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Soul Matters — Chris Gleeson SJ
Homing and letting go. At the Ascension Jesus returned to his Father. Every homecoming means also leaving the place we were in – there’s a mix of joy and sorrow.

Roadside rest — Michael McGirr
Drawing life. Each of us is God’s work of art, each given our special shapes and colours by God, and also each representing God to those around us.

Tête à Tête — Mary Manning
Preaching the Word of God. Mary Manning interviews the great Franciscan preacher Bernardine of Siena.

Don’t go!
Jesus did not leave us alone at his ascension — he left us with each other! Mercifully, adds Robin Koning, he also left us the Holy Spirit.

Grand pilgrimage.
Thousands of young people will make the pilgrimage to Sydney for WYD2008. Rosie Hoban talks with two of them.

Family Matters — Teresa Pirola
Home is a holy place. For Jewish people the seder meal is central to their liturgical and spiritual practice. Catholics can learn from them to place the home at the centre of their spirituality also.

Your Daily Prayer — May & June. A prayerful reflection on the scripture readings for every day of the month.

The power of story — Elizabeth Pike
An Eagle aiming high. David Wirrpanda of the West Coast Eagles, grandson of pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls, is doing much for his people through his Wirra foundation.

A Cloud of Witnesses — Edmund Campion
Making place for Catholics. For a large part of its history, the Liberal Party had few Catholic members. This changed in the 1960s when responsibility for promoting the party’s state-aid platform was given to James Clough.

Bread for the Journey — Peter Steele SJ
Keep in touch. Renowned radio broadcaster Garrison Keillor finishes one of his weekly segments with ‘Be well: do good work: and keep in touch’. These are perfect sentiments to mark the feast of the Ascension.

Notre Dame de Temniac
Jan Coleman visits a spirituality centre in France whose history goes back to the days of Pope Clement V.

A Marian oasis in Indonesia
A magnificent building, the dream of Indian Jesuit missionary James Bharataputra, is a shrine to Our Lady of Good Health.

May / June 2008

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