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Tiles going from country hospital roof to the 'field hospital' in Biggenden, Fr Jack Ho says
4 June 2024ROOF tiles salvaged from the demolition of the old nurses' quarters at Biggenden Multipurpose Health Service have found a new lease of life at St Peter's Church, where they will patch a leaking roof. Childers parish priest Fr Jack Ho said it reminded... - Author: The Catholic Leader
No time for anything - especially not for God
4 June 2024"I JUST don't have time for that." How often do we hear that expression? It would seem that nobody has any time for anything nowadays – especially not for God. Walking around the city, picking up bits and pieces of conversations, or in the office... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE faithful gathered in their thousands with flags and prayers around the Blessed Sacrament and witnessed to the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist as they walked the streets of Brisbane's CBD on Sunday. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTODAY is the feast of St Charles Lwanga and Companions, the martyrs of Uganda. St Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between November 15, 1885 - January 27, 1887 in Namugongo, Uganda. St Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderARCHDIOCESAN Archivist Adrian Gibb was working on a reference query, going through boxes related to music at St Stephen's Cathedral, when he unearthed a tissue-wrapped item labelled, "Kitty Slack". "I opened it and found this beautiful image of someone...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSPEAKING at a Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood Of Christ (Corpus Christi) in 2020, Pope Francis said we must remember God and all the good things he has done for humanity. "It is vital to remember the good we have received," Pope...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderMIKE Dowd, younger brother of the late Brisbane priest Fr Pat Dowd, holds the stories of his great grandfather James Masterson intact and, with them, the heritage of many who call St Stephen's Cathedral their spiritual home. Mr Dowd said James Masterson's...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis gave thanks to all the men and women living a consecrated life, saying it is an immense gift to the Church. Speaking to a conference in Brazil on Thursday, he said in many places "the first proclamation of the Gospel is made by consecrated...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderALL Catholics are called to live lives of love that bear witness to Jesus, Pope Francis said in his apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate ("Rejoice and Be Glad"). To help Catholics on the journey of their Christian life, the Church produced a list...
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Bishop McCarthy thanks people of Rockhampton for 10 years walking in the 'Spirit of the Lord'
30 May 2024THROUGH fires, floods, droughts, pandemics - and even plagues of locusts - Bishop Michael McCarthy sees the Lord walking alongside the people of Rockhampton and the people responding to Jesus' call with "faith and resilience". "Each wave has caused incredible...