Skip to content
The Catholic Leader
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
The Catholic Leader
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Catholics gear up for bushfire collections on Australia Day

byStaff writers
20 January 2020
Reading Time: 2 mins read
AA
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Australian spirit: “While the bishops typically respond to challenges at a parish or diocesan level, the scale of this crisis requires a national response from the whole Church to complement and co-ordinate what is happening locally.”

CATHOLIC parishes across Australia are preparing to dig deep with special bushfire collections at Masses over the Australia Day weekend. 

The national Church action is in support of the Vinnies Bushfire Appeal, and to aid efforts connecting people in need with people who can help.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Mark Coleridge announced the collection on January 7, saying: “We need more than words. Expressions of solidarity are important, but they are not enough”.

“While the bishops typically respond to challenges at a parish or diocesan level, the scale of this crisis requires a national response from the whole Church to complement and co-ordinate what is happening locally,” he said.

The national Catholic response will include a collaboration of agencies like Catholic Health Australia, Catholic Social Services Australia, the National Catholic Education Commission and the St Vincent de Paul Society.

In one of Victoria’s fire-ravaged regions, Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay welcomed the generosity already shown.

He praised the heroic efforts by all emergency services and was concerned for those who had died and others who had lost property.

Support and prayers for bushfire-hit communities have come from across the world.

“We pray in solidarity with you for those who have lost their lives and livelihoods and we pray for those whose homes and lives are still threatened,” president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles said.

“We pray for the heroic firefighters and first responders and for all those working to provide relief and comfort to victims,” he wrote. 

Related Stories

P.M. criticised as Aboriginal flag is ‘freed’, but indigenous communities remain deprived and in poverty

Long-serving Cathedral guide wins Order of Australia medal

Queensland youth crime taskforce formed after pregnant couple dies in Australia Day tragedy

“May God in his mercy be near to all of you, and may he bring a swift end to these terrible fires and begin healing the wounds and restoring what has been lost.

“On behalf of my brother bishops, I entrust you and your people to the tender care of Our Blessed Mother Mary and I pray that our good God may grant you peace.”

ShareTweet
Previous Post

Chermside West priest handing on award-winning Christmas lights tradition

Next Post

Marie Downes has played for four decades but still not an organist

Staff writers

Related Posts

P.M. criticised as Aboriginal flag is ‘freed’, but indigenous communities remain deprived and in poverty
News

P.M. criticised as Aboriginal flag is ‘freed’, but indigenous communities remain deprived and in poverty

25 January 2022
News

Long-serving Cathedral guide wins Order of Australia medal

10 February 2021
News

Queensland youth crime taskforce formed after pregnant couple dies in Australia Day tragedy

9 February 2021
Next Post

Marie Downes has played for four decades but still not an organist

Call goes out for those interested in being local Brisbane delegates to Plenary Council 2020

Great Barrier Reef

Townsville Bishop Tim Harris calls out extreme left and right for confusing public on climate change

Popular News

  • Pregnant woman

    Queensland election: The pro-life political parties committed to abortion law reforms

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Here are the stories of 10 new saints being canonised this Sunday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Br Alan Moss remembered for a life of faith and learning

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Nationwide rosary event happening for Australia’s patroness this Saturday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Parishes unite for Logan deanery family festival this Sunday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Search our job finder
No Result
View All Result

Latest News

Gwen has given 15,000 hours of cuddles to sick and premature babies
QLD

Gwen has given 15,000 hours of cuddles to sick and premature babies

by Joe Higgins
20 May 2022
0

BRISBANE grandmother Gwendoline Grant has clocked up 15,000 hours cuddling and caring for sick and premature babies...

Helping stroke survivors earns Ozcare volunteer national recognition

Helping stroke survivors earns Ozcare volunteer national recognition

20 May 2022
Br Alan Moss remembered for a life of faith and learning

Br Alan Moss remembered for a life of faith and learning

19 May 2022
Catholic relationship advisers offer five tips to look after your mental health

Nationwide rosary event happening for Australia’s patroness this Saturday

19 May 2022
Francis offers advice on politics: Seek unity, don’t get lost in conflict

Francis offers advice on politics: Seek unity, don’t get lost in conflict

19 May 2022

Never miss a story. Sign up to the Weekly Round-Up
eNewsletter now to receive headlines directly in your email.

Sign up to eNews
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Jobs
  • Subscribe

The Catholic Leader is an Australian award-winning Catholic newspaper that has been published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane since 1929. Our journalism seeks to provide a full, accurate and balanced Catholic perspective of local, national and international news while upholding the dignity of the human person.

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader
Accessibility Information | Privacy Policy | Archdiocese of Brisbane

The Catholic Leader acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this country and especially acknowledge the traditional owners on whose lands we live and work throughout the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader

0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyChoose another Subscription
    Continue Shopping