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Abdallah family launch forgiveness campaign one year on from crash that killed four children
1 February 2021"FORGIVENESS gives you freedom and allows you to live your life peacefully," Leila Abdallah said one year after a crash that took the lives of three of her four children. "Forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself." On February 1, 2020in... - Author: The Catholic Leader
VAD sending the wrong message to older people
1 February 2021THE national body representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics has offered an Australia Day reflection, calling for a more equitable and caring nation after COVID-19. The document takes aim at proposed laws to allow euthanasia and voluntary... - Author: The Catholic LeaderIONA College is grieving for one of its own after a couple was tragically killed crossing a road in Alexandra Hills, east of Brisbane, on Tuesday. Matthew Field, 37, and Katherine Leadbetter, who were expecting their first child, were hit and killed by...
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Donna's moving on with Passion
25 January 2021WE'VE barely had time to put the Christmas crib away and Donna Longland and her friends already have their minds on Easter. It's the same every year. As soon as January arrives they start preparing for the Iona Passion Play, which has its home at Iona... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Bishop McCarthy honours Mercy Sisters 'on holy ground'
23 January 2021ROCKHAMPTON Bishop Michael McCarthy took his chance recently to pay tribute to the Sisters of Mercy, saying he was he was "standing on holy ground" as he did. He was celebrating Mass at St Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton, and marking the golden jubilees... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Br Gary's life of compassion stretches from Surat to Sydney
22 January 2021A CHRISTIAN Brother whose first job was working in a shearing shed in outback Queensland and who ended up ministering to prisoners died recently after an accident on the road to Toowoomba. Br Gary Ferguson and a fellow Christian Brother Patrick White... - Author: The Catholic LeaderIT'S been a summer of mixed blessings for many in Queensland's Central West parishes - for some it's beautifully wet and for others miserably dry. Graziers in that region have been battling through drought for almost a decade, one of the worst on record,...
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Young family stuck between state borders for 17 days finds their trust in God strengthened
21 January 2021NATHAN and Jennifer Costin have always believed that God answers every prayer, so when they asked to grow in the virtue of patience last year, they were preparing for a tough life lesson. What they didn't expect was being stuck in limbo between Brisbane... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Catholic duo reach number 1 on Apple's podcast rankings
21 January 2021IF great minds had brainstormed how to create a podcast that would jump to No. 1 in Apple's podcast rankings, they never would have landed on The Bible in a Year, joked Jeff Cavins, a biblical scholar and creator of the Great Adventure Bible Timeline... - Author: The Catholic LeaderJOE Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States on January 20, giving some US Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership. As Mr Biden...