Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic Leader"YOU read it from the bottom up and it tells a story," Cathedral Guides and Welcomers chair Dr Barbara Reynolds-Hutchinson said, pointing up at the stained-glass window of St Stephen's journey to paradise. The window, a 1999 piece by Australian artist...
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Churches journey together on Plenary pilgrimage
7 October 2021Maronite Archbishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has spoken about the significance of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Rite Church coming together as "pilgrims" for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Archbishop Tarabay, who celebrated Thursday's... - Author: The Catholic LeaderOn day four of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia members are spending extra time offline, praying with and reflecting on questions about seeing through the eyes of those who have been abused and reaching those on the peripheries. "What the Church...
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Blessings flow for ACU's four-legged friends
6 October 2021FRANCISCAN Father Harry Chan loves animal blessing day. Everyone at Australian Catholic University's Banyo campus is invited to bring their pet along for a blessing by campus chaplain Fr Chan - a job that keeps him on his toes. At one point, he was caught... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Plenary Council: a virtual experiment for the broad church
6 October 2021WITH laptop, mobile phone and an image of St Mary MacKillop beside him, Brisbane Auxilliary Bishop Ken Howell is preparing to join the next daily session of the Church's historic Plenary Council. Bishop Howell is seated in an office in the St Stephen's... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Brisbane couples share joys and blessings of long marriages
5 October 2021FAITH is "everything" to Allan and Jenny Hogan, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a dozen other couples at St Stephen's Cathedral on September 27. The Hogans said they were "grateful for the life and blessings we've received" over the... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Indigenous voice highlighted at Plenary Council gathering
5 October 2021Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has signalled that the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia meeting this week will offer Catholic Church backing for an indigenous voice in the nation's constitution. "One very particular outcome I am certainly hoping... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'Listen deeply' for the Holy Spirit, plenary members told
4 October 2021ONE of the youngest participants in Australia's historic Plenary Council meeting is taking seriously the advice "to listen deeply for the voice and to be alert to the leadings of the Holy Spirit". 23-year-old youth ministry worker, Thomas Warren, from... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE first general assembly of Australia's historic Plenary Council has opened with Catholic bishops and laypeople set to consider some of the most confronting issues for the Church in Australia today. At an opening Mass, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe...
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Plenary ready to open up 'spiritual conversations' with members with nation-wide meetings ready to start
30 September 2021By Mark Bowling WHEN Australia's plenary council assembly opens on Sunday it will be different to any other plenary meeting before it. It will be the country's fifth plenary event - the last was held in 1937, an exclusively male gathering, with only bishops,...