OUR Church and our world are so fragile. In the face of so much pain – one can be tempted to lose hope. But we are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song. It’s a tiny, almost extinguished flame, weak, fragile but a light that conquers darkness. It’s a small voice, almost a whisper that urges you on in ... Read More »
LONG-serving Brisbane archdiocese staff member Sylvia O’Boyle was farewelled and thanked recently for her significant contribution to the Church. Ms O’Boyle finished up with the Clergy Support Office last year after decades of service to the archdiocese. Prior to arriving in November 1982, Ms O’Boyle had worked locally for an accounting and liquidation firm, as well as the Teachers’ Union. ... Read More »
FOR some people, the Sacrament of Penance can evoke feelings of guilt, shame and anxiety. Sometimes it can feel like we have been called into the school principal’s office. If practised properly, however, the Sacrament of Penance can free a person from burdens by drawing them closer to God. One young man who has experienced that freedom is 21-year-old Alex ... Read More »
LOWER attendance at traditional gatherings like church could be linked to increased levels of loneliness and depression among Australians, Brisbane psychologist Nahum Kozac said. “As of earlier this year loneliness is now considered a public health crisis,” Mr Kozac, a parishioner St Paschal’s Church, Wavell Heights, said. He said several factors contributed to the increase of loneliness including social media ... Read More »
WOMEN who promote unhealthy forms of feminism are further damaging women’s rights, Verbum Dei Missionary Sister Frances Drum said. “Unfortunately, some of the modern understandings and applications of feminism disturb me,” Sr Drum said. “I see that they are far from what Christ wants for His beloved women, or men for that matter. “Christ seeks for us women to ... Read More »
IN recent days fire has been much on our minds and before our eyes – never more so than at this Easter time when we light the new fire, as we did last night. Fire is deeply mysterious and potent – in its capacity both to create and to destroy. No wonder they thought in other times that it came ... Read More »
IT started as a bucket-list adventure – trekking the Kokoda trail on Anzac Day but, for a group of Brisbane trekkers, it has turned into a much richer challenge. The 22-strong group has set off for Papua New Guinea to honour legendary journalist Sean Dorney and to raise money and awareness for motor neurone disease. Mr Dorney faces a daily ... Read More »
A SUBMISSION by Queensland’s six Catholic bishops calling for the protection of human dignity is among hundreds received by a parliamentary inquiry considering end-of-life issues including voluntary assisted dying laws. “A law that would allow direct intentional killing (“voluntary assisted dying”), even if only under strict circumstances, opens the way to a culture in which life is disposable,” the bishops ... Read More »
BRISBANE priest Dominican Father Pan Jordan said the deadly Easter bombing attacks on churches and luxury hotels had “shocked and devastated” Sri Lankan Catholics across the world. “Such a blast has never been seen in Sri Lanka – even during the civil war times,” Fr Jordan, from northern Sri Lanka and now the Queensland co-ordinator of Pax Christi (Peace of ... Read More »
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