NATHAN and Jennifer Costin have always believed that God answers every prayer, so when they asked to grow in the virtue of patience last year, they were preparing for a tough life lesson. What they didn’t expect was being stuck in limbo between Brisbane and Melbourne for 17 days due to a state border closure. “God doesn’t just give you ... Read More »
GREATER Brisbane will come out of lockdown from 6pm tonight and transition to a rigorous set of restrictions over the next 10 days, including widespread use of masks particularly in shops, workplaces, public transport and churches. The restrictions remain in place for Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands until January 22. These restrictions are supposed to last until the typical ... Read More »
GREATER Brisbane residents will go into a three-day lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm Monday night. The lockdown applies to people living in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands. Masks are mandatory for those who will be going outside in those areas. People in lockdown areas will be allowed two visitors at their homes. Catholics will be unable to attend ... Read More »
“I am deeply shocked and disappointed at the disparity imposed on people of faith in Victoria today,” Archbishop Comensoli said on Facebook last Monday. Read More »
AS one of Queensland’s largest service providers to people with a disability, Centacare welcomes the increased focus on the wellbeing of people with a disability reflected in the latest measures announced by the Queensland Government to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. For the first time, people with a disability have been explicitly included in measures announced on August 22, along with ... Read More »
History: Irish Catholics out in parade for St Patrick’s Day in 1932.< [/caption] TIME travel may not be possible, but the Australian Catholic Historical Society is using the Internet to launch Catholics back to the moment Catholicism first arrived Down Under. With the global health crisis impacting the ACHS’s decades tradition of recounting Australian Catholic history, the society has published ... Read More »
A SMALL religious order known for “evangelising on the streets of the world” hopes to send a mission to Australia after COVID-19 subsides. The Little Friars and Little Nuns of Jesus and Mary is an order with only 34 members, but the significance of the mission was revealed after one of its priests prayed and receiving a sign to come. ... Read More »
WITH Australia still gripped by pandemic, “understanding and support” for mental health has been identified as a nationwide priority in the 2020 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference social justice statement. COVID-19 is not only causing physical, social and economic strains, it is also heaping pressure on the mental health of many people in ways that are hard to see. “People experiencing ... Read More »
DAILY Mass in Greater Springfield has been temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure following the confirmation of two new cases of coronavirus in Queensland. Our Lady of the Southern Cross parish announced on their Facebook page this afternoon that “as a precautionary measure daily Mass and personal prayer will stop until further notice”. It comes after Queensland Health this morning ... Read More »
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