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The season of 'anticipation, hope, love and family'
28 December 2021By Bishop Michael McCarthy I WRITE this message at the beginning of December, and the summer rains are with us. It is beautiful driving around and seeing the deep colours of green, the land transformed and knowing that our land folk will have a good season... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Invited to prepare a way for the Lord, make room in heart
27 December 2021By Bishop Robert McGuckin THE month of December is a season of anticipation and a chance to look back over the year that has past. Both globally and domestically the year has been very mixed. Even now many are still struggling with disruptions caused... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Bishop Tim Harris AS I sat down to write these few words, I noticed amongst several Christmas card greetings on my desk one featuring the stable scene with the words "All is calm". I thought to myself, thank God for the Christ Child, thank God for...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Archbishop Mark Coleridge Christmas is a time for people to come together - families, friends, communities - and there's a good reason for this. In this time of pandemic when isolation and separation have struck us all it's especially important to...
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Family of 11 escapes house fire by the grace of God
25 December 2021THE Goodwins huddled barefoot on the side of the road watching an inferno engulf the top floor of their Wynnum home. All they had were the clothes on their back and two pairs of shoes between the 11 of them. No one was hurt "by the grace of God", mother-of-nine... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Room at the inn for all this Christmas at Emmanuel City Mission
24 December 2021THERE is plenty of room for Brisbane's rough sleepers to stay at Emmanuel City Mission this Christmas. ECM director Roby Curtis said more than 100 visitors - many sleeping rough - would look for help at the South Brisbane drop-in centre and Mass venue... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Time to take stock of all that is good, true and beautiful
24 December 2021By Bishop Ken Howell ONE of the great gifts of being human is that we can reflect on times and seasons, events and life's choices. To give up on the reflective aspect of life will mean that we miss out on the possibilities of growing and of discovering... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Order of Malta distribute over 200 Toombul Family Dental packs to homeless and vulnerable
24 December 2021ORDER of Malta Members and Volunteers distributed more than 200 dental packs, put together by Toombul Family Dental, to people in need just in time for Christmas. The Order's volunteers distributed the packs through Emmanuel City Mission's South Brisbane... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Christmas is a 'universal event' concerning all humanity, pope says
23 December 2021THE birth of the Son of God in a humble stable, in the presence of both lowly shepherds and majestic Magi, is a "universal event that concerns all of humanity," Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience yesterday, Pope Francis said that only... - Author: The Catholic Leader"WHEN you look at an icon, it is a door to heaven." With this sentence, Muna Bandi Khader, who took up the position of director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre just as the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, explained why she decided to move away from the field...