The season of ‘anticipation, hope, love and family’
By Bishop Michael McCarthy I WRITE this message at the beginning of December, and the summer rains are with us. ...
By Bishop Michael McCarthy I WRITE this message at the beginning of December, and the summer rains are with us. ...
By Archbishop Mark Coleridge Christmas is a time for people to come together – families, friends, communities – and there’s a ...
THE Goodwins huddled barefoot on the side of the road watching an inferno engulf the top floor of their Wynnum ...
THE birth of the Son of God in a humble stable, in the presence of both lowly shepherds and majestic ...
“WHEN you look at an icon, it is a door to heaven.” With this sentence, Muna Bandi Khader, who took ...
LOOKING for some classic Christmas movies to watch with your family? Check out this curated list from the movie review ...
CHRISTMAS church seating capacities were redrawn by the Queensland government in preparation for an expected wave of COVID-19 cases after ...
By Fr John Flader Can you tell me something about the name Christmas and also the meaning of names like ...
THE Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God’s love and not the selfish ...
HOSTING the picture-perfect Christmas is a costly endeavour and the temptation to “buy now and pay later” hides a threatening ...
A EUROPEAN Union communications guide replacing “Merry Christmas” with “happy holidays” and “Christmas holidays” with “Winter break” was retracted after ...
SIXTEEN heavenly voices illuminated in twinkling candlelight are sure to lift Christmas spirits at Red Hill’s historic St Brigid’s church ...
By Fr John Flader Question – I am getting married soon and my fiancé and I are entrusting ourselves to ...
Donna Longland: “We’ve always said that even if we touch one person in the audience then it’s worthwhile.” WE’VE barely ...
Ordination joy: Fr Andrew Wise, Fr Scot Armstrong, Deacon Conor Power, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Deacon Adam Walk, Fr Adrian ...
Saviour is born: Hope, in the words of the philosopher Peter Geach, is the “virtue that preserves us alike from ...
Parishes will be able to seat more at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses. QUEENSLAND parishes will have the option ...
THE smiles and easy disposition of Nades, Priya, Kopika and Tharnicaa belie their broken-hearted predicament. The asylum-seeking Tamil family that ...
Register now: Cathedral dean Fr Anthony Mellor and parish secretary Carmel Devery are spreading the word that people need to ...
Susan Angus-MacInnes: “I did have a (school) parent once who accused me of being a hope addict, literally.” SUSAN Angus-MacInnes, ...
Fr Joe Flannery: “While he was intent on serving Christ, he understood that this meant holding the people Christ had ...
The perfect one: Pope Francis venerates a figurine of the baby Jesus at the end of a Christmas Eve Mass ...
Searching for answers: Michael Devitt (left) and other family members at a property in Queensland, and inset, Michael Devitt. FOR ...
Festive joy: “We started the year with our first baby being born in the house, and we’re ending the year ...
First Christmas: Stephen, Bernadette and baby Rose Colditz at the Assembly of Catholic Professionals Christmas party at Customs House on ...
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