Skip to content
The Catholic Leader
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
The Catholic Leader
No Result
View All Result
Home Youth

Proclaiming the Gospel message

byStaff writers
20 February 2011
Reading Time: 2 mins read
AA
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

THERE was a certain “buzz” on February 12 not often seen on weekends at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Banyo campus.

It came from 200 participants and more than 20 presenters sharing faith, talents and experiences at Brisbane archdiocese’s Youth and Children’s Ministry training day.

Leading the day’s organisational team was Youth Ministry co-ordinator for Brisbane archdiocese Michael Hart who said training days kept improving.

“It is the third time that we have run the Youth and Children’s Ministry Training Day and each year it seems to go from strength to strength,” he said.

“This year we were blessed to have (Jesuit) Fr Richard Leonard as our keynote speaker and he was truly inspirational and challenging.

“He took the theme of the training day, ‘What you hear whispered … Proclaim from the housetops’ from Matthew’s Gospel and broke it open in the light of the Church’s action in today’s society.

“His presentation was both very personal and theologically thought provoking.”
Carole Danby, also on the Youth and Children’s Ministry team, echoed Michael’s compliments.

“Fr Richard was dynamic and inspiring,” she said.

“He had us laughing and crying as he dispelled some myths under which we Catholics labour.

“For example, ‘Going to Mass on Sunday no more makes you a Christian than living in a garage makes you a car’.”

Related Stories

Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 95 on a ‘very happy’ day

Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

Following the morning keynote address, participants chose one of 10 workshops to attend relating to their particular area of interest. 

These were everything from “How God is depicted in pop culture” to “Mass appeal: exploring the role of music in the Mass” to “More fun than a rubber chicken: games with young people”.

Michael said the array of morning and afternoon workshops on offer “again demonstrated that there are amazing groups of volunteers, teachers and workers with incredible commitment and passion” ready to give of their time, talents and faith.

“Feedback on the day suggests that workshop presenters gave attendees both some solid background information to their topic and practical skills to assist them in their parish or school communities,” he said.

Anita Hendrie, who presented a workshop on “social justice and young people”, said she too was inspired by Fr Richard among “a fantastic energy about the day”.
“Fr Richard … inspired me for my workshop on how we can inspire and enable young people to ‘be the change’, where I was excited to meet like-minded people who are passionate about making a difference,” Anita said.

Communications specialist Bernadette Kreutzer, from the World Youth Day Office, led “Communicating the Good News to your schools and parish communities”.

She said her 24 workshop attendees “bombarded” her with questions and were “appreciative” of advice and information received.

“Participants were able to share their knowledge experiences and challenges with each other through this forum,” Bernadette said.

“I valued the opportunity to meet different community members.”

Youth and Children’s Ministry Team member Rina Wintour gladly offered some of the written feedback received from the day.

“(It was) great value for money,” Rina read from one of the feedback sheets, adding the sentiments of others like, “Very deep insights … I am proud to be a Catholic”.

ShareTweet
Previous Post

An entertaining film despite all the doubts

Next Post

Jesus at heart of hunger

Staff writers

Related Posts

Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
Faith

Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks

17 May 2022
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 95 on a ‘very happy’ day
Vatican

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 95 on a ‘very happy’ day

17 May 2022
Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

16 May 2022
Next Post

Jesus at heart of hunger

Pro-lifers arrested at abortion clinic

Helping hands

Popular News

  • Here are the stories of 10 new saints being canonised this Sunday

    Here are the stories of 10 new saints being canonised this Sunday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Angel’s Kitchen serves hot meals to the hungry in Southport

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The Church canonises 10 new saints who shared God’s love

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Queensland election: The pro-life political parties committed to abortion law reforms

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Search our job finder
No Result
View All Result

Latest News

Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
Faith

Lives of the saints – St Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks

by Joe Higgins
17 May 2022
0

SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha was united with the suffering of Christ from an early age. She was born...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 95 on a ‘very happy’ day

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 95 on a ‘very happy’ day

17 May 2022
Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

Cleanup begins after floodwaters swamp South East Queensland again

16 May 2022
Angel’s Kitchen serves hot meals to the hungry in Southport

Angel’s Kitchen serves hot meals to the hungry in Southport

16 May 2022
The Church canonises 10 new saints who shared God’s love

The Church canonises 10 new saints who shared God’s love

16 May 2022

Never miss a story. Sign up to the Weekly Round-Up
eNewsletter now to receive headlines directly in your email.

Sign up to eNews
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Jobs
  • Subscribe

The Catholic Leader is an Australian award-winning Catholic newspaper that has been published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane since 1929. Our journalism seeks to provide a full, accurate and balanced Catholic perspective of local, national and international news while upholding the dignity of the human person.

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader
Accessibility Information | Privacy Policy | Archdiocese of Brisbane

The Catholic Leader acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this country and especially acknowledge the traditional owners on whose lands we live and work throughout the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader

0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyChoose another Subscription
    Continue Shopping