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Prayer, home, community light the way for five generations of faith-filled women from Brussels to Brisbane
29 October 2022EVERYONE at Ella Gibson's first birthday was captivated in a special moment when her Belgian-born great-great-grandmother Jacqueline Axon (nee Gale) began to sing to her in her native French tongue. Ella's great-grandmother Michele Willmer said it was... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Joan loves doing God's Work and is helping young people uncover their God-given vocation
28 October 2022RESIDING in England some decades ago, Joan Gilmartin was pleased to hear the name of God nominated during the time of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II and the heralding of King Charles III, imploring young people to turn to silent prayer and reflection... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Holocaust museum for Brisbane's Cathedral precinct
27 October 2022TODAY 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Bert Klug was present as the Queensland government announced that a Holocaust Museum and Education Centre is to open in the grounds of Brisbane's St Stephen's Cathedral Precinct. The centre will open in early 2023... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER telling a funny story about receiving a cellphone decades ago that was "as big as a shoe," Pope Francis went on to encourage young priests and seminarians to use technology and social media, but to avoid pornography at all costs. Responding to questions...
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Bishops offer prayers after Missouri school shooting
26 October 2022MISSOURI Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski offered his condolences to the victims of the Saint Louis high school shooting on October 24. "Once again people in our city have experienced the tragic loss of lives and the trauma of a school shooting," Archbishop... - Author: The Catholic LeaderQUEEN Elizabeth II will rightfully be remembered as a monarch of unity and faith during her long reign. Now respectfully laid to rest, conversations have naturally turned to the future: What comes next for the monarchy and Australia? However steady the...
- Author: The Catholic Leader"NO counselling, no group therapy, no airing of dirty linen in public" - almost 40 Brisbane married couples took part in The Marriage Course facilitated by Evangelisation Brisbane's Children and Families team, Vocations Brisbane and Alpha Australia which...
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Religious workers in Cameroon freed after more than a month
25 October 2022AFTER over a month in captivity, five priests, a nun and three other church workers kidnapped from St Mary's Parish in Nchang, have been freed. "I announce with great joy the release of all nine who were abducted," Bishop Aloysius Fondong Abangalo of... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Francis first to register for World Youth Day
25 October 2022WITH a click on a tablet in front of the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis became the first person to register for the next World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. The pope announced that registration is now open for World Youth Day 2023,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Welcome boost for social services
24 October 2022ONE of the country's leading social services groups, Catholic Social Services Australia, has welcomed an additional $560 million in funding for housing, domestic violence and Indigenous services to be announced in Tuesday night's budget. The four-year...