Sacred Art or Pornography?
Shortly after my wedding, Madeleine and I were blessed to visit St Peter’s Basilica in the Rome on our honeymoon. On our guide tour, I was surprised at the amount of art depicting the naked human body. At the top of the huge columns in the Basilica are depictions on...
Life in Christ
On Sunday, I participated in my first Sunday Mass live streamed. I am sure that many of you, like me, found the experience to be quite unusual. I felt a deep ache in my heart to receive Our Lord physically in the Eucharist but I also felt a deep ache to be physically...
The Time I Hugged Pope Francis
We were jumping out of our skin! Madeleine and I had wanted to go to Rome for our honeymoon and receive a papal blessing on our marriage for some time. Today was our chance to fulfil this dream. Every Wednesday, the Holy Father hosts a Papal Audience where thousands...
Leisure or Laziness?
In a world of constant work and busyness, the concept of leisure has almost disappeared. Our culture’s obsession with work can be – and often is – detrimental to the most important relationships in our lives; God, our spouse and our children. I...
Truth and Freedom
This is what the world has to say about truth, “I have my truth, and you have your truth. Don’t force me to believe or accept what you believe, and I wont force you to believe what I believe.” This is actually a subtle way of declaring that there is no objective truth...
Simon Carrington is married to his beautiful wife Madeleine, and grew up in a large Catholic family of eight. Simon completed a Bachelor of Theology, minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2016, and is currently undertaking a Certification Course at the Theology of the Body Institute in Pennsylvania, USA.
