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Being part of a community can help curb loneliness
9 August 2023LONELINESS can affect us all, and at any time. Right now, it could be a friend, neighbour, parent, partner, child, or colleague feeling lonely. It is less about how many people you're surrounded by, and more about how connected you feel to those people... - Author: The Catholic Leader
St Mary MacKillop endures in the heart of Brisbane
8 August 2023MORE than a century after she walked in Brisbane, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop still draws a crowd and the mention of her name still brings a smile. Charli and Jorja were two of hundreds of schoolchildren who trekked into the city today for the solemnity... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Homelessness Week plea for urgent support
8 August 2023THE theme for this year's Homelessness Week is "It's time to End Homelessness" - yet it seems in Australia, the Lucky Country we're struggling to provide the help that's sorely needed. As the national president of St Vincent De Paul Society, Mark Gaetani... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Loneliness is rife, impacting one in three Australians
7 August 2023A NEW nationwide report shows that loneliness is pervasive in Australia, particularly amongst young adults. Six million Australians - almost one in three adults across the country - say they are lonely, while one in six report severe loneliness. It affects... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE parish priest who visits Russell Island near Brisbane has called for prayers and support for the tight-knit island community "deeply affected" after the death of a father and his five young sons in a house fire. Fr Ladu Yanga offered Sunday Mass in...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTO end "Catholic Woodstock" - as World Youth Day has been called by the Portuguese press - Pope Francis told 1.5 million weary-eyed and sleep-deprived young people in Lisbon not to let their "great dreams" of changing the world be "stopped by fear." In...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderHELENA'S House Co-founder Fiona McIlwain said her daughter's dream was close to realisation - to build a house for people living with disabilities. Helena McIlwain tragically died from a pulmonary embolism on October 13, 2019. The last thing left before...
- Author: The Catholic Leader"WHEN you preach the real Christ, not a watered-down Christ, it lights a fire in people," Bishop Robert Barron said to applause from tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday evening. The event,...
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Q&A - What is synodality?
4 August 2023By Fr John Flader With the Synod of Bishops meeting on synodality fast approaching, I have been speaking with a group of friends and none of us is clear as to what the term synodality actually means. Can you help us? TO answer your question I will draw... - Author: The Catholic LeaderFROM Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis reflected on the urgency of taking up again "the prayer of adoration" before the tabernacle to recover "the taste and passion for evangelisation" in a message addressed to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated women...