Sunday 13 May 2012

Each year St John of God's (SJG) special-care nursery cares for more than 200 unwell and premature babies. As a level-two nursery it is equipped and staffed to provide all the specialised care needed for babies, except when full ventilation or urgent surgery is required.

Sunday 4 March 2012

Friday 19 August 2011

By Lauren Warner

It has been six and a half months since Kate was born and I can’t believe it.

That’s what all mums say, isn’t it? The saying is as ubiquitous as ‘time flies’ – or as older parents stopping you in line at the grocery store and saying, “remember every moment;
they grow so fast”.

Friday 5 August 2011

by Maura Colleen McKeegan

By the time my husband Shaun and I made our wedding vows in 2003, we had heard the message loud and clear: marriage is under attack. Our diseased culture was spreading its marital sickness even to faithful Catholic couples. The antidote – a holy marriage – would require vigilance against its enemies: fornication, contraception, infidelity, pornography, divorce.

Friday 22 July 2011

The Life, Marriage and Family Office (LMF) recently distributed a brochure to parishes in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne entitled ‘Marriage and same-sex unions – are they the same?’ With parliamentarians currently directed to seek their constituents’ views on this issue, the LMF Office is encouraging us to express our views to our representatives. The following article is an edited version of a document which explains why male/female marriage is foundational to society. The document was developed by an inter-denominational group and is endorsed by Archbishop Hart along with a number of other Catholic bishops from around the country.

Friday 8 July 2011

This month, the Life, Family and Marriage Office is distributing a brochure entitled ‘Marriage and same-sex unions – are they the same?’ to parishes of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Here, Matthew MacDonald of the Life, Marriage and Family Office discusses how we can approach some of the challenging questions around this issue.

Friday 27 May 2011

Many parents find providing formation for their children in the area of Christian sexuality challenging. At the recent Share the Dream conference in Melbourne, former principal and now Senior Lecturer at Melbourne’s John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Dr Gerard O’Shea, presented a workshop aimed at helping parents in this sometimes difficult area. Here, he explains how the 'As I have Loved You' program came about.

Friday 29 April 2011

By Kate Duckett

Sunday 8 May is Mother's Day. Kate Duckett takes time out of her busy life to reflect on what motherhood means to her.

Monday 29 March 2011

Reconciling work and family life is not an easy feat, but it is not impossible. 'Mumpreneuers', or 'Enterprising Mothers',  is a group of mothers collaborating on the internet to exchange ideas on balancing paid work and family life.

Friday 11 March 2011

The 3rd National Catholic Family Gathering - Share the Dream - will run in Melbourne from 15-17 April.