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Missionary called to become Brisbane auxiliary bishop
7 February 2022DIVINE Word Missionaries Fr Tim Norton considers himself an unlikely choice to become Brisbane's new auxiliary bishop. Almost 40 years as a missionary priest have taken him from the inner-city streets of Sydney, to the slums of Mexico City, to positions... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'I will die, but I will not let you in' - Pakistan's first Servant of God killed in church suicide bombing
4 February 2022AKASH Bashir, a 20-year-old volunteer security guard who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2015, is the first Pakistan Catholic to be given the title, "servant of God," which is an initial step on the path to sainthood. Lehore Archbishop Sebastian Shaw... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Navigating the first few weeks of school in a Covid storm
3 February 2022By Linda Stade WHEN this pandemic began you probably heard the line, "We're are all in the same storm, but we are in different boats". It was a great metaphor for the way so many people were being differently affected by the virus. Here we are two years... - Author: The Catholic LeaderFRANCISCAN Schools Australia is celebrating 18 years as an organisation in 2022, and has announced a new role to strengthen its mission and identity in schools. "When we established FSA nearly two decades ago, we did so in the hope that schools sharing...
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Church cannot be understood without consecrated women, pope says
2 February 2022"WHAT would the Church be without religious sisters and consecrated laywomen? The Church cannot be understood without them," Pope Francis said in his February prayer intentions video released today. The video was preceded by a reflection prepared by Franciscan... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Mercy sister who scaled the record charts with Our Father, dies
2 February 2022MERCY Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died on Australia Day aged 84, after battling cancer. In 1974, "The Lord's Prayer," set to an uptempo rock beat, scaled up the charts, peaking at No. 3 in Australia... - Author: The Catholic Leader
St Mary's Church 150th anniversary something to crow about
2 February 2022ON Friday, when Maryborough parish priest Fr Lucius Edomobi leads a procession celebrating the 150th anniversary of the city's St Mary's Church, he says he will "look to heaven" as he enters the church. On the roof of St Mary's Fr Edomobi will see two... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Sr Jessika says 'yes' to the Lord's call
1 February 2022CANOSSIAN Sister Jessika Trieu smiles whenever she thinks back to receiving the Eucharist for the first time as a professed woman religious on January 1. "I'm still beaming from that moment," she said. She said she was "so blessed" that everything was... - Author: The Catholic Leader
On Bloody Sunday unanswered questions remain about killings
1 February 2022Northern Ireland's troubled and painful past has resurfaced on the 50th anniversary of the day known simply as "Bloody Sunday". The president of the Irish bishops' conference has used the anniversary of the unlawful killing of 14 unarmed Catholics by... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Dominican priest killed while hearing confessions in Vietnam
1 February 2022A VIETNAMESE Dominican Father Giuse Tran Ngoc Thanh was killed in a knife attack while hearing confessions shortly before Vespers Mass at a mission in Dak Mot on Saturday. The priest was in the confessional when he was attacked by a man wielding a knife...