Ashleigh Donnelly: When control gives way to wonderment

Ashleigh Donnelly and her husband, Justin and daughter, Rosemary are parishioners at St Patrick’s Catholic Parish East Gosford. Ashleigh has worked as a Social Worker at CatholicCare and is a member of the Vatican’s newly established International Youth Advisory Body.

The COVID-19 pandemic took many of us back to the basics. We were challenged to live a year stripped of its frills. Before 2020 I was guilty of an inflated sense of control over my life consistent with modern, western thinking.

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