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BCE prep enrolment surges and expands with population boom
BRISBANE Catholic Education is seeing a surge in enrolment applications across its schools driven by the boom in population across Queensland. To meet demand, BCE will expand its Prep intake...
Read MoreThe feast of St Jude - the quiet apostle and martyr
ON October 28, the Church celebrates the feast of St Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus' 12 apostles. Historians account the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest...
Read MorePetrie parish cuts the cake on 60 years of love and community
FOR people like Margaret Plackowski and Michael Marlow, Our Lady of the Way Parish, Petrie has been a home away from home for 60 years. Mrs Plackowski was there from...
Read MoreSparking a love of reading can change young people's lives, local teacher and author says
A BRISBANE teacher and author is sharing his love of reading with his students and opening doors to worlds of imagination, creativity, and even unexpected career paths. For Brisbane Catholic...
Read MoreHear the cries of a world with 'many wounds', Pope says at close of synod
POPE Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality's final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that "hears the cry of the world" without being "blind" to the...
Read MorePope Francis' new encyclical 'Dilexit Nos' presents the Sacred Heart as a remedy for heartbreaking times
A WORLD that has become "heartless" and a Church searching for revitalisation must both open up to Christ's infinite love, Pope Francis wrote in his new encyclical, Dilexit Nos, ("He...
Read MoreHoly Cross School teachers transforming futures this World Teachers' Day
AT the forefront of this transformative approach are Educators Kerrie McEwan and Leisa Devereaux are at the forefront of Holy Cross School Wooloowin's transformative approach to the classroom. At Holy...
Read MoreAlpha provides an opportunity to go deeper and discover your faith
LIZ Sherratt first got involved with Alpha because she was looking for more from her faith. "Alpha was being run at our parish and I was wanting to go deeper...
Read MoreMurdered priest in Mexico remembered as 'tireless apostle of peace'
FR Marcelo Perez, a priest of the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas, died on OctOBER 20, killed by two men who shot...
Read MoreQueenslanders are keen to have their voices heard at the election
WITH nearly one million votes cast early, Queenslanders are keen to have their voices heard on October 26. Church leaders have also weighed in on the Queensland election debate, calling...
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