• It Is Through The Face That We Encounter God
• A Message of Hope
• Waiting
• An Octopus at Easter.
• Invite relationships
• Transformation
• This Moment
• A Good Story
• Can I Be A Healer?
• The virtue of doubt
• Mary Mackillop, Woman Of Faith
• Fridge Doors And The Rest Of The World
• Entertaining Angels
• More connected than ever, more disconnected than ever
• Feast of Teresa of Avila, 15th October
• The Witness of Maternity Leave
• Something New
• Farewell
• Australian Catholic University is a Public University Open to All
• What if God Was One of Us?
• Zest for life
• Attendance
• Christmas Angel Tree
• A Present For Me
• On being famous
• Reason To Celebrate
• World Youth Day
• May the evening's twilight find me gentle still
• Goodness: God’s Gift To Us
• A time for every purpose under heaven
• The Mad Dash
• The Positive Spirit is Fully Alive
• Its time to change
• Living an Abundant Life

With Homeless Awareness week upon us at ACU McAuley, we are confronted with images of the other, the destitute, the down trodden, and outcasts from society. Sometimes people stop and look at these images, but sooner or later it starts becoming a part of the background scenery. I can’t help but think that this is what happens to us in our everyday lives, that we relegate the undesirable to our periphery. It is the times where we don’t let this happen, the times when we look the other, the outcast, in the eyes that we are most profoundly changed. Emmanuel Levinas^[1] maintains that it is through the face that we encounter God, that there is something compelling and authoritative about the nakedness and vulnerability of the face. It is through the face that our humanity is most obviously expressed, and also the place that we most commonly encounter the divine. When we take the initiative to acknowledge and take responsibility for all of those who make up our community, who make up humanity, we are entering into the love of God. Every time we look someone in the eyes, we are participating in relationship with God. Every time we look into someone’s face, we are not only entering into dialogue with the ‘other’ but we are entering into dialogue with God.

Thank you to the Mission Engagement team for all your efforts with Homeless Awareness Week; they do not go unappreciated.

[1] Emmanuel Levinas, Ethics and Infinity (Pittsburgh: University Press, 1985)

• Tiffany Hammer,,
• Theology (Hons) student,
• McAuley