“EVEN in the midst of our own isolation, we are not alone – that is a truth that can set us free,” St Stephen’s Cathedral dean Fr Anthony Mellor said in his homily at the 8am live streamed Mass. He said in these days everyone was “feeling the heat of the fire”, referring to the first reading of the Mass ... Read More »
Category Archives: Spirituality
Walking with Australia’s Indigenous requires listening with the heart
By Br Damien Price WE all like to be heard. My years working with young people taught me that when young people are voiceless or powerless great damage is done to themselves and that often they “act out” their voicelessness and powerlessness in other ways. Some go inward to depression and a loss of confidence, while others go outward in ... Read More »
Take up your cross and follow Christ, the Lenten season is a time to renew and grow our faith
ON Ash Wednesday, we began our journey into a season of grace when we are marked with ashes indicating that we are ready and willing to celebrate the season of Lent. It is a time when our Lord offers us the discipline of prayer and to become involved in Lenten programs. It is also a time when we commit ourselves ... Read More »
Love, Lent and life – Christian Brother Damien Price explores the ‘why behind what we do’
I ONCE worked in a school with a rowing program. I was in awe of the students’ ability to get up long before dawn and be on the water by 5am. Occasionally I would accompany them in the coaches tinny and loved the early-morning freshness of the Brisbane River at dawn. These same students would put their bodies through so ... Read More »
Catholics don’t fly alone, we fly with others – uplifting lessons we can learn from geese
I’LL start my column by reflecting on some of the lessons from geese. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an “uplift” for the bird following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71 per cent greater flying range than if the bird flew alone. Being Christians who share a common direction and sense of community ... Read More »
Walls and division bring only suspicion and fear, be bridge builders and champions of unity
IT seems at the moment that there is a constant narrative in the news about building walls and dividing nations. For months we’ve heard United States President Donald Trump talking endlessly about his wall between the US and Mexico. With the Brexit debate there is talk of reintroducing borders in parts of Ireland. Added to this, since 2001 walls have ... Read More »
Divine Mercy Sunday: A love story in Rome
Brisbane Catholic woman and teacher Ora Duffley shares what it’s like to be in St Peter’s Square with thousands of pilgrims from around the world for the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass with Pope Francis. The Mass was celebrated in Rome overnight. A GLORIOUS morning dawned in Vatican City on April 8, the kind when one could not be anything ... Read More »
Local club that walks the highest peaks in Queensland turns 60
SIXTY years ago on the slopes of Mt Tibrogargan, north of Brisbane, Fr William “Willie” Hayes gathered a group of enthusiastic trekkers and led them down the wild bush trails, on an adventure which would birth a club. Among them was a young man named Mervyn Galvin. Mr Galvin fondly recalled those first summer trips with the newly emerging Brisbane ... Read More »
Have you considered ‘digital fasting’ for Lent?
BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has encouraged Catholics to consider “digital fasting” this Lent. He made the suggestion during his Ash Wednesday homily on February 14 at the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane. The Archbishop added digital fasting to the more traditional call to fast from food and other activities and habits as a mark of self-denial as Catholics contemplate Christ’s ... Read More »