Brisbane grandmother Linda Norris recently returned from a life-changing experience among HIV/AIDS sufferers and orphans in South Africa. Reporter SELINA HARRIS talks to Linda about the trip.

Former secretary general of Caritas Internationalis Duncan MacLaren was in Brisbane recently to deliver the Aquinas Lecture 2007 at Australian Catholic University. Reporter PAUL DOBBYN spoke with him about his experiences and about his topic "Being a good Samaritan in the age of terror".

Deputy director of Brisbane archdiocese's Faith and Life Vicariate Michele Vuleta and Mike Humphrys, of the vicariate's Everyday Mission Team, visited the United States recently with their major focus on discovering new ways of helping our own parishes become "more mission focused" and "better resourced". Reporter SELINA HARRIS speaks to them about the visit.

A mother-and-daughter team from the Gold Coast have set themselves a once-in-a-lifetime challenge - to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa - not just for the personal satisfaction but to raise much-needed funds for an organisation supporting homeless teenage girls in Tanzania. Reporter AMY SIMMONS tells their story.

The divinity of Jesus Christ is central to our faith. Reporter PAUL DOBBYN writes of one man's dedication to exploring the facts of that mystery.

Aboriginal people continue to struggle for justice in Australia. A recent conference on the Sunshine Coast looked at this issue through Church experience. Reporter PAUL DOBBYN spoke to Brisbane archdiocese's Murri Ministry co-ordinator Ravina Waldren after the conference.

Brisbane archdiocese's permanent diaconate continues to grow, with Deacon Russ Nelson, a father-of-four, being ordained to that ministry on July 21 at Kenmore. DEACON ANTHONY GOOLEY reflects on the permanent diaconate as a gift of the Holy Spirit.

Monsignor Donald Bolen, who works for the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome, was in Brisbane for a series of lectures on ecumenism earlier this month. Reporter AMY SIMMONS spoke with him about his passion for seeking communion among Christians.

Italian author Professor Querciolo Mazzonis, an enthusiastic scholar of Ursuline foundress St Angela Merici, has been in Australia speaking on female spirituality in religious orders and as a guest of the Ursuline Sisters. He shares some of his insights with reporter PAUL DOBBYN.