A new addition to RESource this month is A Visit to St Patrick's, an online tour of the Cathedral which incorporates three audio visual clips. It is interactive and designed to help prepare teachers and students for visits and excursions and also to introduce the Cathedral to those who are too far away to visit.

Twilight Theology 5th May Leadership Speaker Susan Brennan, President of YMCA Australia. Topic Extraordinary Women Leaders. Wed, 5th May, Treacy Centre, 126 The Avenue Parkville. Applications online by April 28 on IPLS.

The Office for Evangelisation is running a Prayer and Spirituality series with some sessions of special interest to teachers: Leadership and Interpersonal Skills May 1, Psychology and Spirituality, May 18 and Meditation and Healing May 22. Ph 99265761.

Carmelite Library Seminar on the Life and Legacy of John Henry Newman. Dr Austin Cooper, Peter Price, Kelvin Curnow and Peter Thomas will be speaking. April 24: 10.00-4.00. Cost $20. 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park. Ph. 9682 8553

The Josephite sisters together with Fraynework Multimedia have produced a wonderful new site on the life and mission of Mary MacKillop. It is far and away the best source of information on Australia's first saint and beautifully produced as well. Not to be missed!

This article on religious illiteracy poses a challenge to all involved in Religious Education! 

A site announcing an international DVD resource Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ produced to help people understand and embrace the changes to the prayers of the Mass which will come into use in 2011 is now online and is worth exploring in itself.

It's quite a while since Harry Potter was 'in the News' but Bishop Porteous of Sydney made a comment about the possibility that reading Harry Potter might encourage an unhealthy interest in the occult. 

Easter, the chief feast of the whole Christian year, is celebrated in the middle of the School holidays but the Easter season lasts Fifty Days. Keep the spirit of Easter alive when school resumes with this reflection on the great symbols of the Vigil.

While the case of Ian Rau exposes dishonesty on a grand scale, there are many temptations to dishonesty at a more familiar level. What level of honesty is integral to human relationships especially at work?