This week’s Gospel tells us about Bartimaeus, a blind beggar who was sitting on the side of the road when Jesus passed by. Bartimaeus persisted in calling out to Jesus...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Paul Chackanikunnel CMI for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021. "It is in places of extreme hopelessness and vulnerability that we meet the God of...

The starting point to respectful relationships was in the earliest years of a child’s life rather than the popular media focus on adolescent years and beyond. That was among the...

By Pam Betts Brisbane Catholic Education Executive Director We're sprinting towards the end of the school year, with exams now only days away for some of our students. Each student...

The Gospel of John records the two shortest words from Jesus on the cross and they are linked around the determination to do the will of God until the very...

After 16 sessions across six days, the First Assembly of the Plenary Council has wrapped up. The process of members listening to each other in those various forums has planted...

Over the weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding at St Stephen’s Cathedral. During the ceremony, I reflected on my own marriage of what has been close to a...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jason Middleton for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021. "While we cannot earn salvation, our loyalty goes much deeper, to be experienced as the total...

As his suffering continues, the Gospels of Matthew and Mark record Jesus referring to his God rather than the intimacy of Father at other times on the cross. Subscribe to...

A Mass celebrated by Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president and Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has closed the first general assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia this morning. The...