FOUR fresh faces have found their vocations with the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres, wedding Christ in their perpetual profession at St Stephen’s Cathedral on February 2. Sr Marion Tran, Sr Maria Josephine Phan, Sr Anna Pham and Sr Marie Claude Vo are all originally from Vietnam, but have spent the past few years at Boronia Heights with their ... Read More »
QUEENSLAND’S next generation of priests might work closely with Fr Michael Grace, who is headed to Rome for a two-year course specialising in vocational formation. The Brisbane priest of eight years has accepted the invitation to study a Licentiate of Spiritual Theology in Rome with specialisation in Vocational Formation. Archbishop Mark Coleridge invited Fr Grace to undertake the course at ... Read More »
THE more I reflect on the call to follow Jesus as a consecrated woman, the more convinced I am that religious life is just as relevant and just as essential to the Church as it has ever been. Religious life is radical. Now more than ever, the Church needs young people who are ready to witness with the totality of ... Read More »
SPONSORED BY ST STEPHEN’S CATHEDRAL YOUNG ADULTS MINISTRY (YAM) THE St Stephen’s Cathedral’s Youth and Vocations Expo 2016 welcomes youth and young adults to engage with more than 30 Catholic youth ministries, religious congregations and multicultural communities, to share live music, cultural sweets, souvenirs, food, drinks and a free Aussie barbecue. The expo, on Sunday, August 7, sparks youth evangelisation ... Read More »
SPONSORED BY VOCATION BRISBANE RUNNING Man – it seems another craze takes hold in the world. I actually think this one is very funny. But consider the running man – my boo vocation. Where are we running to – on the spot or toward something? I pray that we continually run toward God with all our heart in answer ... Read More »
THE first question I ever asked a religious sister was, “What kind of face-wash do you use?” I was 14, and flabbergasted that anyone could look so luminous without make-up. The sister in question laughingly responded that a bar of soap was the sole product of her skin-care regime. Every nun I’ve met has looked at least 10 years younger ... Read More »
YOUNG Catholics hitting a wall with their life vocation fired questions at priests and nuns outside St Stephen’s Cathedral last week. More than 200 young people wandered through the Youth and Vocations Expo, run by St Stephen’s Young Adult Ministry and Vocation Brisbane on Sunday, August 2. The annual event marked the beginning of National Vocations Week, held this year ... Read More »
By Emilie Ng TWO Nigerian-born men believe the greatest gift God has ever given them is the opportunity to be priests in the Catholic Church. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge ordained Fr Paul Eloagu and Fr Odinaka Nwadike priests for the Brisbane archdiocese on June 29, at St Stephen’s Cathedral, at a Mass attended by hundreds of friends and family. Both ... Read More »
By Robin Williams NERANG woman Tamara Gillies has embarked on the next step in her journey to consecrated life with the Verbum Dei Missionary Sisters. The 28-year-old left Australia on June 5 to spend the next two years of her religious formation in a novitiate in San Francisco. Verbum Dei Missionary Sisters are celibate women consecrated to God by public ... Read More »
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