The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

BRISBANE Mater celebrated 2642 nurses for International Nurses Day on May 10, recognising their world-class care for patients, their families and community. Mater Health chief executive officer Sean Hubbard praised the contribution nurses at South Brisbane, Springfield and Redland made. “Nurses are respectful, patient and possess great problem-solving skills which they demonstrate every shift,” Mr Hubbard said. “Balancing technical expertise ... Read More »

DISTINGUISHED Brisbane doctor Peter Steer will join the Mater Group this month after being appointed as the organisation’s new chief executive officer. Dr Steer, who has spent much of his career working in New Zealand and Canada, said he was happy to return to the Mater where his career began in 1982. “Brisbane has always been home,” Dr Steer said. ... Read More »

Donna: It’s Christmas time and there’s not a better person I could think of to speak with at this time than a Brisbane legend, really. Sr Angela Mary Doyle. Tell us about your early life coming from Ireland. Sr Angela Mary: I belonged to a family of nine. Christmas was a wonderful time for us and we were a happy ... Read More »

IT’S difficult to comprehend, but on any night in Australia, one in 200 people are without accommodation. For more than 100,000 Australians, this means they are not only without a home, it may mean they don’t know where their next meal will come from, and they probably don’t have access to services like healthcare. It comes as the Australian Bureau ... Read More »

PATIENTS in Mater Private Hospital Brisbane rehabilitation unit were treated to a musical extravaganza with an a cappella performance from Ugandan orphans from the Watoto Children’s Choir on April 12. Each of the children in the choir has suffered the loss of their parents either through war or disease.  They live in Watoto children’s villages which have been built to ... Read More »

  THE sheer breadth of Joan Bremner’s contributions and responsibilities at Brisbane’s Mater Hospital over 40 years of service verges on the astounding. But it is the manner in which she treated everyone with the respect and dignity they deserved that has resonated so vividly with the staff and patients who will miss her presence in the halls. Joan is ... Read More »