A “NEW uprising” of young leaders at this year’s Summer Camp, run by Ignite Youth, a national youth-based ministry in Brisbane archdiocese, helped it be “the best-run one yet”. Ignite Youth director Kym Keady praised the efforts of “a surge of a new generation of leaders” at the end of last weekend’s camp. Summer Camp has been held since 2013 ... Read More »
WORLD Youth Day will begin in Panama this week, uniting millions of Catholics from around the globe. The festival has become a favourite for Australian pilgrims after it was launched in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. This year more than 40 Catholics from Brisbane will make the pilgrimage to Panama, including 15 from the Samoan Catholic Youth International (SCYI). ... Read More »
Brisbane photo journalist Alan Edgecomb was inspired by a recent visit to the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Rome. This is the story of his visit in words and pictures. ST Cecilia lived in a small neighbourhood on the right bank of the Tiber River in Rome in the 3rd century. She was a noble Roman girl and a fervent ... Read More »
WHEN Antoine Callope Tucker stepped into the grounds of St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe, his new black leather shoes weren’t the only discomfort. It was 2013 and the Year 8 student was somewhat bothered by his well-pressed dress shirt and tie. But the greatest contrast to his former schooling in Normanton, near the Gulf of Carpentaria, was the northern Brisbane college’s ... Read More »
A FEW suburbs from where he grew up, Fr Bryan Roe stands on soil that will become home to some young Queenslanders in desperate need. Fr Roe knows their plight – he was once a teenage tennis star on the path to a famous professional career. Within 24 hours, he was paralysed and in need of high physical care. It ... Read More »
NEWLY-appointed Brisbane archdiocese chancellor Pat Mullins says more lay people should step up to take on Church roles. “It’s a good direction that the Church is going in, I think. It’s the way of the future,” he said. Uniquely qualified for the role of chancellor, Mr Mullins is believed to be Australia’s only canon lawyer simultaneously practising as a common ... Read More »
RELIGION is one topic that should never be discussed at the dinner table, so the old maxim goes. And, for years, atheists and Christians have been considered poles apart on this topic. According to Australian Catholic University’s Professor David Newheiser, this caricature is based on a false premise. Prof Newheiser is part of an international collaborative project called Atheism and ... Read More »
THE irony is not lost on me. Here I am writing a column on guilt-free motherhood while feeling guilty because it has taken me so long to do. I often say, if I could give any new mother a gift, it would be guilt-free motherhood, after all we are all just flawed human beings doing our best. Whether you are ... Read More »
THERE’S a lot of death around these days – I guess there always is. We’ve had abortion and now euthanasia in Queensland, and right around the world the shadow of death seems long. In such a moment, it can seem forlorn to celebrate life as we do at Christmas. But it’s all the more necessary as the ... Read More »
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