So many significant influencers and shapers of the Christian faith have been women.
To celebrate just some of them, the ‘Great Women of Faith’ exhibition has officially opened at St Patrick’s Cathedral, featuring striking portraits by Cologne-based artist Barbara Skorupa that are ‘an invitation to holiness’ for all of us. Sts Perpetua and Felicity—also remarkable women of faith—are traditionally commemorated on 7 March. We take a look at the story of these courageous women and its enduring meaning. And VMCH resident 101-year-old Mavis Kohler reflects on how far women have come since her birth in 1923.
Also this week, a recent performance by the Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir inspires Fr Nicholas Dillon to reflect on his own experiences of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and why what we build matters. We hear about a couple of the poets who will feature in an upcoming series of talks on ‘Poets and the Faith’ and explore the ways that poetry ‘refreshes our language’. Graduate theology student James Harris shares how ACU’s Clemente program has helped him to see himself in a new light, despite his mental health struggles. And some important anniversaries for St Thomas Aquinas prompt Fr Paul Rowse OP to reflect on what ‘our brother’ St Thomas means to Dominicans and what he can show all of us today.
Finally, following the 160th anniversary of his birth, we look back to a moment in New York in 1920 when Archbishop Daniel Mannix’s forthright style and passionate commitment to the underdog attracted so much global attention that even baseball great Babe Ruth took notice.
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