WE’VE barely had time to put the Christmas crib away and Donna Longland and her friends already have their minds on Easter. It’s the same every year. As soon as January arrives they start preparing for the Iona Passion Play, which has its home at Iona College, on Brisbane’s bayside. Donna, a Brisbane Catholic, has been doing that for 25 ... Read More »
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Sharing the Gospel – Vanessa says ‘God’s incredible love’ is what drives her evangelisation life
VANESSA Comninos is so fired up for evangelisation that she’s walked away from her dream job as an optometrist to work full-time in her Brisbane parish. The young wife and mother-of-two has taken on the role of evangelisation director in Our Lady of the Southern Cross Parish at Springfield, west of Brisbane, and she couldn’t be happier. Not only is ... Read More »
Brisbane Catholic Ora Duffley takes on role at United Nations to help ‘the poor and the war-weary’
FROM the slums of Djibouti to the bright lights of the Big Apple, former Brisbane Catholic teacher Ora Duffley has found her place in the Holy See delegation to the United Nations in New York, representing the Church to the world. Miss Duffley said her previous mission work was the driving force behind her work in New York. “Africa was ... Read More »