Townsville diocese celebrating 150 years of education in the region
TOWNSVILLE Catholic Education is celebrating 150 years of educating students - with two schools opened in 1873 by the Sisters ...
TOWNSVILLE Catholic Education is celebrating 150 years of educating students - with two schools opened in 1873 by the Sisters ...
By Bishop Timothy Harris IT’S true to say that there is a lot of darkness in our world – the ...
TOWNSVILLE bishop Tim Harris is a leading voice demanding the Queensland Government rescind a decision to fund doctors flying to ...
TOWNSVILLE Bishop Tim Harris said his “heart sank” when he attended a public hearing on voluntary assisted dying in Townsville ...
MISSIONARY Society of the Blessed Sacrament priests from three Queensland dioceses gathered in Townsville to commemorate the foundation of their ...
BISHOP Timothy Harris continues to speak out publicly to persuade Queensland politicians supporting euthanasia they are making a grave mistake. ...
Concerns: “But the trouble is, people are fearful, whoever they are, Catholic or not, they’re petrified that they’re going to ...
Bishop Tim Harris: “It goes completely against the grain – anything to do with suicide, and certainly voluntary assisted suicide.” ...
Election statement: Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge launches the Catholic Bishops Queensland Election Statement at St Stephen's Cathedral on September 7. ...
Awards: Townsville Bishop Tim Harris and Townsville Catholic Education executive director Jacqui Francis with 12 students, suitably spaced for social ...
Zooming ahead: Priests of Townsville diocese join Bishop Tim Harris (centre) for a meeting to discuss how to reach out ...
Call to care: “Real compassion for those approaching the end of their lives in North Queensland should start with more ...
Call for release: One of the Bali Nine, Scott Rush, speaking to his father Lee in prison in Indonesia in ...
Warning signs: The Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs around the world face the threat of climate change. The effects ...
Family support: A 2009 photo of then Fr Tim Harris with Scott Rush’s parents Lee and Christine Rush. “WE have ...
New priest: Fr Emene Kelemete (second from left) is with his parents Peteli and Josef Kelemete, and Bishop Tim Harris ...
Upcoming priesthood: Deacon Emene Kelemete (second from left) with his father Josef Kelemete, Townsville Bishop Tim Harris and Emene’s mother ...
Joyous meeting: Bishop Tim Harris meets Pope Francis in the Vatican as part of the Ad Limina visit. AUSTRALIAN bishops ...
Human rights: “Queenslanders are rightly concerned about shortfalls in our capacity as a society to care properly for an aging ...
Rebuilding: Residents use a boat and an inflatable pool to salvage furniture from their flood-affected home in Townsville in February. ...
Proud parents: Joseph Kelemete, Emene Kelemete, Bishop Tim Harris and Peteli Kelemete arm in arm at Emene’s ordination. ONE man’s ...
Helping out: Fourteen boys from St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie, roll into Idalia to help out the flood-ravaged locals. ROLLING up ...
Aquatic cowboys: Two men wrangling their horses with a jet-ski through flooded fields. Photo: Robbie Katter NO-man’s-land encrusted with cattle ...
Clean-up: Townsville Bishop Tim Harris hosing down muddy tiles. RAINS have stopped and thousands of Townsville residents begin the task ...
Rising waters: “In my street alone, the collective group of about six families everyday has been out with sandbags, tarps, ...
HELÈNA McIlwain’s dream to build a house for young adults living with disabilities is coming true. Her mum, dad and...
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