Tag: marriage

FIFTY  new Queenslanders were recently  welcomed to the world in one of the busiest-ever 24 hours at Mater Mothers’ hospitals. ...

STARTING a global meeting of leaders, Pope Francis told former US President Bill Clinton and the global community to take ...

A CENTACARE family support expert says a dire lack of safe and available housing for women and children exposed to ...

EVERY baptised person is called to be a modern-day prophet, living as a witness of Jesus to others, Pope Francis ...

“PASSIONATE” is the way Carmelina Vitale would like to be known and remembered. In fact, when dating her husband of ...

By Terry Lees AS a child, I acquired a deep devotion to Mary, the Mother of God. One of my ...

QUEENSLAND had the highest crude divorce rate in Australia last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed.  Recently published ...

THERE’S a “lie” that Margaret Brennan thinks society tells women about motherhood but it’s not a tall tale the 24-year-old’s ...

WAR in Ukraine has created a tragic predicament for hundreds of surrogate babies, and the mothers who are carrying them, ...

By Fr Harry Chan GOD is a God of surprises.  Dad and mum came from two different worlds.  Dad was ...

Question Time with Fr John Flader Question: The Bible speaks of Our Lady and St Joseph being “betrothed” when Jesus ...

WITH marriage and church attendance on a steep decline overall in the United States and Australia, Catholic parishes need to ...

FAITH is “everything” to Allan and Jenny Hogan, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a dozen other couples at ...

MAY Grace knows three people whose lives were saved by the prayers of St Gerard Majella. It was 1980, and ...

By Archbishop Mark Coleridge THERE have been times when I wondered if we would ever make it. But after all ...

A TEARFUL dad tells how he prays constantly “Jesus, give me strength to get through this moment ...” as he ...

AMONG the very many aspects of marriage I delight in, there is one my wife and I seem to have ...

By Megan and Nahum Kozak HE popped the question and she said “Yes!”  Now what?  So much planning goes into ...

THERE has been a lot of media coverage and watercooler conversation around the death of Prince Philip, the Queen’s devoted ...

I WAS not able to attend my sister’s wedding last year, due to the pandemic. Or, more specifically, due to ...

Golden years: Terry and Rita Tolhurst are celebrating 50 years of marriage, and inset, on their wedding day in 1970. ...

Forced to marry: “By working closely with the AFP and other key organisations, we can take a more holistic approach ...

Preparing for a wedding: Catherine Santos and Joe Higgins at St Stephen’s Cathedral on the day of the proposal. I ...

65 years: Bryan and Patricia Doyle celebrated 65 years of Marriage on Easter Monday. “LOVE one another and be kind ...

Lasting love: Marge and Bill Hilleard are celebrating 70 years of married life. AS Australia moves on from the hype ...