The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

AMAL Eskifeh has the Franciscan spirit running through her veins. She, and her family, fled war-torn Syria after the 2014 Good Friday bombings destroyed their home city of Aleppo and killed many life-long friends and family. After fleeing to another Syrian city, and later to Lebanon where they applied and were granted a visa to Australia, Ms Eskifeh and her ... Read More »

TOOWOOMBA is welcoming the stranger – offering a helping hand and a new life to hundreds of Syrians fleeing the war with Islamic State. Three months ago, Nesrin Khoury arrived with her husband Maher from war-torn Aleppo. As two of the 125 new Syrian arrivals, their story about fitting in to life in Toowoomba gained a national profile when it ... Read More »