For over 35 years, Harvest Journeys has been singularly devoted to faith-based travel. We are 100% dedicated to Catholic pilgrimage and providing every traveller with the greatest opportunities to reap the abundant fruit that pilgrimage provides. Every pilgrim group is accompanied by a Catholic priest as chaplain who helps to
This is one of the two best known parishes in the world, and is sharing its experience of positive growth... Can You Imagine… your parish alive with RENEWED energy and purpose? The future of the Catholic Church is bursting with abundant opportunity! Now is the time to reimagine your parish, inspire
Located in Turin is the most scientifically scrutinised artefact in the world; the linen cloth known as the Holy Shroud. This cloth is believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. The two-day Australian Holy Shroud Conference 2025, which includes a Shroud Artefact Exhibition, intends to make
Sydney 10-13 July 2025 Broken Bay Cathedral Precinct, Waitara One of the key youth events held each year in Brisbane and Broken Bay. More to come!
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew share an historic moment of reconciliation! A moment when the church begins to breathe again with TWO lungs. Today, the call to breathe with the lungs of the East and the West, takes on new meaning in this Holy Year. During these five days, participant
What is this mysterious reality we call prayer? Is it a luxury for the leisurely? A practice reserved for those who are good enough to do it? And even if we are interested in praying, how do we go about doing it, and what should we expect to happen? These
Too often conscience is associated with a ‘guilty conscience’ but in fact conscience is a whole lot bigger than that and is something which precedes our choosing or doing anything. Forming consciences that can lead us to make good choices is one of the most important tasks for the Church.
Reconciliation is one of the great gifts of Catholic faith and life. Here we open up Jesus’ own practice of forgiveness and trace how this has been taken up by the church into the present through sacraments, rites and practices of forgiveness. Session 1: Monday 25 August 2025 Session 2:
Jubilee Year Events - Faculty of Education & Arts Art exhibitions in ACU galleries featuring visual art that reflects the theme of hope. This could be a central theme for student projects. The McGlade Gallery at the Strathfield Campus will host the Clancy Prize for religious art, which has the theme
Monday, September 22 (pm) to Friday, September 26 (am) The Emmaus Journey is for lay people who are retired or m the second half of life. A happy blend of "holiday" and "holy day". A time of prayer. reflection, sharing and community. Fr David J. Hore, C.Ss.R.
Highlights Rome, Basilica of St. John Lateran & the Holy Stairs, St. Paul Outside the Walls, Catacombs, Papal Blessing in Saint Peter’s Square, Assisi & Basilica of Saint Francis, Vatican City, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica & Holy Door, St. Mary Major Basilica, Papal Audience Day 2 – 9 St.
Brisbane 25-28 September 2025 St Laurence’s College, Brisbane One of the key youth events held each year in Brisbane and Broken Bay. More to come!
Participants are invited to actually write (paint) this Icon. Slowly, a blank canvas, through prayer and the use of pigments, over these five prayerful days becomes an ICON. Sue Orchlson, a trained lconographer, will guide interested participants in exploring the spirituality or the Icon. and the first steps that lead
St Clement's will welcome pilgrims on each First Saturdays of the Holy Year beginning on Saturday 4th of January. • 10.00 am· Pilgrims are Invited for tea/coffee. • 10.30 am: Marian Devotions and Holy Year Prayers in our Lady's Upstairs chapel (Lift available ror elderly and disabled) • 11.00 am:
What does the Catholic Church say about the relationship between faith and science? How are we to approach topics like evolution and the Big Bang theory in our classrooms? How do we engage pupils in conversation about this relationship and why is it important to do so? This short course
At this time of year, it’s not hard to find reminders of the Christmas story. Most people have at least a basic understanding of the story, even if they have never set foot inside a church. But there’s a lot of hidden complexity. In this subject we’ll look at the
In these sessions we will explore several life-giving ways of praying that are treasured in the Christian spiritual tradition. We will get to know two ways of praying with the Bible – lectio divina and Ignatian contemplation – as well as the practice of Christian Meditation. These practices will be probed for
With Pope Francis encouraging us to know more about the mass, these two sessions lay out the basic structure and theological underpinnings of the Mass, with some hints about planning and best practice Session 1: Thursday 20 November 2025 Session 2: Thursday 27 November 2025 4:00PM or 4:00PM /7:00PM BBI-TAITE continues
It has been almost five years since the previous Festival was held and this provides an exciting opportunity to welcome a new legion of young people to experience the Festival for the first time. The Festival will be held in central Melbourne and will welcome young people in Year 9 (in
