Turning Off Internet on Your Phone Improves Attention, Mental Health, and Well-Being in Just 14 Days As the world has become increasingly reliant on mobile computing technology for work and entertainment, few people stopped to consider the downstream consequences. A recent randomized controlled trial found that simply

New Zealand Catholic Medical Association To register and pay for this event, please follow these few steps. Register your name(s) and details then hit “Submit”. If you’re with a spouse, submit the first person, refresh the page and submit the second person, then go on

As we enter the second week of Lent, a reminder that the CMAA online prayer sessions have recommenced. The new time is every Thursday at 8pm AEDT. Join us TONIGHT. See zoom link below. In this issue we offer some Lenten resources including, Pope Leo's message, a

We commemorate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes Feb 11th, which coincides with World Day of the Sick, with a message from Pope Leo XIV and a Lourdes Day Mass to be held at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on Saturday14th of February, hosted

CMA National:-Weekly Wednesday Online prayer sessions led by Michael McHugh- Online Annual General Meeting (October29th)- Quarterly Online National Executive Meetings New South Wales (CMANSW)-Hosted a talk by Dr Peter Holmes (April)-Mass of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (May).-Held a talk on 'abortion and conscience'

Melbourne, Australia made history on Friday, October 17th when the Australian Catholic Medical Association (CMAA) hosted its first-ever White Mass at St John the Evangelist Church, East Melbourne. Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli and Archbishop Anthony Fisher led a moving celebration, concelebrating with ten priests, including the

Photo: Dr Eamonn Mathieson 03 October 2025 Melbourne Catholic HomeNews and storiesCatholic doctors seek truth and integrity in medicine ‘The straightforward pathway had been lost’, goes the opening line of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. For Catholic doctors, the landscape of modern healthcare can feel like being

Registrations closing Friday October 10th Conference Program here In this issue we introduce Dr Nicholas Lawless. He is a Clinical Psychologist and will present about the harms of pornography and the Catholic antidote, especially as it pertains to the impact on healthy relationships. Watch his

ByMichael CookSeptember 17, 2025  This year’s Catholic Medical Association of Australia conference, will be held in Melbourne in October.  Photo: Pexels.com. “Truth and Integrity in Medicine” is the theme of this year’s Catholic Medical Association of Australia conference, to be held in Melbourne in October.   Innocuous

LESS THAN 3 WEEKS TO GO Conference Program hereIn this issue we introduce Assoc Professor Peter Parry, our plenary speaker at the upcoming CMAA conference. Peter has 30 years of child & adolescent psychiatry experience in SA, Qld and the UK. His PhD, titled “Paediatric