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The Tree on the Hill
by Paul Beirne
In 1966, after taking a year ‘out’ following high school to determine what to do with my life, I joined a Catholic religious order to begin training as a missionary priest. One did this by ‘entering a Novitiate’–a religious tradition dating back centuries–which required a significant leap of faith. There were twenty of us in the Novitiate, and ironically, considering our future occupation, we were required to spend the first two years of our training in prayer and reflective silence, hidden away from society, rather than proselytising within it. Continue reading
2021
Term 1
15 Feb to 1 Apr
Term 2
19 Apr to 25 Jun
Term 3
19 Jul to 17 Sep
Term 4
4 Oct to 19 Nov
Graduation & Missioning of Students (including Mass)
Monday 22 November, 7.30pm at St Joseph’s Church,
47 Stanhope St, Malvern
Autumn Reflection
by Paul Beirne
About 25 years ago, give or take, when I was residing in Seoul, South Korea, I had the opportunity to play host to two German priests who were on their way home from missionary work in Indonesia. They were in Seoul for a day and a half, and they had just one simple request: “Show us Korea” they said. “We want to see it all!” At least they had the grace to laugh! Continue reading
The Gift of Spiritual Direction
by Brian Gallagher msc
People often ask me ‘what do you do all day?’ For some reason, ‘mowing the lawn, pruning the roses, and walking the dog’ never seem good enough answers. ‘But what’s your work?’ they say. ‘Well, okay, I’m a spiritual director.’ Sometimes the next response is ‘A what!?’ but, often it’s something like ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Who do you talk to? Like, who comes to see you?’ Now that’s a story in itself… Continue reading