Madonna - September October 2003

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003

From the Editor
Time to move on. Andrew Bullen says his farewells as he prepares to move on to a new challenge.

Roadside rest
A kind of blind faith. Life’s pressures can lead to alcoholism. It takes great courage to admit it, first to oneself and then to others. Such people can offer powerful leadership.

The Rosary.
Kay Carter’s poem reminds us of the power of what may seem an ‘ordinary’ way to pray

Bookends.
Jan Coleman finds a time of extraordinary closeness with her father is achieved in the midst of a moment of crisis.

Interview — Rosie Hoban
‘God has been good’ — Ann de Castella. Most Australians know the great athlete Robert de Castella, but few would be acquainted with his mother, Ann, or the project she is involved with.

Start with the small stuff — Teresa Pirola.
A teacher’s advice on creating rapport with little children carries lessons for all of us in how we treat people in our everyday circumstances.

O Holy Spirit.
Jo Russell’s hymn to the Spirit.

The Power of Story — Elizabeth Pike
The Myall Creek Memorial. It was a powerful moment, the day one of the descendants of the perpetrators of the Myall Creek Massacre embraced one of the descendants of its victims.

Edmund Campion’s Australian Catholics
A lay person’s view — Dr H. M. Moran. The captain of Australia’s first Wallaby team to go to England went on to become a successful cancer surgeon and founder of the Guild of St Luke and the Newman Society at Sydney University.

Arguments about priority — Peter Steele SJ.
We all enjoy applause, are grateful for appreciation. It can be empty if we don’t balance it by giving applause to others.

A journey through prayer.
Norma Woodcock finds interesting parallels between her way of coping with everyday matters and a way to approach prayer.

Full of Surprises: Micaiah — 1 Kings 22
The Bible without Blinkers — Anthony F Campbell SJ
Micaiah’s vision of the future brings no good news for the king of Israel, and the prophet suffers for it.

Around and about.
News of people and events of interest.

Thoughts on ANZAC.
A vigorous response to Jim Dowling’s reflections on part of the ANZAC myth.