CATHOLIC chaplains have reacted to the findings of a new youth survey, saying the high number of young people concerned about mental health should be a call to action to the Church as well as Australia’s mental health sector. “Young people are calling it as they see it, with all their hopes and fears and expectations,” state chaplain at Mission ... Read More »
PARENTS must take responsibility for young people using their smartphones, including cracking down on rampant teen sexting, a Catholic education leader says. “Phones are here to stay so how do we use them properly?” Catholic School Parents Queensland executive director Carmel Nash said. “Parents have to play their part in the responsible use of phones. “Schools can’t be responsible for everything.” ... Read More »
SWEET singing primary schoolers have brought Christmas cheer to Mater Private Hospital Springfield. Patient Audrey Chapman, who has spent almost four weeks at the hospital for radium treatment, said it was wonderful to be serenaded by members of the Good Shepherd Primary School choir “The nurse who made my bed this morning came to get me when the choir arrived ... Read More »
BRISBANE parishioners have celebrated a mission accomplished after 18 years supporting projects in East Timor that have empowered a remote, war-torn Catholic community and yielded lifelong friendships. In 2000, parishioners of St John’s Wood/The Gap first heard about the plight of impoverished villagers in the mountainous region of Atabae, home to about 10,000 people in the west of East Timor. ... Read More »
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 »
OUTSTANDING refugee student Soumi Gopalakrishnan faces deportation together with her Tamil family but, for now, she is celebrating the prospect of fulfilling her dream of studying to become a doctor. The 19-year-old was school captain and dux at Brisbane’s inner-city St James College this year, but her refugee status means she is not eligible for a domestic government-supported HECS position at ... Read More »
CATHOLIC religious orders across Australia – religious women and men – are marking a national Day of Sorrow and Promise on Sunday, December 2. The day coincides with the start of Advent and of a new Church year, and is to acknowledge survivors of abuse within the Church and all those who have been hurt by that abuse. Underpinning this, ... Read More »
A COMPREHENSIVE new report entitled Growing Up in Queensland finds that busy parents stuck on their smartphones are ignoring young people’s problems including school stress and bullying. The report released by the Queensland Family and Child Commission shows that children crave face-to-face connections. “They want adults to pay attention, have respectful conversations, and listen to what they have to say ... Read More »
IAN Hill suffers from diabetes and is grateful for his regular visit to see a podiatrist. It seemed like a simple problem, but three years ago, due to his chronic condition, Mr Hill, 83, found he could no long bend down far enough to cut his own toenails – and that’s when Centacare stepped in to offer podiatry as one ... Read More »
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