The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

THE courage of firefighters battling to save lives and property has been recounted by a priest as Queensland turns to recovery after a fortnight of scorching conditions classified as “catastrophic” for the first time. “This was like hand-to-hand combat,” Finch Hatton parish priest Fr Don White said, describing how volunteer firefighters fought intense flames to defend their town of 260 ... Read More »

WHEN Mary Wright needs something from the shops, it can sometimes mean a gruelling 12-hour drive in a car with four children under five. The young mother from Mount Isa believes family support in isolated towns is one of the biggest challenges facing women with children living in regional areas. “Because we live so far away and Mount Isa is ... Read More »

TRAFFIC is not a word Corena Powers uses much in Mount Isa. But that’s what graced the Good Shepherd parish secretary’s morning school drop-off just days after what was the heaviest rainfall through the north-west Queensland city in years. Flooding of the Leichhardt River shut down two of Mount Isa’s bridges, forcing all traffic to and from the city to ... Read More »