RUGGED-up parishioners, clutching their coats and their bags against the wind, had shown up early and waited at the doors of Corpus Christi Church, Nundah, so they could go inside for their 20 minutes of private prayer. Across from the church, in the parish’s new building which opened in February, Nundah-Banyo parish secretary Madonna Riggal said it had been 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 »
NEIGHBOURS don’t get any more Catholic than in the Banyo Nundah parish. Built in the first free settlement in the penal colony of Brisbane, the now 100-year-old parish has acquired some of the holiest of neighbours both above and below the ground. Parish priest Fr Bernie Gallagher drew up this list of “intellectual properties” for a brief address at the ... Read More »
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