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Former principal and Lifeline phone counsellor Sr Elizabeth Prendergast remembered for decades of service
12 August 2021TRIBUTES have flowed for a dedicated missionary Sister who served in Brisbane schools for three decades and later volunteered on the frontline of mental health services as a Lifeline phone counsellor. Sr Hanora Elizabeth Prendergast, affectionately known... - Author: The Catholic LeaderWHAT made Christian life radically new was the call for those who have faith in Jesus Christ to live in the Holy Spirit, who liberates from the law God handed down to Moses, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience. Mosaic law was necessary...
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Plans to build Blessed Carlo Catholic College
11 August 2021WILCANNIA-FORBES Diocese has announced what is believed to be the world's first kindergarten to Year 12 school to be named after a teenage computer programmer beatified by Pope Francis last year. Blessed Carlo Acutis College will have a liberal arts focus,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAMADOU DIALLO, a program manager for Catholic Relief Services in his native Senegal, knows from talking with the farmers and cattle herders that the cyclical droughts the country experienced occurred about once every 10 years for generations. More recently,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderST Clare of Assisi saw in poverty her ability to imitate the life of Christ, newly-appointed Cathedral priest Fr Francis Fernandes said at the livestreamed 8am Mass this morning. Fr Fernandes said St Clare - a contemporary of St Francis of Assisi and...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLIC doctor Tim Coyle falls silent for a moment and then regains his composure as he recalls the moment he witnessed a set of twins born alive during an abortion procedure. It was 1974 when he and his wife Anne worked for the UK's National Health...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAT a vocational discernment gathering of the Neocatechumenal Way in the US recently, more than 10,000 participants were encouraged to realise that they had "something to do so that the church may become the church." That message was from Archbishop Christophe...
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Census 2021: ticking the Catholic box
9 August 2021CATHOLICS are being urged to tick the "Catholic" box when they fill out their Census form on Tuesday, August 10, while Eastern-rite Catholics have been advised how to complete the Census forms to reflect their faith and practice. Data from the religion... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has delivered a powerful homily on the Solemnity of St Mary MacKillop, likening the "anxiety and negativity" faced today during the COVID-19 crisis with the pressures faced by St Mary of the Cross. "Mary is given by...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in Mozambique fleeing war and persecution requires a commitment by the international community, not only to safeguard the country's present, but also to ensure its future, an Italian missionary said. From...