By Emilie Ng SIX young men have exchanged thriving careers for the holy call to be priests for Queensland. Midwife nurse Johnpaul Ezeakunne, youth ministry workers William Aupito Iuliano and Francis Fernandes, bus driver Damien Everitt, accountant Tyron Stewart and Yeppoon-based teacher Ashwin Acharya entered Queensland’s Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary on Sunday, February 8. Brisbane man Brendan Gormley has also ... Read More »
By Paul Dobbyn VICTORIAN Member of Parliament Bernie Finn will speak at this year’s Rally for Life in Brisbane’s CBD on the impact of his state’s liberal laws which allow abortion up until the day of birth. He will also tell those gathered in Queen’s Park on the afternoon of Saturday, February 21, how Victoria’s laws force doctors and nurses to ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng ARCHBISHOP Mark Coleridge has encouraged Catholics to discover God’s mercy in Lent, prompting several changes to the annual Lenten resources prepared by Evangelisation Brisbane. Evangelisation Brisbane director Clyde Consentino said the new resources were “simpler” and focused on God’s mercy revealed in the crucified and risen Jesus Christ. The new resources take inspiration from the Sunday second ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng BRISBANE’S 40 Days for Life co-ordinator Brendan Wong has new-found encouragement that abortion will end after 100 people attended the group’s first 2015 event. New and old pro-life supporters sipped on wine and munched on gourmet cheese on January 29 at St Columba’s Church, Wilston. Mr Wong said not everyone could “take the big plunge” to pray outside ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng CATHOLIC parents living in Brisbane’s western suburbs have a new secondary school option for their sons with the official opening of Ambrose Treacy College, Indooroopilly. Ambrose Treacy College replaces St Joseph’s Nudgee Junior College, an independent Catholic school for boys in Years 4 to 7. The new college offers classes for Years 4 to 12, with senior ... Read More »
By Paul Dobbyn NEPALESE man Prakash Khadka will soon be telling fishy stories to students in Catholic schools throughout Brisbane and Toowoomba. He will be visiting the schools from February 14 as part of this year’s Project Compassion campaign, explaining how Caritas Australia is bringing prosperity to poor Nepalese villages through a fish-farming project. A Catholic youth leader, Mr Khadka has ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng REGINA Caeli Church, Coorparoo parishioner Aileen Heathwood made the Australia Day 2015 Honours List for her 17 years working as a volunteer at her local court. The 86-year-old was bursting to tell her four children she had been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the general division for her work as a volunteer at Holland ... Read More »
By Paul Dobbyn SHOCKWAVES are continuing from last weekend’s election outcome and leaders of Church bodies are evaluating where their organisations stand in Queensland’s radically changed political landscape. Opinions came as the likelihood increased the Australian Labor Party would take government in its own right, or form government with the support of one of the minor parties or an independent. ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng VOCATIONS are thriving at Brisbane’s Sisters of St Paul de Chartres convent with six young sisters making their first professions at St Stephen’s Cathedral on February 2. Sr Marie Claude Vo, 27, Sr Rosario Tran, 32, Sr Marie Josephine Phan, 28, Sr Anna Pham, 27, Sr Marion Tran, 30, and Sr Theresa Maria Dao, 24, all originally from ... Read More »
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