Relationships

THERE has been a lot of media coverage and watercooler conversation around the death of Prince Philip, the Queen’s devoted...

A Tamil asylum seeker family remains held on Christmas Island fighting deportation to Sri Lanka. A Tamil family seeking asylum...

Family: Pia and Arnie Hurdoyal with their son Micah Joseph. AS the Queensland border is set to reopen to Greater...

Family: Fr Ron Mollison with his niece Louise Power. RETIRED priest Fr Ron Mollison put hundreds – if not thousands...

Service: Deacon Gary Stone and wife Lynne add an Order of Australia Medal to the family record of service. When...

Beach escape: Carlo and Lucia and their six children enjoy beach camping. The stunning coloured sands of Red canyon are...

Helpful friends: “I believe it is so important to surround yourself with true friends, there is nothing better than having...

Training children: Laura Otto, Marie Smrek, Veronica Nejman, Jana Mackie and Lorenza Rinaldi at the opening of The Catholic Parish...

MOTHERS at a parish in Bundaberg have welcomed new faces into the community’s first catechesis centre for children this week.Known...

By Byron and Francine Pirola IN our previous column, we talked about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and the harm...

By Carrie McCormack In early June, Pope Francis spoke of the important role of parenting as an educational mission. He...

True mates: “Having kids has taught me one important lesson about friendship. You won’t lose true mates once you have kids.” By...

By Byron and Francine Pirola WE’VE watched the third and fourth episode of Marriage at First Sight. For those unfamiliar...

By Byron and Francine Pirola THAT’S one very big, long sigh, as in, “Here we go again in unreality TV”....

By Francine and Byron Pirola JESUS promised his disciples to send the Holy Spirit. Two thousand years later, the Holy...

By Kym Keady STARTING high school is exciting and scary – even more so this year in Queensland, where many...

By Francine and Byron Pirola WE are yet to meet a married couple who have not hurt each other deeply...

By Francine and Byron Pirola COUPLES all over the world are adopting Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs – what used to...

By Byron and Francine Pirola A FRIEND of ours is fond of saying in relation to successful marriage, “it’s a...

By Byron and Francine Pirola WE’VE all been in that situation. A friend or relative confides in us that they...

By Peter Holmes WHEN considering the contribution of Catholicism to marriage and family, particularly to relationship counselling, it is easy...

NFP blessing: Alice and Jeff Heinzen pose for a photo as they arrive for a session of the Synod of...

By Carrie McCormack THE transition into motherhood is an epic adventure. Whether you’ve always wanted to be a mother or...

By Byron and Francine Pirola WE all understand that our marriages go through their ups and downs, but we often...

By Carrie McCormack AT the breakfast table last week our four-year-old says to me, “Mum, I had a dream last...