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Q&A with Sister of Life Rose Patrick O'Connor on vocation to accompany mothers in crisis pregnancy
30 May 2024SISTER Rose Patrick O'Connor and her Sisters of Life are saving lives nearly every day. Sr Rose is currently based in Toronto, Canada, but was in Australia recently for an evangelisation tour. She sat down with The Catholic Leader in Brisbane to talk... - Author: The Catholic Leader
BCE student takes a 'step up' with ACU program
30 May 2024WHILE most Year 12 students are diligently navigating the final stretch of secondary school, Rhys Bachmann is already charting his path to university. Rhys, a student at Mt Maria College Mitchelton, has already passed two university subjects while completing... - Author: The Catholic LeaderSOUTH Australia launched an inquiry into whether children under the age of 14 should be barred from social media, sparking a national discussion on the issue - this is what some Brisbane Catholic parents are saying. Mother of two Ingrid Fuentes says she...
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St Pope Paul VI's legacy lives on today
29 May 2024ST Pope Paul VI was pope from 1963 to 1978 and helmed a period of great change in the Church. His most well-known achievement was completing the Second Vatican Council, which started under his predecessor St Pope John XXIII, and aimed to address how the... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA GOOD sacristan never rushes, Lloyd Eickenloff says. Lloyd is a sacristan at St Stephen's Cathedral and an altar server before that. He always tells newcomers "not to rush" and "take it steady". "A good sacristan is devotional, prayerful and you've got...
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No end in sight to cost-of-living squeeze as Aspleycare counts increase in bigger turnouts
28 May 2024COST of living pressures are on the rise and the cost to help Queenslanders facing them is also rising, Aspleycare president Julie-Anne Mee says. Ms Mee said items they supply like $20 fuel vouchers did not get as far when fuel was almost always above... - Author: The Catholic LeaderROCKHAMPTON Bishop Michael McCarthy is marking 10 years of episcopal ministry at a Mass at St Joseph's Cathedral tomorrow. Tomorrow's anniversary would include the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Charles Balvo, who has been travelling around...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSAINT Pope Gregory the Great began his life serving the Church as a Benedictine monk and later the abbot of a monastery he founded in Rome, the Monastery of St Andrew in the late 6th Century. It was here that he met a young St Augustine of Canterbury...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderFULL of native plants and a circle of sitting stones, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge will bless and open a Reconciliation Garden in the grounds of St Stephen's Cathedral this Sunday on National Sorry Day. The garden has been landscaped in the shade...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE parishes can now access the newly-released anti-slavery parish toolkit to help break exploitation practices and raise awareness about the reality facing tens of thousands of people in Australia. There are an estimated 41,000 people experiencing...