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- Author: The Catholic LeaderSOON after lockdown I spoke with a small group of Year 12 students. I asked them what they had learnt during their interrupted year 12 activities. Without hesitation they spoke of the things that they had taken for granted. COVID-19 has blessed us with...
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Christmas blessings from Archbishop Coleridge - nothing, not even virus, can stop the coming of the Lord
24 December 2020THIS will be a Christmas like no other. Restrictions may be eased, but we will still have to cope with registration, distancing, sanitising and all the other things that have become part of our lives through this extraordinary year. We won't have the... - Author: The Catholic Leader
"People need to talk" - Church in Fiji focusing on long-term healing of Cyclone Yasa victims
23 December 2020FIRST responders tending to thousands of displaced Fijians in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa are focusing their efforts on bringing long-term healing to victims of natural disaster trauma. Caritas Fiji executive director Agatha Ferei said the Catholic... - Author: The Catholic Leader
The difference between hope and optimism was born on Christmas day
23 December 2020A SEMINARIAN I know recently sent me a message that ended with the words - "Don't lose optimism!" Being a Dominican, the innate "sed contra" that dwells within me could not help but respond - "Optimism is the belief that things will keep getting better... - Author: The Catholic LeaderONE hundred hampers stocked with food, home and hygiene products and Christmas goodies were handed to 80 struggling families on Brisbane's northside just in time for Christmas thanks to a long-running initiative by Aspleycare. This year was Jo Galvin's...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSAINT Stephen's Cathedral Guides and Welcomers were the ones who ticked off contact tracing information, restocked hand-sanitisers, observed social distancing requirements and did it day in, day out for months at Brisbane's most-visited church. For Reem...
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Gratitude is overflowing as Fr John Chalmers retires from Centacare
22 December 2020"GRATITUDE" was a word Centacare chief Peter Selwood used as he prepared to farewell the "much loved" Fr John Chalmers and "gratitude" is what fills Fr John as he heads into retirement. November 27 was Fr John's last day as Mission an Formation director... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA BRISBANE parish priest has launched a campaign "relying on the generosity of people and the generosity of God" to raise millions of dollars needed to restore several unique, historic churches. Franciscan Father Stephen Bliss said the community of Ipswich...
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Matilda Mary Powick, loved from head to little toe
18 December 2020CHRISTMAS presents come in all shapes and sizes but, for Therese and Damian Powick, their precious gift comes with an underdeveloped foot and missing fingers on her right hand. Matilda Mary Powick was born on November 24 with amniotic band syndrome, a... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Catholic farming family brings bush businesses to Brisbane
18 December 2020TOOWOOMBA Catholic mum Kerri Brennan and her five children have been sleeping on a shop floor in the weeks leading up to Christmas but it has been for a cause close to their hearts. Mrs Brennan is the founder of Buy From The Bush Queensland, an online...