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Religious Life

Consecrated women and men ‘prophets of hope and consolation’

More than a hundred consecrated women and men joined Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli and the wider community in a Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral to mark this year’s World Day for Consecrated Life. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Friendship Religious Life

How friendship shaped Sr Isobel’s call to religious life

Friends are everything to Missionaries of God’s Love Sister Isobel Stewart. They were by her side as the former primary school teacher discerned the call to religious life and remain there now as she navigates her new life. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Ecumenism Religious Life

Australian finds contentment in the contemplative life of a Taizé brother

Among the dedicated members of Taizé, an ecumenical monastic community in France’s Burgundy region, is Br Merric – an Australian who has spent nearly a decade immersed in the community’s life of prayer and work. Source: Melbourne Catholic.