Tag: mass

Question Time by Fr John Flader Question: I occasionally hear the word “epiclesis” when people are talking about the liturgy. ...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has written a letter to parishes across the archdiocese reinstating the obligation to attend Sunday Mass ...

By Michael Howard IT IS often assumed that the youthful desire for God, particularly the Christian God, is diminishing. Although ...

THE late Cardinal George Pell’s funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners, filling Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral to capacity yesterday.  Civic ...

By Fr John Flader Question – In my travels I have attended Mass in many parishes and have seen it ...

Question Time by Fr John Flader Question: We sometimes hear the expression “the sacrifice of the Mass”. Why do we ...

AFTER the Crucifixion, Christians "gathered for Mass in secret" because they knew they could not live without the Eucharist, retired ...

QUEENSLAND’S longest-serving priest Fr Lino Valente died aged 93 on September 14. Newly-retired Stanthorpe parish priest Fr Brian Connolly said ...

Faith journey: Catechumens attend the Rite of Election in St Stephen’s Cathedral. Photo: Courtesy Jenny Close BRISBANE’S Catholic community will ...

Star centenarian: Margaret “Peggy” Stephensen with the Lourdes Hill star she received from past pupils of Lourdes Hill College to ...

Parishes will be able to seat more at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses. QUEENSLAND parishes will have the option ...

Register now: Cathedral dean Fr Anthony Mellor and parish secretary Carmel Devery are spreading the word that people need to ...

Back in the pew: Terry Latchford, 101, was one of the first to return to Mass when St Rita’s at ...

AUSTRALIA’S 623,400 or so Catholics who normally attended Sunday Mass before the COVID-19 lockdown are being studied as part of ...

Caring for creation: Yapanjarra Ellis, Lleyton Landers, Isiah Landers, Suva Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, Eric Ellis and Marlon Riley at ...

Mass: A parishioner prays after receiving Holy Communion at St. Louis Church. The parish is one of about two dozen ...

SISTERS of the Sacred Heart tuned in from Indonesia and interstate to a livestream Mass celebrating the feast of St ...

New giving app: “It just gives another opportunity for people to offer something to the parish, which we appreciate especially ...

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

Long journey: Deacons Josh Whitehead and Brendan Gormley sitting down for an interview ahead of their ordination on Friday, May ...

Loneliness: “The traditional places where people used to gather are no longer as traditional now.” LOWER attendance at traditional gatherings ...

Men of faith: Deacon Joshua Whitehead and Deacon Thomas Duncan after their ordination to the diaconate at Holy Spirit Seminary ...

Changing the world: “Kindness very often costs us nothing, but can truly have such a lasting impact.” By Sr Melissa ...

Golden anniversary: Barry and Lorraine Searle with their family after the 2018 Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral.Photo: ...