SHIRLEY Hamilton wakes up at 5am each day and she sits down with her cup of coffee and opens up her smart tablet to read the news. “I do like the news first thing in the morning,” she said. Mrs Hamilton, a Corinda resident, said she loved how easily accessible it was. But it wasn’t just news from around the ... Read More »
“DID you meet Lily? … We know Lily; (she) lives in heaven …” That’s how children speak about their little friend Lily Calvert. She never spoke a word, never walked a step, but there was no limit to the love Lily brought into the world in 10 short months. Lily was the first child of Priyanka Saha and Will Calvert, ... Read More »
Radio personality Donna Lynch sat down with multiple amputee Matthew Ames to discuss family, faith and fatherhood. Donna: Tell us about what happened back in 2012? Matthew: In 2012, I became ill and thought it was the flu, man flu, sort of wondered whether or not I was complaining a little bit too much. But anyway, one thing turned to ... Read More »
“WHEN you’re told your child is going to die, you’re suddenly parenting without a future, and so you’re not parenting … You’re actually saying goodbye.” That was the horrible reality Priyanka Saha and her husband Will Calvert had to deal with as they prepared for the birth of their first child almost three years ago. “We had a very normal ... Read More »
EVERY parish has at least one – and we’re not talking about a priest and we’re not thinking of a church. No. It’s the person who is always there to do whatever needs doing. They may not have a “job” title and there may not be a name for what they do but the parish couldn’t function without them. And ... Read More »
BRISBANE Catholic Ora Duffley, who now works at the United Nations with the Holy See Mission, said she could not believe her eyes when she found out she was nominated for the volunteer award at The Community Leader Awards in 2017. At the time she was teaching in a little Catholic school in Logan when she received an email from ... Read More »
OVERCOME by a “handsome young man from Australia” in 1977, in her hometown of Bitonto, Bari, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy, Carmela Bozzi awaited her God-given destiny. God’s plans were magnified recently with her reception of an Order of Australia Medal “for services to the Italian community” of Brisbane. It’s not the accolade Carmela wishes to highlight however, ... Read More »
FATHER Joseph Kanatt would appear to be as dedicated to his ministry as his cricket hero Sachin Tendulkar was to perfecting his game. Fr Joseph aims to be available to the people of his parish at all times. That doesn’t always leave him time to watch much cricket but it’s something he likes to do when he gets a chance. ... Read More »
IN the final novel written by Leo Tolstoy – entitled Resurrection – there is a striking description of one of the central characters. ‘In Nekhlyudov, as in all of us, there were two men. One was the spiritual being, seeking for himself only the kind of happiness that meant happiness for other people too; but there was also the animal ... Read More »
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