A GROUNDBREAKING study shows the huge community contribution of the Catholic Church across south east Queensland. The Archdiocese of Brisbane makes a $2.5 billion contribution to the Queensland economy through its parishes, schools and agencies, employing 22,000 staff to carry out its work and has 14,000 volunteers. “I think even our own aren’t aware of how significant our contribution is ... Read More »
BRISBANE archdiocese has received a high rating – but still with room for improvement – in a landmark report on its safeguarding arrangements. The report is the first conducted in an Australian archdiocese by Catholic Professional Standards Limited, set up by the Church leadership in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The National Catholic ... Read More »
EMMANUEL Community moderator Pat Keady says evangelisation is the Church’s greatest need. “I view evangelisation as the Catholic Church’s greatest need because I was a young person in particular who needed evangelisation,” Mr Keady said. He said growing up and going to university, it was protestant evangelicals that successfully evangelised him. It was only years later he went on “a ... Read More »
NUNDAH-Banyo parish priest Fr Bernie Gallagher says he feels spoiled as he celebrates 50 years of priesthood. Fr Gallagher said the Prep students of his parish schools made it a special week, presenting him with gifts like a booklet – Fifty Reasons Why Fr Bernie is Special. Inside the booklet all the Prep students wrote reasons why Fr Gallagher was ... Read More »
THE small Micronesian nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean is home to 110,000 people. Of that number, 96 per cent are Christian and 56 per cent are Catholic. Azure blue waters and white sand encircles the islands of Kiribati; however, the tropical paradise is juxtaposed against thatched huts, unsophisticated sewerage and extreme privation. The nation is among the ... Read More »
VENEZUELAN New Farm parishioner Javier Alejandro Lindarte Montero said his country was in the middle of a social, political and economic crisis. “Venezuela has the highest inflation rate in the world,” Mr Lindarte Montero said. “It has become one of the top three most corrupt governments in the world. “It is also leading the lowest minimum wage in the Latin ... Read More »
“My child, if you aspire to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for an ordeal. Be sincere of heart, be steadfast, and do not be alarmed when disaster comes. Cling to him and do not leave him, so that you may be honoured at the end of your days. Whatever happens to you, accept it … be patient since gold is ... Read More »
AUSTRALIA’S elderly suffer the indignity of poor care in an aged-care sector plagued by systemic problems, the royal commission into aged care has heard. Health Services Union president Gerard Hayes described how care workers across the country were overworked and underpaid, while there was a lack of funding and a lack of resources. “Because I think, to be quite honest, ... Read More »
I’LL start my column by reflecting on some of the lessons from geese. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an “uplift” for the bird following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71 per cent greater flying range than if the bird flew alone. Being Christians who share a common direction and sense of community ... Read More »
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