TOOWONG parish priest Fr Peter Quin has been remembered as Australia’s closest resemblance to Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier following his death. The Jesuit priest from Melbourne who spent the past 12 years as parish priest of St Ignatius’ Parish, Toowong, died in hospital on November 22. An Australian Jesuit province health worker confirmed Fr Quin had suffered from Myelodysplastic ... Read More »
FAMILY mediator Jesse Jones has promised all women living in Australia that he would stand up for them if they were ever put in a violence situation at home. Mr Jones, who works for Centacare’s Family and Relationships Centre in Chermside, made a public pledge on White Ribbon Day to stand up and speak out against family and domestic violence. ... Read More »
CHRISTMAS cheer at a Gold Coast parish will literally be overshadowed by the decorations as parishioners put the final touches on a three-storey tree. The community at Guardian Angels Church, one of three churches in the Southport parish, bought a 7m Christmas tree for its annual family party on November 25. It is believed to be the tallest Christmas tree ... Read More »
ARMY veteran Zen Spokes has learnt to live with intense physical pain after serving his country. The 31-year-old suffers from rheumatoid arthritis which has left his fingers bent and twisted and makes movement difficult. Mr Spokes started getting the painful symptoms of arthritis a few years after his discharge from army service as a driver in East Timor. He believes ... Read More »
BRISBANE priest Fr Chris Hanlon thought he knew everything about his father’s life until he started supervising a history book project over the past two years. Fr Hanlon, who is as Church historian for Brisbane archdiocese, was asked to supervise and contribute to a book detailing the history of the Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross in Queensland. It ... Read More »
IN a simple prison chapel, chaplain Fr Tony Girvan celebrates Mass with inmates at Maryborough Correctional Centre for the final time during the Year of Mercy, delivering a missionary message “of revealing God’s love to all people”. “They are loved and we are called to preach the Gospel through the way we love each other,” Fr Girvan said. “For someone ... Read More »
PRAYING the Lord’s Prayer in Queensland Parliament would remind politicians of a higher calling beyond politics, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said. Responding to a report in The Courier-Mail on mixed reaction from Labor ministers about the Lord’s Prayer during parliament, the Archbishop said the Lord’s Prayer was an “effective way” of setting parliament “in a larger context”. “At a time ... Read More »
HOLY Doors have closed around the world, but Brisbane Catholics have been asked to keep the doorway to mercy open and “more public”. Across the world, Holy Doors in cathedrals, churches and basilicas closed on November 13, the same day Pope Francis closed three in Rome. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge joined the universal Church to close the Holy Door at ... Read More »
CONCERNED Brisbane Catholics have vowed to maintain pressure on the Australian government to negotiate a fair maritime boundary with our smallest neighbour, East Timor. Michael Stevens has helped found the new Brisbane Timor Sea Justice group, which has grown from the Timor-Leste Companions of the Catholic Communities of Grovely, Samford and Mitchelton, a parish group focused on building friendship and ... Read More »
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