“SOME people who have no faith are more Christian than Christians.” These were the interesting words of a parishioner who was a regular attendee at the Lectio Divina groups a friend and I were organising in our local parish. They are expressive of a thought that is often bandied about; the idea that a “good person” who performs a many ... Read More »
WHEN Antoine Callope Tucker stepped into the grounds of St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe, his new black leather shoes weren’t the only discomfort. It was 2013 and the Year 8 student was somewhat bothered by his well-pressed dress shirt and tie. But the greatest contrast to his former schooling in Normanton, near the Gulf of Carpentaria, was the northern Brisbane college’s ... Read More »
THE irony is not lost on me. Here I am writing a column on guilt-free motherhood while feeling guilty because it has taken me so long to do. I often say, if I could give any new mother a gift, it would be guilt-free motherhood, after all we are all just flawed human beings doing our best. Whether you are ... Read More »
Donna: It’s Christmas time and there’s not a better person I could think of to speak with at this time than a Brisbane legend, really. Sr Angela Mary Doyle. Tell us about your early life coming from Ireland. Sr Angela Mary: I belonged to a family of nine. Christmas was a wonderful time for us and we were a happy ... Read More »
EVERY Friday night during my novitiate in Hong Kong we would gather to discuss the readings from scripture that would be proclaimed at Mass on the following Sunday. We were expected to have prayed with the Word of God, contemplated the meaning conveyed by the scriptures, perhaps read a biblical commentary or two and – if we were able – ... Read More »
AT the age of 23, Carlton Sinn has taken the big step of becoming a Catholic and this will be his first Christmas receiving Holy Communion. When he sits down to talk about his decision he jokes that “Sinn” is “an ironic surname for a Christian fella, but it’s two n’s – an important distinction, I think”. And there’s a ... Read More »
SR Elisabeth Keane loved life as a teacher and mentor of young women, and then she discovered the joys of parish ministry, but now she’s really at home in prison. Every week for the past 18 years, she’s been visiting women at Numinbah prison in the Gold Coast hinterland. And, at a time when she’s celebrating 60 years as a ... Read More »
AT a time when the average age of Catholics in Australia is 59, it has been good to celebrate the Year of Youth which is now coming to an end. Perhaps it would’ve been better to have a decade of youth, but the year was a promising start. One thing that happened in the Year of Youth was the worldwide ... Read More »
HE has celebrated Mass on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, sat around the campfire with the Aboriginal people of the Pilbara in Western Australia and now this priest from Tanzania is finding his feet in the heart of Brisbane. Holy Spirit Father Tom Kessy says it’s a struggle for him to adapt to his new life as parish priest at Dorrington, ... Read More »
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