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Assistant Principal - Religious Education - St Clare's School, Tully
15 February 2021Catholic Education, Diocese of Cairns has a leadership opportunity foran Assistant Principal - Religious Education to join the team at St Clare's School, Tully. About St Clare's School, Tully With a healthy enrolment of around 160 students, St Clare's... - Author: The Catholic LeaderPope Francis has used his message for Lent 2021 to called on Catholics to "experience Lent with Love" by extending the hand of charity to those affected by coronavirus. "To experience Lent with love means caring for those who suffer or feel abandoned...
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Pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims on historic visit to Iraq in March
12 February 2021ON his historic visit to Iraq in March, Pope Francis hopes to encourage his Christian flock, badly bruised by sectarian conflict and brutal Islamic State attacks, while building further bridges to Muslims by extending fraternal peace. The trip's papal... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Long-serving priest Fr Pat Dowd has died, to be remembered at funeral Mass next Thursday
12 February 2021LONG-serving Brisbane priest Fr Pat Dowd died at his Camp Hill residence on February 10. Fr Dowd served as parish priest at Carina, Upper Mt Gravatt, Caboolture, Kingaroy, Gayndah and Childers. Brisbane auxiliary Bishop Ken Howell said the archdiocese... - Author: The Catholic Leader
French sister, second oldest person alive, recovers from COVID-19 for 117th birthday on World Day of the Sick
11 February 2021FRENCH Daughter of Charity Sr Andre has been "cured" of COVID-19 and has recovered in time for her 117th birthday today, marking a World Day of the Sick like no other. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-January but was quickly declared asymptomatic... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBISHOPS in El Salvador have called on citizens to show the best Salvadoran society is known for -- faith, hard work and solidarity -- not the rancour and violence on display during the last days of one of the most contentious political campaign periods...
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World Day of the Sick, tomorrow, is a reminder of inequality of healthcare across the globe
10 February 2021CATHOLIC Health Australia has said the pandemic showed the stark inequality of healthcare across the world and reiterated the importance of World Day of the Sick, which is set for tomorrow, February 11. Catholic Health Australia chief executive officer... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Catholics demand protection for vulnerable workers
10 February 2021KEY Catholic organisations are demanding urgent industrial relations reform to protect Australia's vulnerable workers and improve pay and conditions. Action is needed according to both Catholic Religious Australia and the St Vincent de Paul Society -... - Author: The Catholic LeaderVATICAN Radio was switched on in 1931 and has transmitted the Gospel across the world faithfully for 90 years, set to mark the milestone on February 12. It was designed and set-up by Gugielmo Marconi on two shortwave frequencies to share the pontifical...
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Long-serving Cathedral guide wins Order of Australia medal
10 February 2021TWO solid blocks of stone stood between Mercy House and St Stephen's Cathedral, foundation stones laid nearly a century ago for a cathedral never built, and Dr Barbara Reynolds-Hutchinson, a cathedral guide with 13 years' experience, had a story to tell...