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ACU Book of Prayer invites God into ups and downs of student life
10 February 2022A TREASURY of prayers composed by Australian Catholic University students and staff were compiled alongside traditional Church prayers in a new book launched at Brisbane's Banyo campus today. The ACU Book of Prayer, published last year, was initially... - Author: The Catholic Leader
San Sisto College students showcase innovations in sustainability
10 February 2022FROM a native bee and butterfly garden to ways of promoting greater awareness of Indigenous heritage, San Sisto College students were taking a lead in sustainable and liveable college spaces. About 200 parents and carers, senior school leaders, teachers... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Everyone has a right to life, not a right to death, pope says
10 February 2022PEOPLE have a right to life, not to death, Pope Francis said. He said death must be welcomed but never provoked. "The right to care and treatment for all must always be prioritised, so that the weakest, especially the elderly and the sick, are never discarded,"... - Author: The Catholic LeaderROCKHAMPTON priest Fr Kevin McGovern had a hand in some of Australia's most contentious health ethics debates of the past decade. He contributed to health ethics guidelines on IVF and reproductive technologies, organ and tissue donation and transplantation,...
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Twice as nice - three sets of twins at Good Samaritan College
9 February 2022IT was double trouble for teachers at Bli Bli's Good Samaritan College this year as three sets of twins start school for the first time. Principal Greg Myers said identical twins Arlo and Asher Cowan, Bodhi and Dakoka Cross, and Darcy and Khloe Hunter... - Author: The Catholic Leader
St Mary's 150th anniversary Mass a celebration of solidarity, faith and joy in Maryborough
9 February 2022CELEBRATING the 150th anniversary of the first Mass in Maryborough's heritage-listed St Mary's Church has proven a moment of solidarity, faith and joy for a community that has faced the challenges of recent flooding and COVID-19. Brisbane's Auxiliary... - Author: The Catholic LeaderDARWIN diocese has found the friendliest croc to be the face, or snout, of a new teaching initiative for children. Its name is Cathcroc - an animated saltwater crocodile from Kakadu. "Some of my favourite things to do when I'm not playing in the Kakadu...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE former Anglican bishop of Chester, England, has joined the Catholic Church. Peter Forster, 71, is the fourth Anglican bishop to be received into the Catholic faith in less than a year and the fifth to become a Catholic in the past two years. He served...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA coalition of human rights organisations, church groups and academics are demanding the federal government strengthen Australia's modern slavery laws after releasing an investigative report into the issue. The report found that many companies are failing...
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Mark Lysaght is casting a NET of faith across the waters
8 February 2022"CONGNAM o Dia" is the simple motto of Mark Lysaght's Irish clan, and he lives like it's what flows through his veins. It means "help from God". There's another relevant motto that reflects the way the Brisbane Catholic lives - "fide et opere", Latin...