PRO-life group Cherish Life has vowed to keep fighting for the rights of the unborn, a year after pro-abortion laws were passed in Queensland. The Queensland-based advocacy group will hold its annual March for Life in Brisbane on October 12, and will observe a minute’s silence “as a mark of respect to the little babies who have been killed under ... Read More »
TWO young people, fresh out of uni, meet in Brisbane, fall in love, get married and set off for India with wild dreams of making the world a better place. A couple of decades on, they’re back in Brisbane – older, greyer, but as passionate as ever about their dreams. Cathy and Mark Delaney have a different story in married ... Read More »
Dean of Students (Commencing Term 1, 2020) Our Beliefs IONA COLLEGE is Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the life of St Eugene de Mazenod. We focus on educating and empowering members of our community to dare to make a positive difference throughout their lives and to the lives of others.MEMBERS of our Catholic community are encouraged to ... Read More »
A TRIUNE God gifted two Brisbane couples with thrice the joy on their first wedding anniversaries. The Catholic Leader traced the journey to marriage of friends Niamh and Peter McAuliffe, and Pia and Arnie Hurdoyal – the former duo wedded in Islandeady, Ireland, last July and the Hurdoyals in Nowra, New South Wales, soon after. Biblical names were at the forefront ... Read More »
A SEA of Catholics flying devotional banners marched the streets of Brisbane’s CBD, publicly adoring and testifying the Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) last Sunday. Oratory Father Adrian Sharp said it was a great day with an impressive crowd. He said it was nice to ... Read More »
Australian Catholic University Medical Centre Brisbane – Seeking Experienced GP Australian Catholic University is seeking an experienced GP to work minimum three full days at its Medical Centre on Banyo Campus. The Medical Centre provides services to ACU’s undergraduate and postgraduate student population (7,000 domestic and international students, 72% female), ACU staff and the general community. We are looking for a ... Read More »
A BRISBANE indigenous Catholic leader has hailed the appointment of Ken Wyatt as indigenous Australians’ minister as a significant moment for reconciliation in this country. “I think that this is a great milestone and our young people need to see some leadership at the highest level,” Murri Ministry co-ordinator Ravina Waldren said. “They need to see that through reconciliation we ... Read More »
The Archdiocese of Brisbane is about to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Bishop James Quinn’s birthday on March 17, 1819 (St Patrick’s Day) – as a landmark for the Church in Queensland – but it turns out that even that birthdate is wrong A BRISBANE priest has uncovered archival evidence revealing significant new information about the life and times of ... Read More »
NATIONAL Evangelisation Teams Ministries, known as NET ministries, commissioned 48 young people to go out and spread the Good News to the people of Australia and, for the first time, South Africa. Rockhampton Bishop Michael McCarthy commissioned the NET missionaries at a Commissioning Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Paddington on Saturday, February 23. NET Ministries executive director Mark Doyle said ... Read More »
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