FR Tom Duncan feels right where he is meant to be serving the People of God and wants to spend his life growing more and more in love with God. “Number-one priority in the long term is a personal one – being able to follow Christ each day and to become more and more like Him in an ongoing conversion,” ... Read More »
STANTHORPE parish priest Fr Brian Connolly had an extra spring in his step on the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, or Corpus Christi. It was the Sunday before his June 27 jubilee anniversary of priestly ordination and St Joseph’s Church, on the Granite Belt in Toowoomba diocese, was overflowing with locals and visitors. The faithful, including ... Read More »
LIFE’S fragility was crystal clear to Bernice Steele on her first Mother’s Day 40 years ago. “I didn’t know if I’d live or die,” she said, recalling hospitalisation for the removal of a malignant melanoma. “Back in those days, there wasn’t the awareness there is today (about skin cancer),” Bernice said. “Our son was only weeks old when I went ... Read More »
THE last time Catholics living in Cooranga North saw their beautiful country church, it was listed for sale on a website. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, built in 1937, served Catholics in Dalby, in Toowoomba diocese, and then the neighbouring Jandowae community over 75 years before closing in 2013 due to low attendance rates and a lack of ... Read More »
THE opening of the Clive Berghofer Operating Theatre Suite on February 21 heralded a new chapter in the 96-year history of St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Toowoomba. The $30 million theatre complex, which added six new state-of-the-art operating theatres including a cutting-edge hybrid theatre, a new kitchen and a new main reception area for the hospital has been completed under budget ... Read More »
HUNDREDS of students across the Toowoomba diocese waved goodbye to their mums and dads to head off to school for the first time early this year. One of Toowoomba’s Catholic schools – Mater Dei Primary School – witnessed this in a special way. It welcomed four sets of twins among its 75 Prep students. Mater Dei principal Chris Bartlett said ... Read More »
VOLUNTEERS in Vinnies Stanthorpe, within Toowoomba diocese, were thinking outside the donation box. In recent weeks the Creek Street outlet displayed a treasure trove of photo memorabilia found mostly “within books and furniture drawers” over the last six years. Centre co-ordinator Debbie Craven hoped visitors would assist to return the photos to rightful owners. “If we recognise anyone (in the ... Read More »
FR Adam Woch had thoughts of being a missionary in Brazil when he was ordained in Poland, and ending up in outback Queensland would’ve been beyond his wildest dreams. Now, as parish priest of St George-Dirranbandi, he could not be happier but the experience is nothing like he could have imagined. “For me, it’s a new experience,” he said. “I ... Read More »
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