Highly experienced educator Dr Sally Towns has been appointed as the new executive director of Brisbane Catholic Education and will start the role next year. With more than 26 years...

We used to think of a parish as defined by Church buildings and geographic boundaries. But COVID-19 has changed all that, prompting us to explore new ways to communicate, connect...

Pope Francis launched the worldwide Synod process on Sunday October 10 in Rome, reaching out to the great community of the baptised everywhere on earth. In a message for the...

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...

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...

The Plenary Council First Assembly continues with plaudits from many members over the process. The facilitators encourage them to be “open to listening for the whisperings of the Spirit.” It...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge publicly endorsed the Uluru Statement From The Heart, in a historic commitment by the Catholic Church to back Indigenous leaders from across Australia demanding a constitutional voice....

We asked Dr Maeve Heaney VDMF about the importance of the upcoming Plenary Council. Dr Heaney underlined that the world is watching how Australia, with their great theologians, will be...

The first of two gathering sessions for the Plenary Council is soon upon us. It is the first such gathering in Australia in 80 years, and distinctive because of the greater participation...