FR Josh Whitehead has a surfboard lined up and he’s ready for his three-year placement in Caloundra parish. So far his ministry and the surf have had an inexplicable link. He learned to surf on his pastoral year in Maroochydore in 2017 before his Advent placement in Burleigh Heads. “I’m looking forward to getting back into surfing,” Fr Whitehead said. ... Read More »
FATHERS Josh Whitehead and Brendan Gormley became Brisbane archdiocese’s newest shepherds at their ordination to priesthood at St Stephen’s Cathedral on Friday, May 31. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge celebrated the ordination, which was attended by dozens of priests from across the archdiocese, including Auxiliary Bishop Ken Howell and Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Tony Randazzo, former Holy Spirit Seminary rector. Fr Whitehead ... Read More »
DEACONS Joshua Whitehead and Thomas Duncan took a major step towards ministerial priesthood last Friday when they were ordained as deacons at the Holy Spirit Chapel, Banyo. Toowoomba Bishop Robert McGuckin celebrated the Mass with more than 100 clergy and faithful present. “As deacons, Thomas and Joshua will be strengthened by the gift of the Holy Spirit, they will help ... Read More »
IT’S Friday night. Burger patties and onion rings are sizzling on the barbecue hotplate in the grounds of Maroochydore’s new Stella Maris Church. Seminarian Josh Whitehead is strumming his guitar and singing, as some of the regular patrons start to arrive – men, women and children – in need of a free meal and some good company. Maroochydoore’s barbecue ministry ... Read More »
“I HOPE I’m not called to be a priest.” Brisbane seminarian Josh Whitehead, 32, thought this twice in his twenties as a young man growing up in New Zealand. No doubt he was not the first young man with a priestly vocation to think this way. Good-looking and physically fit, he was enjoying life to the full. Why complicate things ... Read More »
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