Family Life International - Australia

08/09/2026

🛡 The BE NOT AFRAID Catholic Men’s Conference is a one day conference for men (18+) at St Mary's Cathedral Hall Sydney from 7.30am to 4.00pm.

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⚔️ This year's theme is the The World, The Flesh and The Devil, Battle and Victory, aiming to help men overcome sins and temptations arising from the world, the flesh, and the devil in light of Christ’s victory over evil.

🗣 Speakers include: Archbishop Anthony Fisher; Fr Daniele Russo; Paul Ninnes; Fr Ronnie Maree; Fr Lewi Barakat, Bishop Richard Umbers; Fr Ben Saliba as MC plus others joining us for the day!

✅️ The conference will include simple morning tea, coffee/tea, talks by guest speakers, Mass, opportunity for confession, Q&A, lunch, fraternity and expo.

✝️ We're gathering as men to encounter Our Lord and increase in faith, hope and charity in brotherhood to be the man God created us to be.

🎫 Tickets are $65 or $240 for a group of 4.
CLERGY, RELIGIOUS and SEMINARIANS are FREE.

🗓 Date: Saturday 19 September 2026 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM (UTC+10)

📍Location: St Mary's Road, Sydney NSW 2000

02/09/2026

The fourth instalment of the series on the use of aborted foetal cells in vaccines covers the excuse given to use such things; the Common Good. In this fourth instalment Father Ambrose shows how the concept of the Common Good, which is part of Catholic social doctrine, has been unduly exploited to justify mass vaccination and other extreme measures taken during the so-called pandemic. This is longer than we usually publish but very thorough in explaining this aspect.

God bless you all

Written by Fr Ambrose Astor Original publication in https://www.truedevotions.ie/the-common-good   In his third article on “Charity and Vaccines,” Father Ambrose debunked the claim that getting vaccinated was “the loving thing to do”. In this fourth instalment he shows how the concept of th...

26/08/2026

This week we have 3 articles for you.

The first is from LifeSite News and involves the harrowing story of a woman who murdered her children and apparently, in cold blood. The Lindsay Clancy case from January 2023 in the USA has garnered interest around the world and has attracted $1million US to a GoFundMe account to support her and women protesting with signs saying “same Lindsay” outside the court house and other places. This article is more about the dissolution of marriage and the apparent antipathy in modern society between men and women. What is happening? Why is it happening? I personally know of what seemed like “good catholic marriages” falling apart with seemingly no chance of reconciliation and the wives accusing their husbands of terrible things and enacting buzz words employed by radical feminists to garner support; “stalking,” “coercive control” and others.

The article asks more questions than provides answers, but it is at least beginning a discussion very much needed. Please read the article and send us your thoughts if you wish.

26/08/2026

The second article comes from "The Catholic Thing” a term coined by G K Chesterton and a website I have followed for many years.This excellent article by Fr Gerald Murray looks at the issue of “Synodality which we are being told is the way forward for the Catholic Church. I thought "all things come together under Christ” and that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever!” Maybe St Paul got it wrong? What do you think? Perhaps those pushing this lunacy got it wrong? Father Gerald Murray asks some excellent questions in this article.

26th August 2026 Article from https://www.thecatholicthing.org Written by Fr. Gerald E. Murray on Tuesday, August 18, 2026   The recent annual Assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious received a video message from Pope Leo XIV, in which he said: All Christians are called to be build...

26/08/2026

Thirdly we have the 3rd instalment from our series on vaccines “Charity and vaccines.” You may ask why we are republishing these articles? Good question as they are specifically addressing the covid vaccines. Surely that is past history? Well the answer is, hopefully it is past history but I don’t think so. More importantly though the principle problem with these vaccines is a moral one. That is the development and testing of them on aborted foetal cell lines. The second aspect, also a moral problem, is the enforcement of such vaccines against someone’s own conscience. Whether or not you think vaccines generally are a good thing is irrelevant to these problems. Further and very importantly, many vaccines are developed and tested on aborted foetal cell lines and more stridently are they being pushed on parents especially and the elderly. In other words this is a growing and serious problem that needs to be addressed.

Written by Fr. Ambrose Astor Published by Lumen Fidei Institute https://www.lumenfidei.ie Having established that both conscience and prudence forbid the reception of COVID-19 vaccines, Father Ambrose now explains, especially for priests, why getting vaccinated is not the “loving thing to do”. ....

20/08/2026

Last week we republished the excellent article by Fr Ambrose Astor (a pseudonym) on “Conscience and Vaccines.” This week we republish the 2nd article in the series “Prudence and Vaccines.” In the very good book of daily meditations “Divine Intimacy” the author in speaking of Prudence says “When Jesus says 'the children of this world are wiser than the children of light’ (Luke 16;8) He certainly meant to remind us to be more prudent and circumspect in doing good, but He had no intention of encouraging us to use the illicit means which the children of darkness use so freely. We should not think that our prudence is outdone by the prudence of the world because we make use of honourable means only. In opposing the intrigues and deceptions which we can in no wise reciprocate, we have at our disposal a much more powerful means, one which will always be victorious: recourse to God by prayer and sacrifice.

“Create a clean heart in me, O God and renew a right spirit within me. Teach me Your ways that I might follow Your truth. Give me temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude, for nothing is more profitable to me.” (cf. Ps 50 - Wis 8:7).

Written by Fr. Ambrose Astor Published by Lumen Fidei Institute https://www.lumenfidei.ie Prudence is the mother of all the other virtues. We all need it, but none more than priests, doctors and politicians, especially when it comes to moral questions linked to the COVID-19 ‘vaccines’. Father Am...

20/08/2026

We also republish from Archbishop Julian Porteous’ blog the second part on Eduard Hapsburg and the family. This is well worth reading and serious consideration. How many people considered “elite” or privileged speak like this? "As the Christian life is focussed on a living relationship with God so a couple should also have as their focus a relationship with God realised in prayer. Eduard Hapsburg is convinced that a foundation in God is the necessary recipe for a stable and happy marriage. He simply says in his book, “Family and faith are so intimately intertwined.”

19th August 2026 Written by Archbishop Julian Porteous Published on “Grace & Truth” Following his retirement as Ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See (Archduke) Eduard Hapsburg has indicated that he will be working with the Danube Institute. The Institute is a think tank which seeks to promote c...

20/08/2026

1 DAY TO GO until 2026 Camino of St Joseph. 🌧 rain 🧊 hail ☀️ shine
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🛡 St Joseph Protector of the Holy Church, help us safeguard the treasures of our Church and everything true, good, and beautiful.
🙏 St Joseph, Pray for us

20/08/2026

Why should students wanting to become midwives be forced or coerced into assisting with abortions. Disgraceful. Please sign this petition.

We are writing this petition out of dee…

16/08/2026

Thanks to those who joined us yesterday amidst the change of location! It’s been a blessing to have Fr Robert Keryakos join us these past few vigils to pray and give a blessing to the group the end. See you at the next 3rd Saturday or the weekly Friday 7-8am vigil. God bless.