Bishop James Foley sets down his crozier and retires on 30th anniversary of ordination
LATE tonight the Vatican announced Pope Francis had accepted Cairns Bishop James Foley’s resignation, coinciding with his 30 years of ...
LATE tonight the Vatican announced Pope Francis had accepted Cairns Bishop James Foley’s resignation, coinciding with his 30 years of ...
Pope Francis’ delegate to Australia has found time for sightseeing during a busy trip to Far North Queensland. Archbishop Charles ...
University level: Newman Catholic College will be the first Catholic school located within an Australian university precinct. PLANS are moving ...
Divine intervention: Deacon Peter de Haas of the Cairns diocese has published a book for isolated Catholics. He put his ...
Patron: The new college will be named after St John Henry Newman. THE new secondary college planned for the James ...
Airport farewell: Cairns Catholic Education's four representatives making their final good-byes at the gate. FOUR Cairns Catholic Education women have ...
New beginning: Bishop James Foley blesses the new MacKillop Catholic College development. MACKILLOP Catholic College is celebrating the completion of ...
Expanded area: MacKillop Catholic College surges ahead with its plans to be the birth-to-Year 12 school. PLANS are going ahead ...
Movie stars: St Michael’s Film Club with their teacher Josh Bowling (left), Principal Gary Recklies (back, second from right), and ...
Roads cut: Sr Nina Barra surveys the floodwater in Ingham. NORTH Queensland is recovering after major flooding cut roads, closed ...
Games opportunity: Mount St Bernard College students Mathew Ederer (left) and Keane Ryan will be playing their didgeridoos at trhe ...
Critical: Bishop James Foley of Cairns diocese. This is an edited version of Bishop James Foley's response to Herald Sun ...
Supported: Fr Robert Greenup was overwhelmed by the support he received from Johnathan Thurston. Photo: Supplied. COWBOYS’ league legend Jonathan ...
Winning principal: Erica Prosser with staff at Holy Spirit College. She has won a national award for her leadership. WHEN ...
Vale: Fr John Newman. THE Cairns Catholic community has mourned the loss of well-known and much-loved priest Fr John Newman. ...
New role: Ian Davis. CAIRNS diocese’s Catholic Education Services new deputy executive director was involved in helping Australian Border Force ...
Drought prayer: “May God help everyone affected by this long-lasting drought to keep hope alive and thus carry individuals and ...
New role: Deacon Mark Cavicchiolo at his ordination to the permanent diaconate in April this year.I WAS born in 1968 ...
Views on life: Abortion in Queensland is illegal under the Criminal Code unless it is performed in good faith and ...
RAVENSHOE parishioners gathered for an ecumenical service at St Teresa’s Church to commemorate the lives lost in a disaster last ...
Saving the reef: “It’s a matter of stewardship, to protect the reef. It’s a delicate, gentle system.”CAIRNS Bishop James Foley ...
Award winner: Papal nuncio Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Brian Lawrence, his wife Elizabeth Proust and Cairns Bishop James Foley.FAMILY justice ...
Holy buildings: Australia's papal nuncio Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana opened and blessed new buildings at Queensland's Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary, pictured ...
POPE Francis praised Singapore and its citizens for their hard work and ingenuity, but he urged them to be mindful...
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