Family Life International in Glebe, New South Wales | Religious organisation

Family Life International

Locality: Glebe, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9519 9111

Address: 2/245 Parramatta Road 2007 Glebe, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.fli.org.au

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25.01.2022 "This obsession with trying to keep ourselves away from the coronavirus is only about the physical domain it reduces our humanity down to just existing, like we're machines and we're not and we can put up with it for a certain amount of time, but we will go stir crazy." https://www.9news.com.au//bd6b8ae1-06d7-4120-be0f-a88ed00c

24.01.2022 Dear Supporter of Life & Family, The Day of the Unborn Child is this coming Sunday 21st March! Please note this in your diaries, we need a good turnout to show many still believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. Rain is forecast this Sunday, so be prepared though this has often been the case, however Heaven has intervened and it has remained dry during the procession. Due to various circumstances including a counter-protest precludes us meeting at the... forecourt of the Cathedral or in Hyde Park,.We will need to gather in the Cathedral House Carpark just off St Mary's Rd behind the Cathedral. At this gathering point everyone will be required to scan the QR code so we know attendees and hence we are conformed to the current laws. Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday to raise our voices in defence of the Unborn Child. Please pass this message on to all your families and friends. God Bless you all and your families, Life and Family Institute See more

23.01.2022 Today (7/4/20)the Australian High Court unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of historic child abuse charges. Cardinal Pell was charged with the ignominious crime in June 2017, convicted in December 2018 and lost his subsequent appeal last August . His case was heard in the High Court in March of this year. Cardinal Pell was incarcerated for more than four hundred days and was unable to celebrate Mass in that time. This article will focus on the tensions that existed be...tween Cardinal Pell and various members of the Curia before his charges were made public. Much of the following information is taken from The Dictator Pope, a book by Henry Sire and originally written under the pseudonym Marcantonio Colonna, the accuracy of which is confirmed by reputable Vatican insiders. https://www.fli.org.au/operation-get-pell-were-the-bullets/

23.01.2022 There have been no lockdowns of abortion mills and no safety measures for unborn children during the covid-19 pandemic. Please join us and raise a voice for the voiceless!

22.01.2022 Wishing all our supporters, benefactors, advisers and friends a very Holy and Blessed Easter and may the Risen Lord protect you all from the virus plaguing the whole world and keep you safe. May he also protect you from the social and economic upheaval which will follow from the extreme measures governments have had to take to protect those most at risk. You are all in our prayers. May God bless you all.

21.01.2022 David Bruggeman was a director at FLI for 10 years and has been an invaluable help to me since I took over as Executive Director. He is still our financial controller/accountant and provides us his many talents gratuitously. Please keep him in your prayers.

21.01.2022 "The revelation of hell given by Our Blessed Mother to the children of Fatima was substantially the same as that given to St. Faustina. Indeed, several great saints, including Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila, have been given visions of hell and they all see basically the same horrors. Jesus was not shy when it came to reminding people of the dreadful nature of hell." Read more here: https://www.fli.org.au/there-will-be-hell-to-pay/

21.01.2022 The French government has been notably restrained in their criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for unleashing a pandemic upon the world. One possible reason for their reticence is a single, highly embarrassing fact: They essentially built the Wuhan Institute of Virologys P4 lab in which the coronavirus now sweeping the world was being researched, and from which it escaped. https://www.lifesitenews.com//how-france-helped-build-chin

21.01.2022 A Melbourne college run by Jesuits is fostering an environment which favours deviant sex but bullies Catholics who try to uphold traditional teaching on sexuality and marriage. Newman College is a century-old residential campus for Catholics who attend the University of Melbourne. The college website describes Newman as being a place where the aspirations of the Roman Catholic tradition are reflected and fostered, although observers who have witnessed the colleges pro-gay stance would be hard-pushed to find evidence of this. https://www.fli.org.au/melbournes-rainbow-jesuits/

20.01.2022 "Contrary to what has been said throughout this pandemic, we do not consider church attendance to be non-essential; indeed, nothing is more essential than the practice of our faith. Premier, Catholics are not asking for special treatment, we are asking for equal treatment." Archbishop Anthony Fisher has initiated a petition to the Premier. Please sign and share.

19.01.2022 Adopt an Unborn Child - Pray the Spiritual Adoption Prayer posted in Discussion for this event for 9 months. Start today and pray for 9 months as an alternative to the Day of the Unborn Child.

19.01.2022 "Parramatta Diocese new school curriculum is proving to be of grave concern to faithful Catholics, even though it is still in draft mode and has not yet been rolled out. Many of the wishes of parents are not being respected; some are complaining that they have not been informed about the programme and that their queries are not being answered. The programme contains LGBTI ideology and clear heresies such as religious indifferentism and liberation theology. Even in the few ...places it can be said to teach Catholic truth, the programme is structured around an open-ended questioning format. This latter the authors erroneously claim, to be in the tradition of St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas famously drew his readers in with sets of erroneous opinions, before appealing to traditional authority, giving his own doctrine and finally answering each error in turn. This programme just questions and usually it is the tradition that is placed in question. Read the article here: https://www.fli.org.au/educating-the-next-generation-of-no/

19.01.2022 We have been working on a campaign to provide an ethically developed vaccine for the corona virus and making that vaccine optional; that is, not mandatory, as well as providing information on the safety procedures followed or not followed in its development. To that end we spent some time in drafting and sending a letter to the Australian Catholic Bishops asking them to support our campaign and then drafting and sending a letter to the Prime Minister, Health Minister and Chie...f Medical Officer asking the above. That letter was signed by the National President of the Australian Catholic Medical Association and endorsed by the Patron of Solidarity for Healthcare, FLI and the Catholic Women's League President. The petition supporting that letter is now on the Federal Parliamentary website. The letter to the Prime Minister and others along with the link to the petition can be found at the following link on the FLI website below. https://www.fli.org.au/e-petition-regarding-corona-virus-v/

18.01.2022 Despite this warning, dont expect the filthy sex promoting "sex ed" classes in schools, or the wholesale public promotion of sexual "liberation" in society to be dropped, or for them to promote abstinence and chastity. "This has occurred on a background of an increase in notified cases of infectious syphilis in both men and women over the past six years, with the majority of notified cases in women being in women of reproductive age with the potential for the condition to oc...cur in pregnancy." The warning says women who have more than one sexual partner, female partners of men who have sex with other men, drug users and women of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin are at risk of the condition." https://www.9news.com.au//f7eb5a35-5ff8-4107-83d0-fb9a4efa

18.01.2022 "Until these serious problems are faced with honesty, movements like Black Lives Matter will continue to foment tension between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, leaving the most vulnerable caught in a cycle of abuse. Aboriginal people deserve every support in being assisted to flourish but this will never happen while their grave problems are overlooked and while feminist practices, such as contraception, are imported into their traditional culture." This article examines in details the Black Lives Matter movement and the serious abuses suffered by aboriginals and overlooked by this political movement. https://www.fli.org.au/which-black-lives-matter/

18.01.2022 Former Nationals Leader and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is a member of FLIs Advisory panel and a man I have always admired. This inspiring story from John is a good reflection on the many advantages and privileges we enjoy thanks to the hardships of our forefathers. A great reminder to look at a mans life in relation to the times he lived through and not those privileged times they bequeathed us.

18.01.2022 As things go from bad to worse in our world we need to be prepared for stricter totalitarian laws to control our behaviour and I suspect now that political leaders have shown their colours, suggesting certification that you have had the required dose of a potential deadly vaccine for Covid-19 before you can enter pubs, clubs and other venues or fly anywhere, it won’t be long before the said process of certification will be applied to attending Mass! The rigged and corrupt e...lections in the USA should highlight to people the control and power the faceless New World Order have over everything in this world. We need to be educated on these issues so we can be prepared. I don’t think the media and political propagandists line for a better brighter year in 2021 is anything but obfuscation. Here is something sobering to remind you of how far they have gone to usher in the reign of the Prince of this world. https://www.fli.org.au/american-satanists-abuse-religious-/

17.01.2022 A law in the State of Victoria mandating Catholic Priests break the seal of the confessional if they become aware of child sexual abuse was passed last year and became operative from February this year. A similar law has passed the Lower House in Western Australia and has passed to their Legislative Council. There have been calls for a review by the Legislative Council before any vote in Parliament. In Queensland similar laws are being drafted but have not been proposed as yet. In NSW the State Government has deferred plans for similar laws. https://www.fli.org.au/survivors-and-the-seal-of-confession/

17.01.2022 "In Bill Gates we see a nexus of control over health, politics, surveillance, finance, energy, water and digital industries, making him a perfect frontman for a global economy. Coupled with his influence on social norms such as family size, it becomes obvious that Gates has been behind plans for a One World Government nothing other than Freemasonic attempts to create a socialist utopia." https://www.fli.org.au/bill-gates-saviour-for-a-new-world-/

16.01.2022 "We are certainly living in dark times. Despite the amazing life style afforded modern man (especially in the western world) through technology, medical science, education, nutrition, transport etc. and all that these advances provide for our health and comfort, we somehow seemed to have come to this very dark place in history. Many see the signs of the times as the end of the world approaching. Many others have succumbed almost through despair for the future." "In a new Apos...tolic Letter entitled Patris corde (With a Father’s Heart), Pope Francis describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in the shadows." "The Letter marks the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pope Pius IX’s declaration of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To celebrate the anniversary, Pope Francis has proclaimed a special Year of St Joseph, beginning on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2020 and extending to the same feast in 2021." Read the whole article: https://www.fli.org.au/saint-joseph-and-the-times-we-live-/

14.01.2022 The Governments of Australia have all issued edicts similar to this in NSW regards gatherings in what they describe as "non-essential" services:- The following businesses are not to open to members of the public: *pubs and registered clubs, except to: sell food or beverages for customers to consume off the premises ... provide hotel or motel accommodation, as well as food or beverages to guests to consume in their rooms *food and drink premises (other than pubs), except to: sell food or beverages for customers to consume off the premises provide food or beverages to guests to consume in their hotel or motel rooms *entertainment facilities *amusement centres *casinos, except to: provide food or beverages to guests to consume in their hotel or motel rooms *micro-breweries, small distilleries or cellar door premises, except to: sell food or beverages for customers to consume off the premises *recreation facilities (indoor) *places of public worship, except to: conduct wedding or funeral services. Not only are Churches "non-essential" they are almost an afterthought being at the end of a list below Pubs,Clubs, Casino's etc.! I would think as a Catholic, that Mass and the Sacraments are a Most Essential service. This is proof of what our Governments think of Religious Belief and Practice. Don't expect anything good to come out of the Religious Freedom Bill! While I'm on a roll; it's ok for our Doctors and Nurses and medical staff to put their lives on the line to try and save lives. No one denies there is great risk and they are brave to do so. However, when Souls and eternal life is on the line where are the Bishops and Priests? Why shouldn't they be risking their own lives to save the souls of their flocks and the lost sheep? Paul Hanrahan Executive Director

14.01.2022 This much seems clear to me: we are being given an opportunity by Divine Providence to CLEAN UP OUR HOUSE. If you want to know why I say this, read my article t...oday at 1P5. For many, it will be an eye-opening account of just how bad things are (or were, before the "shutdown"). "In spite of the fact that the Churchs faith is spelled out clearly in 2,000 years worth of catechisms, sermons, spiritual writings, codes of law, and liturgical rubrics, it may be possible that many priests, due to poor catechesis and formation, do not even hold the Catholic faith in the Real Presence in every particle and drop of the sacred species, or in the essential distinction between ordained and non-ordained ministers (and the responsibilities that come with it), or in the primacy of the worship of God over horizontal social relationships. Are seminarians taught that even particles of the hosts or drops in the chalice are still the Most Blessed Sacrament? Certainly most of the laity seem to be altogether unaware of this. If that is true, it does not excuse us, but renders the judgment all the heavier, since the baptized are required before God to know the fundamentals of their religion, and the Eucharist is at the heart of Catholicism. "The wisdom of the Roman Churchs traditional practices always limiting communion to one species, having the host distributed only by ordained ministers and only on the tongue to faithful who are kneeling (making the sign of adoration without which, says St. Augustine, we commit sin), and having the priest thoroughly cleanse the few vessels in use before the Mass ends has never been so dazzlingly clear, and yet never so unappreciated or despised. Will the Bride of Christ on Earth respond with humble repentance and zealous reform? Or will the lament of the prophet Jeremiah continue to resound? 'As a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord' (Jer. 3:20)."

14.01.2022 "We are not made to be alone. Its time to discard these lies. The path to holiness cannot be trod in comfort and safety. Eventually we must get out of the boat, despite the storm raging around us, and our fear. To follow Christ we must fix our gaze on His and walk towards Him. It is then that we can be perfected in charity so that we are no longer overly concerned about ourselves, but we begin to see the suffering in our neighbour. It is then that we will embrace and surrender to the Cross of Christ in our own lives and in the lives of others. Only then will we find ourselves together in this agony; united in love." This is an extract from this excellent article expressing far more eloquently what I've been saying for sometime now. https://catholicexchange.com/we-are-not-made-to-be-alone

13.01.2022 Great to see some sanity and moral courage being displayed by some in the Liberal Party. Please show your support for Senator Alex Antic.

12.01.2022 The COVID-19 panic is unnecessary it is much less threatening than we think - Adam Creighton in The Australian. 1/9/20 When Peter Allen longed for Australias quiet cities unlike New York, Rio and London, which never slept Melbourne 2020 wasnt what he had in mind. Yet for months the vast bulk of Victorians has backed the strictest lockdown imposed almost anywhere. The love of being free is on ice, and roaming is limited to just 5km. Deutsche Bank analyst Tim Baker was...Continue reading

12.01.2022 Steve Mosher is head of the Population Research Institute (PRI) in Virginia USA. He was the first western social scientist to expose China's one child policy extremes and report it whilst doing a doctoral thesis in a rural Chinese village. This led him into the Catholic Church eventually. Standford University refused his doctorate because of pressure from China. He has 3 Masters degrees. He testifies before US Senate, Congressional and Military Commissions. FLI Australia is a...n affiliate organisation to PRI and my wife and I consider Steve Mosher and his beautiful wife Vera as good friends. Here is Steve's take on the US election and the corrupt practices engaged in by those who would impose a totalitarian regime over the whole world and to whom the removal of Donald Trump was an essential step. https://www.lifesitenews.com//color-revolution-biden-team-

11.01.2022 Our recent article on the link between contraception and abortion prompted much debate on social media, indicating that many Christians have strong opinions on the subject. This is little wonder, considering that the issue of contraception strikes at the heart of every marriage. But those who so easily adopt the worlds concept of family size and responsible parenting would do well to investigate the culture that prevailed until birth control became the default position for most churches. https://www.fli.org.au/non-catholic-opponents-of-contracep/

10.01.2022 Pope Francis said the forced isolation devised to stop the pandemic was presenting the danger of people living the faith only for themselves detached from the sacraments, the Church and the people of God. Online Masses and spiritual communion do not represent the Church, he said in his homily at his morning Mass in the chapel of his residence on 17 April. This is the Church in a difficult situation that the Lord is allowing, but the ideal of the Church is always with the people and with the sacraments always, Pope Francis said. https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/pope-warns-of-danger-in-/

10.01.2022 With each day that passes, the list of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lies about the origin and spread of the China Coronavirus continues to grow. Each and every one of these lies cost lives, and the death toll continues to mount. https://www.lifesitenews.com//did-chinas-leaders-deliberat

10.01.2022 Just a few months ago during the terrible bushfires the media was making plenty, of the marvellous Aussie spirit that brings us all together in moments of crisi...s and that when the chips are down we all pull together. Right now these "marvellous" aussies are stampeding over each other to stockpile food and essential grocery items with a completely selfish attitude and it has now become every man for himself and the same media add to the frenzy by beating up the pandemic and the hysteria. See more

10.01.2022 Pretty well sums it up despite some historical inaccuracies; the Aztecs sacrificed adult males and teenage boys principally. There were plenty of baby/child sacrifices around the world throughout history but nothing comes close to the horror of the second half of the 20th century and the first 20 years this century though; 2.5 billion over the last 50 years not counting abortifacient contraceptives. No wonder the world is in a stupor while they concoct more horror with the pandemic under the guise of protecting lives!

09.01.2022 Politicians who have been ramming through and defending laws for abortion for any or no reason to term, failed abortion infanticide, euthanasia, homosexual rights and marriage and all the aberrations one can imagine all of a sudden with the Covid pandemic are interested in saving lives! The worst of it all is the barracking and support from the media for these ideologues and the censorship of contrary opinions and hard facts! The Queensland election on Saturday like the US... elections next week are a test for the populations of those places moral integrity and common sense. Will they choose the reign of Christ the King or the reign of tyranny and oppression? The Roman Emperors would say of those they govern, in order to maintain their power and position; Give the people bread and entertainment. Except for the range of food now offered what’s changed? State elections will be held in Queensland this Saturday, October 31st, with life and family issues firmly at the forefront of many voters’ minds. FLI has been exposing successive ALP governments’ perverse love of abortion for twenty-five years and this election particularly highlights the issue. Read the full article here: https://www.fli.org.au/queensland-state-elections-a-matter/

09.01.2022 I'd heard some problems had developed with Mike Pence which I found hard to believe until this article clarifying those problems from Steve Mosher. You need to read the entire article. "The planwhich I understand Pence had earlier agreed towas to send the dueling slates of electors back to the contested states for the state legislatures to decide which one to certify. His action in doing so would have been justified by a longstanding rule laying out the Vice President’s ro...le in counting electoral votes." "For decades, this rule has read that the Vice President would, before any votes are counted, ascertain that [the] certificates are regular in form and authentic. This rule would clearly have given Pence the authority to introduce competing slates of electors and send these back to the states." https://www.lifesitenews.com//patriots-rallied-antifa-and-

09.01.2022 I've just discovered that the Facebook ban on News Media in Australia also includes Family Life International. I've sent them a message but don't even know if its the correct avenue I've sent it to. If this can't be corrected it makes Facebook become almost superfluous to me and I will seriously think about cancelling everything on this platform.

09.01.2022 Abortion-mill bubble-zones were first introduced in Tasmania in 2013, with other states and territories following suit since then. This article explains my part in the legal challenge to those zones which ended this week in Melbourne. Paul Hanrahan from FLI and representatives of the Melbourne Helpers had been in discussion with senior Victoria Police officers for several weeks prior to this regarding the best course of action to test these totalitarian laws. https://www.fli.org.au/the-abortion-lobbys-bubble-hasnt-bu/

08.01.2022 The covid crisis has perhaps highlighted the appalling lack of understanding of the Holy Eucharist by most Catholics. "In July 2018, the Bishops Commission for Liturgy released an updated document on Guidelines on Reverent Reception of Holy Communion[9] which updated the 2008 guidelines. Both of these documents, and the 1986 guidelines which preceded them, lay out the specifics for the physical reception of Holy Communion. There was no reference made to the serious prepara...tion for Communion that Catholics are obliged to make: an examination of conscience to ensure that one is in a state of grace and sacramental confession should the commission of a mortal sin be detected. In fact, there is no reference at all to the dispositions required for the worthy reception of the Eucharist." "Instead, there is a section dedicated to the Catholic Way of Receiving Holy Communion[10] which suggests that reception under both species is the definitive Catholic way, when both our pre- and post-conciliar documents assure us that this is not so." https://www.fli.org.au/eucharistic-abuses-during-covid-sho/

08.01.2022 An event touted as Queensland’s first public Black Mass was held in Noosa last week; it was live-streamed to an unknown number of viewers worldwide. The sold-out event no great feat as apparently only forty tickets were available took place in a council-owned venue known as The J. Readers are no doubt aware that a Black Mass is a blasphemous parody of the Catholic Mass, sometimes involving the desecration of a consecrated host. Satanists concocted the ritual of a Black Mass as a deliberate insult to the one, true God an insult of the highest order and use the ritual as a means of summoning and communing with satan. Read More... https://www.fli.org.au/noosas-black-mass-does-error-have-r/

07.01.2022 Former Nationals Leader and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is a member of FLI's Advisory panel and a man I have always admired. This inspiring story from John is a good reflection on the many advantages and privileges we enjoy thanks to the hardships of our forefathers. A great reminder to look at a man's life in relation to the times he lived through and not those privileged times they bequeathed us.

07.01.2022 "A byproduct of the coronavirus crisis has been the renewed emphasis on societys protection of its most vulnerable members. Experience has shown that healthy pregnant mothers, unborn babies and children have little to fear from the virus, but that older people and those with underlying health conditions are at higher risk of adverse outcomes if they contract COVID-19 and thus represent the most vulnerable groups in this present pandemic. Coincidentally, these two cohorts the aged and the physically weak are those most vulnerable to assisted suicide/euthanasia services and this serves to illustrate a double standard that has become increasingly evident over the past few months." https://www.fli.org.au/assisted-suicide-laws-expose-our-le/

07.01.2022 Unfortunately it has become necessary for us to cancel the Day of the Unborn Child in the city this year. Given that a state of emergency has already been decla...red in Victoria and the ACT I expect NSW and the other states to soon follow suit which would make it mandatory anyway. We are asking the Bishops and priests in their individual parishes to hold special events after their Masses; either a small procession and/or Benediction and Rosary. It would be great if your Parish could do something along the lines we have suggested, so that the unborn are still remembered and prayers for an end to abortion are offered in a special way. This would also be an opportune time to pray for a speedy end to this pandemic and for those so adversely affected by it. We wish to pass on our sincere thanks to all who have and will continue to support this important day and assure all involved of our prayers. An email has been sent to Bishops and many parishes in the greater Sydney area and in the Diocese of Wollongong. Your parish may not have received it in some cases and if all our supporters could enquire of their Parish Priests and if it hasnt been received, could apologise on our behalf and ask them to support the day in the way suggested above. As an alternative suggestion, for those who are able, to attend the 3rd Saturday procession and vigil beginning with Mass at 8.30am at St Peters Catholic Church, 235 Devonshire Street Surry Hills on this Saturday 21st March and following with a Rosary Procession with stops along the way for the Stations of the Cross. The procession proceeds around the abortion mill at 120 Devonshire Street, with a perimeter of 150 metres or more, praying for an end to abortion. This public witness happens every 3rd Saturday. Details are also on the back of the Day of the Unborn Child Flyers. A suggested notice for your parish to include in their bulletin this weekend follows. "The scheduled Day of the Unborn Child held each year on the Sunday nearest the Feast of the Annunciation and which was to be held on Sunday 29th March this year, has been cancelled due to the emergency situation which has been enacted owing to the Coronavirus - COVID-19 outbreak. We are very sorry this has happened and we assure everyone that it will be on again next year, God willing. We suggest for this year that individual parishes may hold their own events which may include a small local procession and/or Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and public Rosary. This would be a good way of both remembering the unborn child and praying for an end to abortion and also of praying for an end to the current pandemic and hysteria that it is causing." God bless you and be assured of our ongoing prayers in this time of crisis.

06.01.2022 Catholics who live the message of Fatima are undoubtedly wondering whether we have entered the final period of confusion which precedes Our Ladys Triumph. So many of us are fond of reminding each other that, In the end, Her Immaculate Heart will triumph. "Historically, we are a remnant. Our Lady did not want those values to disappear from the Earth, and thus She chose us. If historically we are a remnant, the remnant is worth all it represents. https://www.fli.org.au/the-bagarre-prelude-to-our-ladys-tr/

05.01.2022 Steven W. Mosher has 3 Masters degrees and is the President of the Population Research Institute. He has published many books and the latest is Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order. He is a regular contributor to LifeSite News. "Dr. Ayyadurai, I should note, is a person of significant accomplishments. He holds four degrees from MIT and is a world-renowned systems scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur." Read the article here. https://www.lifesitenews.com//watch-mit-phd-finds-clear-ev

05.01.2022 VALE MR BERN SADLER Bern Sadler was one of the original founders of the original incarnation of Family Life International; Australian Catholic Pro-Life Association. I asked the principle founder, Mrs Gail Instance who knows the man and the history more intimately than me to write this tribute to him and she has done so beautifully. His generous, faithful heart finally gave up on the glorious feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady, 15th August. He had told people he alway...s wanted to die on that particular feast day and Our Lady heard his prayer. Bern is survived by his lovely wife Anne and their seven adult children and their grandchildren. Rest in peace Bern. Please pray for the repose of his soul and for his family who mourn him. https://www.fli.org.au/vale-mr-bernard-sadler/

05.01.2022 No Bishop can forbid Communion on the tongue as it is and remains the NORMATIVE mode of distribution in the Roman (Latin) Rite. Communion in the hand was given to this country (Australia), on the 28th September 1976, by way of an Indult. This too is still current! Regards the Extraordinary Form of the Church: no Bishop or Priest can take matters into his own hands on this issue. Communion on the tongue is the only legitimate manner of receiving and distribution. For this to ...change, a Bishop would need apply to the Holy See for a rescript. Any Bishop trying to do this would be abusing his authority and would be abusing the Rite and the sentiments of the souls who worship in the traditional liturgical usage. In short it would be a flagrant act of Clericalism. A Bishop for a serious reason, may suspend the distribution of the Sacrament as it should be remembered that Holy Communion is a privilege and not an ABSOLUTE right! https://www.fli.org.au/coronavirus-and-holy-communion/

05.01.2022 MAKING THE MOST OF THE CRISIS THEY CREATED "If you blinked, you might have missed almost identical pieces of legislation recently passed by regional governments. Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory both adopted laws within days of each other to criminalise so-called conversion therapy. Legislation demands that health service providers reject any therapy or pastoral care which suggests changing or suppressing a persons sexual attraction or gender identity. The pen...alty? Up to 18 months in jail in Queensland, and up to $24,000 in fines and 12 months imprisonment in the ACT." https://www.fli.org.au/conversion-therapy-and-government-a/

05.01.2022 A couple of weeks ago, my friend and colleague Peter Holmes published an article Missing Mass? Dont complain Its focus is not so much on those who complain about missing Mass, but on those who like myself may actively seek to attend one. I respectfully disagree with Peter, not so much with any one particular point, but with the overall implication. https://www.fli.org.au/sacrifice-withheld/

05.01.2022 Our desire for connection, love and intimacy is fundamental to who we are as human persons. But how is it that we desire connection and yet end up with addiction? Why do we find the created world so appealing to the point that we can easily become addicted? Exploring whats at the heart of the issue of addiction, James Parker explores how we can redirect our gaze toward authentic fulfilment, freedom and personal healing!... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6:30pm Live music starts 7:00pm Talk starts, followed by Q&A EAT & DRINK: The Two Wolves' extensive menu of Mexican delights is available here: https://thetwowolves.com.au/eat-drink/ All proceeds from food and drink purchases go to the community-building and development work done overseas by The Cardoner Project. COMMUNE: The Culture Project is a missionary movement of young people setting out to restore our culture to one where every single person is seen as someone to be loved - never an object to be used. Our wider young adult community comes together once a month to share life and receive formation in one area of restoring our culture. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JAMES PARKER has served at every level of the Church: from the Vatican to the local parish. His life experiences include being fostered, adopted, surviving childhood sexual abuse, gay activism, converting to Catholicism, and becoming a father. James is passionate about the restoration of all men and women.

04.01.2022 Come along to this conference hosted by Parousia! Some really fantastic speakers lined up including Trent Horn and our own executive director Paul Hanrahan! We must learn how to fight for life in this current age we live in! We will also have a table set up with materials for you to help expand your pro-life knowledge.

04.01.2022 I came out as gay at 17 and dived headfirst into gay activism. However, the degree of purpose and inner contentment I experienced then is nothing compared to what I experience today as a man who enjoys his heterosexual potential and loves being dad to my own biological offspring. This was only made possible as a result of the same therapy and prayer which Dan Andrews’ government is now callously and disingenuously seeking to outlaw. https://caldronpool.com/victoria-is-having-its-own-iden//

04.01.2022 Once someone learns the truth about abortion, usually through the use of abortion victim imagery, ultrasound or medical diagrams, it is quite easy for them to accept that this procedure is immoral, since it obviously involves the killing of a baby. However, it is far more difficult to convince people that avoiding babies through the use of artificial contraception is also immoral. With so many pro-life organisations either ignoring contraception or actually endorsing it, this might be the right time for committed Catholics to renew the campaign against contraception as we play our part in the war on nascent human life. Read this week's article "We can't end abortion unless we end contraception!" https://www.fli.org.au/we-cant-end-abortion-unless-we-end-/

04.01.2022 Despite this warning, don't expect the filthy sex promoting "sex ed" classes in schools, or the wholesale public promotion of sexual "liberation" in society to be dropped, or for them to promote abstinence and chastity. "This has occurred on a background of an increase in notified cases of infectious syphilis in both men and women over the past six years, with the majority of notified cases in women being in women of reproductive age with the potential for the condition to oc...cur in pregnancy." The warning says women who have more than one sexual partner, female partners of men who have sex with other men, drug users and women of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin are at risk of the condition." https://www.9news.com.au//f7eb5a35-5ff8-4107-83d0-fb9a4efa

03.01.2022 Excellent call in to ABC Radio in the country from an Aboriginal caller who leaves the host stumped for words!

02.01.2022 Retired Archbishop Jan Lenga was ordained in secret during the Communist regime in Lithuania. He knows well how to keep the Faith in times of chaos and asks, Where are the bishops? Where are the cardinals? Where are the Church hierarchy, usually so self-confident and important? No, they are all hidden away, having left the people alone. You cant reach them in their offices or on the phone. They are staying put, so as not to have to do anything. When they call for the people... to pray the Rosary, they only very gently suggest that prayer is an option. Why dont they come out and show people how to pray?[1] https://www.fli.org.au/they-have-taken-away-my-lord/

02.01.2022 "Guo may be off on the numbers, but he is, in my view, right on everything else, including the fact that the Vatican has been on the receiving end of donations from the Chinese Communist Party. Indeed, the Vatican has acknowledged accepting such donations, at least in terms of medical supplies." Great article by Steve Mosher on another scandal involving the Vatican and its corrupt financial practices. https://www.lifesitenews.com//why-chinese-whistleblower-ma

02.01.2022 The Anscombe Bioethics Centre COVID-19 Briefing Paper 2 "This briefing, however, looks at another question: the use of foetal cell-lines to create some not all COVID-19 vaccines currently under research. It examines whether such use by researchers is permissible when the cell-lines were originally created from tissue sourced from abortions, and whether accepting the vaccine makes one complicit in the abortion and harvesting of foetal tissue."... https://www.fli.org.au/covid-19-vaccines-and-use-of-foetal/

02.01.2022 Paul Hanrahan of Family Life International is not surprised that abortion lobbyists are at the forefront of cancelling conservatives and Christians: Ive been saying for decades that anyone who endorses the killing of little children is capable of anything, be it undermining the institution of marriage, putting the elderly to death or silencing dissenting opinions. Few other sins are as effective at deadening the conscience as is abortion. The current ploy of the anarchis...t movement "cancel culture" has sown civil unrest and mayhem around the world. The anti-christian socialist movement that drives this has been working away to undermine the Christian world for centuries and especially the last 100 years. https://www.fli.org.au/legal-abortion-and-cancel-culture/

01.01.2022 "Eight unborn babies, many of them late-term and otherwise healthy, also were miscarried or stillborn soon after their mothers received the Pfizer vaccine, according to VAERS. Pfizer has warned that pregnancy should be excluded before vaccination." https://www.lifesitenews.com//at-least-273-deaths-9845-adv