AS a 31-year-old, I have to say, what a moving read last Sunday’s (3/4/11) Catholic Leader was – I actually had tears well up in my eyes more than once as I had my usual coffee and Catholic Leader fix after Mass.
Beginning with the stunning pictures and article on the occasion of Archbishop Bathersby’s Mass of Thanksgiving – in that case, they were tears of gratitude that I have been able to meet and be spiritually impacted by this great man, in my relatively short time in this archdiocese – PRAY2010 being my first awareness of the Archbishop.
Then, tears of sadness reading of the passing of Fr Kevin Ryan on Page 2 and again for the beautiful obituary by Greg Sunter on page 23.
However I finished with a smile, for the back-page article bought admiration and awe – what a fabulous idea the Girls Day In at Assisi College was.
I will be passing this story on to my old Catholic secondary school back in New Zealand!
I’m thankful for the thoughtful, solid and inspiring newspaper you publish each week.
THERESA VOSSEN
Southport, Qld
