The light of the Risen Christ brings hope to the world
By Bishop Robert McGuckin DID you find Lent a challenging time? I think we can all say that so far ...
By Bishop Robert McGuckin DID you find Lent a challenging time? I think we can all say that so far ...
AFTER what must be a hundred screenings of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a couple false ...
BISHOPS and others in the Church often lament the declining number of Christians, but rarely do they examine their own ...
PEOPLE need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said."It is inhumane to be ...
I WAS not able to attend my sister’s wedding last year, due to the pandemic. Or, more specifically, due to ...
Blessed day: Bella and Dan Kearney were wed during Brisbane’s hard lockdown. FOR groom Daniel Kearney and bride Bella Straw ...
Percy Pamo Lawrence: "We were all wanting welcome, so we were providing welcome to each other." “GOD’S embrace” has made ...
Archbishop Coleridge: “And until the wound of that vast injustice is healed – and it's far from healed – but ...
God’s love: “Jesus asks that we love one another as he loves us.” IT took me awhile to come to ...
Lifting higher: “God uses the symbol of an eagle to encourage us to soar higher in our life of faith.” ...
God of light: “I believe in a God who is light in the midst of the darkest night.” IN my ...
Sacred space: The Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourvière in Lyon. ONE of my favourite places is looking up at ...
Perhaps not: “If we truly believe that the love of God holds all things in being at any given moment ...
Birdman on the Bay: Peter Kindness sees a connection between birdwatching, the mystery of creation and defending life against abortion. ...
Upholding creation: “We need to have economic and political policies that actually address that, take seriously what’s happening to the ...
Confident learning: Confidence is built on the foundation of learning as much as you can about what you’re trying to ...
Ecuadorian mission: The Liceo Julio Matovelle mission school celebrating the first graduates and the return of missionary founder Fr Frank ...
Farewell writings: Br John Venard with his seventh and last book Finally, the Battler’s God. MARIST Brother John Venard (Smith), ...
Support: CPPC carer Marist Father Lewis Molloy, Scalabrinian Father Ignacio Rodriguez, Jesuit Father Gaeten Pereira, CPPC carer Marist Father Harry ...
Time out: Taking time for prayer and reflection in the midst of God’s creation can help us discern where God’s ...
Greg Shakovskoy: “It’s given me the most important thing in my life and then it’s also given me a place ...
Paris prays: A Parisian man prays for victims of the November 13 Paris attacks on Place de la Republique.CHRISTIAN Pradayrol reached for ...
Living faith: “Forgiveness, mercy and compassion, and good works are at the heart of a true Christian religion.” VINNIES VIEW by ...
Stewards of creation: What’s essential is this: Vital truths about human nature, the nature of creation, the human “will to ...
A Christmas Message from Townsville Diocese IN a fairly non-religious country like Australia, it is easier to say “I believe ...
POPE Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea on Saturday to continue in their efforts of bringing the Gospel...
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