EDUCATION has changed a lot in the past 50 years, just ask Joy Lalor who retired recently after 51 years devoted to the teaching profession.
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Spreading devotion to Jesus’ mercy
ABOUT 19 years ago Manly woman Crescentia Anderson, then living in her native Papua New Guinea, had the spark of an idea to start an apostolate to the Divine Mercy.
Read More »Trinity ‘best product in the world’
GENERATION Y's Kate Smith is the epitome of bold.
Read More »Constantly calling on God
THERE are many "constants" in Aime Culpeper's life. A desire to seek the Lord and carry out His will is perhaps the most obvious of them.
Read More »Facing mental illness with care of friends
NEIL Menzies still remembers his sense of relief about 22 years ago to find Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care (CPPC) listed in a Brisbane telephone directory.
Read More »Archbishop’s zest for mission is palpable
"THERE are moments of wishing I could be 53 not 63, simply because the task ahead of me is so alluring and the place so fascinating." Archbishop Mark Coleridge is sitting in a study in New Farm's historic Wynberg, residence of Brisbane archdiocese's archbishops since Sir James Duhig.
Read More »Helping young students discover ‘who they are’
GROWING up "in the city of (Blessed) John Paul II" shaped Kinga Schmidt.
Read More »Aboriginal digger finally honoured
ONE rainy day in February this year, a small group gathered beside a grave in a Brisbane cemetery to honour a forgotten Queensland Aboriginal stockman and World War II soldier.
Read More »Bringing psychology into the home
IT'S somewhat challenging "to get a word in" when speaking with psychologist Dr John Barletta.
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