Relationships

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Francine and Byron Pirola  IN July, the Federal Government’s pilot relationship voucher scheme comes into effect. The trial period...

Michael and Angela Duff SURVIVING the first five years of marriage could be less frustrating if...

By Byron and Francine Pirola ON St Valentine’s Day this year, Pope Francis gathered with 20,000 engaged couples to encourage...

Celebration: Marissa Dowling and Patrick Land BRISBANE’S Marissa Dowling and Patrick Land from New Zealand’s north...