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- Author: The Catholic LeaderEACH working day Ipswich mayor Teresa Harding arrives early to her new executive office overlooking historic St Mary's Church and prays for help and guidance. "I think it is very important when you are making big decisions to have a place to reflect and...
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Called to be you
13 August 2021By Terry Lees AS part of preparation for writing this column, I noted jobs held through my lifetime, from first job as a paperboy through to the most recent as School Chaplain - 24 positions across eight or more career areas. I then considered the questions:... - Author: The Catholic Leader"PRAYER is missionary - it reaches out to the whole world, beyond any walls, countries, borders, you can reach everyone united with Jesus in prayer," Carmelite Sister Catherine Ann said, speaking with Brisbane archdiocese for National Vocations Awareness...
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Pope mourns loss of murdered French priest allegedly killed by Nantes Cathedral fire suspect
12 August 2021POPE Francis offered his condolences for the death of a French priest to French-speaking faithful at his weekly general audience yesterday. "I learned of the murder of Father Olivier Maire with great sorrow," he said. "I extend my condolences to the religious... - Author: The Catholic Leader
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...