About Paul
These posts have information about Paul, as well as more intimate reflections, including links to relevant posts on spirituality, travel and life in Coogee. It also includes posts about museums, arts and culture, books, food and politics. Some of Paul’s favourite posts are shared on this page.
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My pilgrimage to Japan begins in Nagasaki
My Japan pilgrimage begins not where Xavier landed, but in Nagasaki – the Rome of the…
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Ending the old and beginning the new with St Francis
New Year in Assisi — a fourth pilgrimage to my spiritual home, deepening connections with St…
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The pandemic opportunity
This is the most extraordinary time to be alive and the opportunity for growth is extraordinary.…
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The perfumed underpass
A stopover in Abu Dhabi — a perfumed underpass, a woman in silver shoes, the Sheikh…
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Doughnuts with an ultra-orthodox Jew
A walking tour of ultra-orthodox Jerusalem with Kitty — bad wigs, long temple curls, charity boxes…
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The doughnut divinity is definitely Jewish
OMG! Jerusalem is life changing — and it has taken me to the point of seriously…
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A most extraordinary story…
Eileen O’Connor, Mary MacKillop, Our Lady of Coogee and a chain of synchronicities — the extraordinary…
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Returning a “global citizen” after 3.5 years of travel
After 3.5 years of sacred travel across four continents — what changes, what doesn’t, and why…
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A Call to Loreto
Mary’s house in Nazareth, transported by angels to a hilltop in Italy — the history, the…
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Serapis Bey and the Temple of Luxor
The Temple of Luxor, the Chapel of Serapis and the ascended master Serapis Bey — a…