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Q&A - Where was the Upper Room?
26 March 2024By Fr John Flader Question: Do we know where in Jerusalem the Upper Room was, where Our Lord celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples on Holy Thursday? Answer: The average visitor to the Holy Land will visit a site long regarded as the place of the... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA BRISBANE mum has revealed how Queensland's first dedicated centre for new parents experiencing mental health challenges 'saved her life' just weeks after her twins were born. Ferny Grove mum Tegan Luker, 37, said the support she received at Catherine's...
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On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis prays people open their hearts to God and quell all hatred
25 March 2024ONLY Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. "Jesus entered Jerusalem as a humble and peaceful king," he said in brief remarks after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square. He prayed that the faithful... - Author: The Catholic LeaderYOUNG Brisbane Catholic James Peter O'Brien, a student at the Queensland University of Technology and a sacristan at St Stephen's Cathedral, was farewelled at his Funeral Mass on March 15. James, who was 20 years old, died in a traffic collision on February...
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Blessing of oils reveals Holy Spirit at work in Brisbane
22 March 2024THE grain, the grape and the olive reveal to us something about God's power and presence, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said at Chrism Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral last night. He said the three were "found everywhere in the Mediterranean world"... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Miles Government has passed a bill that would allow nurses and midwives to dispense, prescribe, administer or supply MS-2 Step in the early stages of pregnancy. MS-2 Step is a chemical abortion drug that can be used to abort an unborn child up to...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderALEJANDRO Monteverde, the director of the blockbuster Sound of Freedom, is back at it again -- this time telling the inspiring story of the work Mother Cabrini undertook to protect impoverished children in New York City. Monteverde's new film, Cabrini,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderMY mentors have taught me time and time again, "show, don't tell". A spiritual mentor of mine, St Joseph, shares the same message in his own way. Most Catholics know - St Joseph does not have one attributable quote to him in the Gospels. We have to look...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis said Sunday that God's glory and our true happiness are not found in success, fame, or popularity but in loving and forgiving others. In his Angelus address on March 17, the pope asked: How it is possible that God's glory is manifest in the...
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Alan says his ministry of photography blesses him with beauty others do not get a chance to see
15 March 2024ALAN Edgecomb's ministry is photography. He has been dedicated to serving the Church behind the camera for the last 15 years. He talks through how he caught a stunning shot of Deacon Chad Hargraves distributing Holy Communion under a ray of light. The...