord. Every male […]
WelCom December 2019 New Zealand Catholic Education Office Each year has its own highlights and challenges. For NZCEO we have enjoyed the adventure of participating in the OIEC* Catholic Education Convention in New York in June this year where we were part of a world-wide family of over 70 million students in Catholic schools. We […]
WelCom December 2019 Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, continues his six-part series. Asking two theological questions What is God? Should we bother about our religious language? It is significant that while many are […]
WelCom December 2019 First Sunday of Advent – Mt 24:37-44 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day […]
WelCom December 2019 James B Lyons Mary, blessed among womenChosen way for God’s coming into our worldMay we keep you company this Christmas eve?In a time not easy for you. Yes, Joseph is at your sideHis love for his wife-to-be-motherStrong and protective.But he wasn’t always so sure.Neither were you. When the angel left youThe light […]
WelCom November 2019 In his address about the Future of the Church, published in WelCom last month, and in his August WelCom column, Cardinal John spoke about the importance of studying theology. He said theology enables us to gain a greater and deeper appreciation of faith; to understand more and to articulate why we believe […]
WelCom November 2019 On the last Sunday of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, or Christ the King. This year it is celebrated on Sunday 24 November Fr James Lyons writes. Quod scripsi scripsi!What I have written,I have written! These emphatic words of Pontius […]