As published in last week’s Catholic Weekly.   Bath time in our house is a flurry of activity just after dinner where we try to get all five children washed and dressed in their pyjamas in the shortest possible time, except that one child is always slow to comply. (There’s always one, isn’t there?)…

My column as published recently in The Catholic Weekly.   The school holidays are over and we’re looking at another term of school lunches, washing and ironing uniforms, homework, and Saturday sports. When finishing Year 12 I thought that was the end of the school environment for me. It never occurred to me that I’d…

Published recently in The Catholic Weekly. I had a scan through the Instrumentum Laboris, which is the working paper that the bishops will use when they meet for the synod on the family in October. It is a huge document with a lot to take in and not all of it is relevant to Australian…