Tag: lockdown

30 March 2021 - Updated on 6 April 2021

Testing time: A nurse tests a patient for COVID-19. Photo: CNS WITH Greater Brisbane now in a three-day lockdown, Brisbane ...

Young family stuck between state borders for 17 days finds their trust in God strengthened

21 January 2021 - Updated on 24 March 2021

Frustrated: Jennifer Costin and her husband (not pictured) staged a protest in Albury with their sons Benedict, 4, David, 2, ...

Lockdown set to end in Greater Brisbane, masks mandatory in churches for the next 10 days

11 January 2021

Spiritual heart: An aerial shot of St Stephen’s Cathedral and chapel, in Brisbane’s Elizabeth Street, with the Brisbane River in ...

People with low income face stress in the private rental market

Greater Brisbane plunged into three-day lockdown to stop spread of UK COVID variant

8 January 2021

Lockdown: Residents of Greater Brisbane have been sent into a three day lockdown. GREATER Brisbane residents will go into a ...

Melbourne Archbishop calls for evidence of church risks in wake of restriction disparity

22 October 2020

“I am deeply shocked and disappointed at the disparity imposed on people of faith in Victoria today,” Archbishop Comensoli said ...

New measures are helping protect people and adjust to unprecedented changes

by Staff writers

27 August 2020

Covid help: Specialist Supports lead Rachael Cleary. AS one of Queensland’s largest service providers to people ...

Revisit Australia’s Catholic history all the way back to 1788

13 August 2020

History: Irish Catholics out in parade for St Patrick's Day in 1932.< TIME travel may not ...

Australian priest from small Louisiana missionary order says God may want them to visit Australia

8 August 2020

Missionary evangelisers: Fr Antonio Maria Speedy (far right), originally from Adelaide, one of the Poor Friars who ...

Australian bishops put mental health first as lockdowns magnify unseen battle faced by millions

4 August 2020

Social justice: “Three million workers have mental ill-health or are caring for someone with mental ill-health,” the ...

Brisbane south-west parish postpones Mass, private prayer at church in wake of new COVID cases

29 July 2020

New cases: The Logan woman who tested positive for COVID-19 is a cleaner at Parklands Christian College, ...

Albany Creek parisioner’s homemade face masks reaching as far as England

by Peter Bugden

29 July 2020

Time to sew: Betty Scott is making face masks for others and raising money for her parish ...

The Cathedral Coffee Lounge turns off the coffee machine for the final time

23 July 2020

Service with smiles: Marjorie Williams (left) and Sandy O’Donohue pictured earlier this year when Mrs Williams ...

Brisbane mum counting down the days to becoming Catholic in August

4 July 2020

Waiting faithfully: Casey Arden pictured with her two daughters Willow and Violet, will be received into the ...

Grieving crew consoled by members of Stella Maris mission

26 June 2020

Reaching out: Port of Brisbane chaplain, Fr Frank O’Dea conducts a dockside service for a Filipino crew ...

New social media campaign Pornfree Movement has mobilised against the ‘porndemic’

22 June 2020

Shocking numbers: Pornhub clocked 115 million daily website visitors during pandemic lockdown. ONLINE retail giant Amazon ...

‘Unprecedented’ has been over-used describing the fallout of COVID-19 but it’s still true, Brisbane deacon says

25 May 2020

Deacon Adam Walk: “There’s a lot of pain being felt and you can sense some frustration.” LIKE an omen of ...

When will the ‘physical’ Church resume in Brisbane archdiocese?

30 April 2020 - Updated on 1 April 2021

Mass return:“A first stage will be opening the churches for private prayer, perhaps for some time of the day and ...

Catholic parents of ‘lockdown babies’ describe bringing new life into a socially distanced world