HOW does one take delight or pleasure in being single, when we are made for union with an other? The loneliness we experience in this time is not so much emptiness as is it a stirring of desire that awaits fulfilment. We become restless for romance. When we fall in love, that special person consumes our every thought and being. ... Read More »
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World Meeting of Families challenges Brisbane mum to proclaim faith
FINDING a seat at the Church’s largest gathering of Catholic families proved to be less challenging than the Congress’s opening address to make faith public, a Brisbane mum said. Ann O’Donovan and husband Edmond O’Donovan were among thousands of international pilgrims seated for the opening Mass of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. The Brisbane couple were surrounded by people ... Read More »
Refugee Milad Jafari puts life on hold to save separated wife
By Peter Bugden TWO 21-year-old Brisbane newlyweds torn apart by an immigration decision are pleading with Federal Minister Peter Dutton to end their nightmare. Milad Jafari has put his life on hold while he fights to save his wife Mojgan Shamsalipoor from deportation and to have her released from immigration detention. They were thrown into turmoil when Ms Shamsalipoor was ... Read More »