SR Janine Bliss is on the lookout for a flat or a caravan in Bundaberg but she’s not thinking of a holiday – she’s too busy for that. It’s just that she’s spending so much time in the south-east Queensland town that accommodation is costing her an arm and a leg and she was hoping someone could help out. She’s ... Read More »
BRISBANE’S East Timorese Catholic Community has reached out to help people from their homeland who lost their possessions in a recent Bundaberg fire. Lita Barreto, who is secretary and treasurer of the Brisbane group, and fellow community members drove to Bundaberg two weekends ago in two cars loaded with donations for the survivors of the fire. The Timorese seasonal workers ... Read More »
A FIRE that destroyed a Bundaberg pub and backpacker hostel recently sparked Catholics against human trafficking into action. When news of the fire broke, a member of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) was quick to respond by visiting the Queensland regional town and offering support. No lives were lost but many of those who survived the fire ... Read More »
FORMER Bundaberg parish priest Fr John Daly had been away on the day of the St Mary’s Church fire and returned in the afternoon and when he went to see the church, there was “no sign of anything”. “All the pews were just coals and the altar and the lectern, everything, there was no sign of furniture that existed there,” ... Read More »
A FIRE has gutted the 68-year-old St Mary’s Church, Bundaberg, on Barolin Street in the early hours of Tuesday, February 11. Six fire crews attended the blaze about 4am. Police have charged a man following the alleged arson of a church in Bundaberg. The church, which was unoccupied at the time, was completely destroyed by the blaze. A 42-year-old Bundaberg ... Read More »
POWERHOUSE St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon stormed through the first day of the Confraternity Carnival with a win over defending champions St Mary’s College, Toowoomba in a stirring first day of schoolboy rugby league in Bundaberg. On the same day that old boys Cameron Munster, Corey Oates and Ben Hunt were named in Queensland’s State of Origin squad, St Brendan’s held ... Read More »
ALMOST a thousand Catholic school students from across Queensland will head for Bundaberg this weekend as rugby league’s famous Confraternity Carnival returns home for its 40th staging. “Confro”, as it has become known since its first staging in Bundaberg in 1980, has become a rugby league nursery, with half of this year’s Queensland State of Origin squad graduating from the ... Read More »
TARYN Gollshewsky can count on the cheers of every child at Bundaberg’s St Patrick’s Primary School when she steps into the discus thrower’s circle at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. “Miss G”, as her students affectionately know her, is a first-year physical eduation teacher at St Patrick’s. Throughout first term she balanced a gruelling training schedule with her full-time teaching. ... Read More »
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Full-time position, commencing March 2018. STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR for THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF BUNDABERG QLD Applicants can access the Stewardship Coordinator Role Description by contacting the parish office 07 4151 6666. The primary focus of this role is to coordinate: • Stewardship Ministries • Adult Faith Formation • Youth Ministry Please send your applications to: Rossoloni Place Level ... Read More »
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