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Support through the battles
When starting the Crossroads journey, as with any other pilgrimage, there were warnings about the physically, emotional, and spiritual battles that one might face. In our speeches at weekend Masses, we ask people to pray for our strength in all these areas, because we know that, inevitably, in one or all these areas, we will be attacked. As I approach the last few hours of this journey and reflect on the last few days, I am incredibly thankful for the grace and strength received because of all your prayers and intercessions for us. My journey...
read moreBirthdays and Bridges
Last night Katharine and I stayed with an absolutely lovely couple called Elizabeth and John Reeves in Kiama, who fed us steak and cantalope and ice-cream, and kept telling me to put my feet up because I’d walked so far… the highlight of this stay was, of course, the glee with which I would boast to the other walkers in the morning, although unfortunately they all got amazing families too, which marred my joy somewhat. Today was Chris’s birthday- Chris from the Gold Coast, that is, and he turned 22, like James and myself. After...
read moreAustralians and Americans United for Life
Yesterday we visited our nation’s Capital and walked past many of its famous sites. What had the most meaning for me was our visit to the Australian United states war memorial. The memorial remembers the Australian and American soldiers who have died fighting side by side in wars against tyranny, terror and injustice. In Australia’s hour of need, after it was abandoned by the mother country, America was there. The United states were prepared to sacrifice the blood of their own sons to defend Australian shores. Australians will...
read moreWalking into 2013
Over the weekend leading up to New Year’s Day, some extremely generous parishioners of St Peter’s, Surry Hills in Sydney hosted us. I had the honour of speaking at Masses at St Mary’s Cathedral in the city – probably the most beautiful church I have ever been in. I was slightly overwhelmed walking up the steps to the entrance door and gazing up at the gargantuan spires that seemed to disappear into the heavens. Although I had given the Crossroads talk about five times already, this was easily the most nervous I had been about speaking...
read moreLifesite News Video on Crossroads #Australia #Prolife Walk
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/video-first-ever-australia-crossroads-pro-life-walk-begins/ The first ever Australian Crossroads pro-life walk has set off after a final mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral in the heart of Brisbane. The Crossroads walkers received their blessing from the Dean of Brisbane, the Very Reverend Kenneth Howell, and were on their way. It’s currently summer in the southern hemisphere, so the weather is hot, cooling though as the walkers make their way away from the equator, travelling south to Sydney and on to...
read moreSpending my Birthday and Christmas on Crossroads
Each year, I have one week where I have it good, as my birthday falls just six days before Christmas. This year, I spent that week on Crossroads. Despite my best efforts to hide the date from my team, someone did eventually work out it was my birthday and blurted it out while we were having an audience with a group of cloistered Carmelite nuns in Lismore. The entire gathering then proceeded to sing me happy birthday, I think it’s safe to say that it will be one of the holiest happy birthdays I will ever have sung to me. That night...
read moreChristmas in the Country
If you told me a few months ago that I’d be spending Christmas in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of people I’d only met a couple of weeks ago, I can imagine myself laughing in your face. Now I am laughing at myself at the crazy adventure that God has taken me on because I said yes to him. It is the end of Christmas day now, and I am still in awe; in awe of what God is teaching me through my amazing teammates; in awe of the hospitality we have received from host families in Lismore, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle and here in...
read moreThe Catholic Leader Covers Crossroads #Australia #ProLife Walk
The Catholic Leader http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/prolife-youth-take-to-the-roads-to-spread-the-message-of-life_83585 A GROUP of young people are devoting their Christmas break to a pro-life walk from Brisbane to Melbourne. The 10 people, aged 18 to 30 years, have volunteered for the Crossroads pilgrimage that will involve walking from Brisbane to Melbourne in four weeks. Fr Hilary Flynn, a priest of the Cairns diocese who is a Crossroads supporter and has completed the pilgrimage overseas, said the aim was for...
read moreDecember 17
Crossroads December 17th 8:17pm Surf Lifesaving Club Cabarina Beach NSW Angela Schumann Wow, what an insanely hectic day. I feel like it packed itself so full on purpose, just out of spite, because it knew that I would have to blog about it all at the end! We have had both successes and tragedies. We all had to get up at 5am (already a tragedy for me!), pack our stuff, say morning prayer and get to Mass at the Cathedral for 8am Mass. Afterwards we were joined by three brave young people who accompanied us for the day’s walking,...
read more#Crossroads #Australia #Prolife Walk: Day 1 – #Brisbane
Chris DiSilva The first day of Crossroads Australia has got to be one of the most random days of my life. Having been trained up and receiving overwhelming support from parishes and communities around Brisbane, I think I can speak for the entire team when I say we were rearing to hit the road. We woke up to bright sunshine at 5am, after which I have never packed my own stuff, let alone a RV, with such efficiency. The angels were at work! On our way to St Stephen’s Cathedral our support van had a minor accident, but once again the angels...
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