Easter Message 2025
Easter is a time to celebrate that the Risen Christ lives among us. We are an Easter people, and like the disciples on that first Easter morning, we continue to find God present in surprising and unexpected places.
Easter Reflections 2025
We share with you three reflections for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday provided by Bernadette Wrafter (Josephite Affiliate), Mary Hilton (Formation for Mission Animator) and Sr Michele Shipperley rsj.
Palm/Passion Sunday: Journey of Hope
In a musical composition, the Prelude serves to introduce motifs that will be developed in the larger work. Similarly, as we begin the journey we call ‘Passion Week’, the liturgy of Palm Sunday acts as a Prelude, containing the themes that will develop over the days that follow. As we walk in Jesus’ footsteps starting […]
Easter: What’s all the fuss about?
Easter is the most significant celebration in the Catholic liturgical calendar. Jesus Christ, God’s only beloved Son, was crucified for our sins. It is a powerful reminder of the agony and suffering Jesus endured on our behalf, and understanding his suffering caused by our human shortcomings, fills many hearts with a deep sense of shame […]
Easter Message 2024
Let us rejoice and be glad for on this Easter day, we believe with all our hearts that Jesus is risen, is alive, and is active among us. The Risen Christ is present to us in the many encounters of every day as well as in the wonder and heartache present in so many […]
Easter Reflections 2024
We share with you three reflections for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday provided by Sr Michele Shipperley rsj.
Palm/Passion Sunday Reflection
Holy Week begins and ends with drama. When I think of Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, three things stand out: The beginning of Holy Week The importance of processions in our life and the tradition of Walk for Justice for Refugees Having the courage to walk this journey with Jesus to his cross and […]
A Laudato Si’ Easter Reflection
As followers of Jesus, we are asked to walk humbly on the Earth and to care for the land, the oceans, and all creatures. Pope Francis reminds us in his recent Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum that the time for climate change action is becoming more URGENT. He has posed the question: “Are we working for […]
Easter Message 2023
Let us rejoice in the gift of Easter and the blessing of hope it brings. This message of hope is especially important in our world today impacted by war and natural disasters. We see so many refugees risking the journey in search of a new life free from poverty, oppressive governments, climate change and […]
Easter Reflections 2023
We share with you four reflections for Palm (Passion) Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday provided by Sr Michele Shipperley rsj.
2022 Easter Message from Sr Monica
As Easter unfolds, we hear these words: Christ is risen, the light has dawned, and hope is born anew. The Easter story invites us to travel with Jesus through the reality of death to new life. Like Jesus, Christians are called to surrender the pain and suffering of our world into the arms of our […]
Easter Reflections 2022
We share with you four reflections for Palm (Passion) Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.