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Lockdown set to end in Greater Brisbane, masks mandatory in churches for the next 10 days
11 January 2021GREATER Brisbane will come out of lockdown from 6pm tonight and transition to a rigorous set of restrictions over the next 10 days, including widespread use of masks particularly in shops, workplaces, public transport and churches. The restrictions remain... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Michaela Daphne's healing from abuse one book at a time
11 January 2021HEALING from an abusive relationship can include years of therapy or, in Michaela Daphne's case, lead to publishing two fiction novels. The 31-year-old from Brisbane is the author of Purlieu and the recently launched Verja, the first two books from her... - Author: The Catholic LeaderONE of Brisbane's newest deacons has found his inspiration in the language of scripture multiplied and it has everything to do with where he has been placed. Deacon Francis Fernandes, who was ordained to the transitional diaconate last November, has been...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderGREATER Brisbane residents will go into a three-day lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm Monday night. The lockdown applies to people living in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands. Masks are mandatory for those who will be going outside in those...
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Canossian Sisters transfer aged care works to Ozcare
8 January 2021THE Canossian Sisters are handing over the operation of their Queensland health, aged-care and retirement services to Ozcare. The transfer, enacted on December 1, includes an aged-care facility and retirement village at Oxley, and an aged-care facility... - Author: The Catholic LeaderDEACON Conor Power has become the first man ordained for the Brisbane Oratory since it was established in 2015. He said passing the historic milestone was a sign to the Oratory community and to the broader parish community that "we really are committed...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderMEMORIES of nine families taking refuge under one roof and the tide of community spirit that rose after South-East Queensland's 2011 floods loom large for Ravina Waldren as the 10th anniversary of the disaster comes around. Ms Waldren, co-ordinator of...
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'Appalling' - President Trump supporters storm Capitol Building and halt electoral college vote count
7 January 2021CHURCH leaders across the United States and the world have decried the violence and insurrection unfolding at the Capitol Building in Washington DC today as US House and Senate members failed to confirm the electoral college vote for President-Elect Joe... - 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...