Grief is an emotional response when we lose someone or something we love.

Fresh violence erupted unexpectedly in the Holy Land on Saturday, when Palestinian Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, firing hundreds of rockets and making armed incursions into Israel.

This week’s parable asks us how we have used the gifts that God has entrusted to us.

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Today, Fr Bruce Clark (Prior Provincial) and Professor Peter Sherlock (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity) announced a new partnership

In this Sunday’s parable, the message could not be simpler: action speaks louder than words.

Fr Amandio Soares Salsinha celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving in his home parish of Railaco last Sunday, 23 September.

Carmelites were present at the Ignite Conference in Brisbane, a youth and young adult festival held over 3 days, 21-24 September.

For many, the parable which Jesus tells in the Gospel today seems profoundly unjust. Why should those who have done little work get the same pay as those who worked all day?

Following his Ordination on 2 September, Fr Narcizio Da Costa Vilanova returned to his hometown of Ossu to celebrate Mass on 9 & 10 September.