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The Seven Penitential Psalms
20 February 2023During times when we wish to express repentance and especially during Lent, it is customary to pray the Seven Penitential Psalms and the Songs of the Suffering Servant. The penitential designation of these psalms dates from the seventh century. Prayerfully... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Live Laudato Si' this Christmas
1 December 2022It's advent, a time of preparing ourselves for the Nativity. In the hustle and bustle, people across the Archdiocese are asking 'how to do things differently this Christmas?' Perhaps Laudato Si' offers answers. Learn more about our Laudato Si' Action... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Going Deeper Podcast series
10 November 2022Evangelisation Brisbane's Going Deeper podcast is all about getting to the heart of what it means to be Catholic. Producer David Kruse said "Beneath what we do and what we say (as Catholics), and beneath all the tenets of the Catholic faith... at the... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Understanding culture
31 October 2022The majority world has long left behind the reality of monoculture. We've become multicultural in many ways and in many places, particularly here in the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Our parishes are blessed with people who represent many different cultures... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Listening to the Voice of Creation
27 October 2022The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. The 2022 Season of Creation that closed on the Feast of St Francis was themed 'Listen to the voice of... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Multicultural Mass 2022
29 September 2022Brisbane's Multicultural Mass for 2022 has again proven a vibrant expression of faith and SE Queensland's rich cultural diversity. The Mass, together with festivities were held at St Stephen's Cathedral on Sunday, September 25. Archbishop Mark Coleridge's... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Homily from Requiem Mass for Queen Elizabeth II
22 September 2022As the nation officially mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Archbishop Mark reflected on her life at a Requiem Mass for the late Monarch: "Only God sees things whole, which is why Saint Gregory the great, in one of his more famous texts, prayed for the grace... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Parish and Children's Safeguarding Surveys help ongoing response to Child Protection
14 September 2022As National Child Protection Week and Safeguarding Sunday conclude the push still remains for parishes to continue promoting a pair of recently issued Safeguarding Surveys. Whilst responses to date have been good, the level of awareness created by Child... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop Mass Homily 2022
11 August 2022Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop's Feast Day on August 8 and is always special, gathering as we do with a mix of the Sisters of St Joseph and students from the schools around Brisbane bearing her name. Here is Archbishop Mark Coleridge's homily from... - Author: Archdiocesan Highlights
Complexity of homelessness
5 August 2022Words by Bishop Tim Norton Just a few days before this national Homelessness Week began, staff in the St Stephen's Cathedral precinct in Brisbane's CBD were invited to a meeting to learn more about those sleeping rough outside their offices. We weren't...