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Four archdiocese workers try out the new cathedral markets
12 September 2023IT is a beautiful day in Brisbane city and the first Tuesday markets at St Stephen's Cathedral are in full swing. Four office workers from the Brisbane archdiocese communications and engagement team are eager to hit the markets and buy a treat. The Catholic... - Author: The Catholic LeaderSAINT Stephen's Cathedral parish is partnering with Goodwill Projects to bring a weekly Tuesday market to Brisbane's CBD. The market will run from 8am to 2pm. It will pop up every Tuesday from now on. The market promises to bring plenty of food stalls...
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Aquinas team are Queensland champions in niche racing sport
11 September 2023RACING a pedal prix vehicle to the Queensland championships takes the right stuff and one team of eight from Aquinas College, Ashmore, has it in spades. This crew and their AC-Elite pedal-powered roadster took out the championship in their secondary school... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Pope Francis says addressing others' wrongs 'without rancour' requires kindness, courage
11 September 2023DIALOGUING with someone who has wronged us is a process that requires "real courage," Pope Francis said on Sunday, reflecting on the theme of "fraternal correction." In Sunday's Gospel reading (Mt 18:15-20) Jesus says: "If your brother sins against you,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge THE Referendum on the Voice brings Australia to a threshold moment, since it looks not only to our past but to our future, not only to what we have been but to what we can become. There is no doubt that Australia...
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Brisbane Church leaders travel around to see the good work Centacare does on the ground
7 September 2023BRISBANE Church leadership piled onto a minibus at 10am, among them Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge and new Vicar of Administration Fr Peter Dillon, for a morning's mission immersion into some of the most rewarding and challenging environments of Centacare's... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Michael Howard SEPTEMBER 5 marked the feast day of St Teresa of Kolkata (Mother Teresa), whose life of sacrifice and devotion propelled her to be one of the most recognisable faces of the 20th century. To many, Mother Teresa's iconic image is a reflection...
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Highest fire danger in five years has Queensland on alert
6 September 2023QUEENSLAND is preparing for a long hot fire season, and one church leader says conditions are already tinder dry in the state's south. "We're not far from desperate," Toowoomba diocese vicar general Fr Franco Filipetto said. The Warwick-based priest serving... - Author: The Catholic Leader
St Flannan's 'united as one' in Jesus on Multicultural Sunday
6 September 2023ZILLMERE parishioners from 47 different nationalities flocked St Flannan's Church to share the gifts of their own traditions and cultures at a Mass, morning tea and concert on Sunday, August 27. Holy Spirit College Fitzgibbon Assistance Principal Karen... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Struggling Queenslanders could benefit from a Vinnies plan to overhaul tax and welfare payments
5 September 2023WITH about 132,000 Queenslanders unemployed, St Vincent de Paul's state chief executive officer Kevin Mercer has welcomed a new report that examines the best ways to lower the number of people forced into poverty and suffering financial stress. Mr Mercer...