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AN enormous contributor to education in Queensland for more than 50 years, Dr Alan Druery, has died. Dr Druery was integral in forming the state's Catholic education system, and ensuring...

THE Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched a document highlighting Christianity's unique relationship with Judaism and celebrating the positive relationship the two faiths enjoy in Australia. "Walking Together: Catholics and...

ROBERT Out, former Padua College rector, died aged 65 at his home with his family by his side. Padua College rector Peter Elmore said he was a proud Franciscan and...

SAFE, organised, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote. "If this is not recognised, there is a risk that fear will erase people's...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has thanked Church employees for their service during a Mass celebrating the Solemnity of St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass in St...

"THE job is certainly getting much harder," school principal Dan McMahon says, reflecting on research that shows increasing levels of violence in schools, and with half of all school leaders...

LIVING Waters parish priest Fr David Pascoe said he was struck by how "engaged, excited and joyous" the entire parish community felt at their first joint gathering since the parish...

By Sr Mel Dwyer GREETINGS from Rome, Italy! It's been three months since I left Brisbane to begin a new ministry role in the International Leadership Team for my Religious...

FRANCISCAN Father John Boyd-Boland died aged 82 last night at Regis Aged Care, Lutwyche. Ipswich parish priest Franciscan Father Stephen Bliss was at his side. "We offer sympathies and prayers...

MARK Doyle wants to learn how we make meaning in our lives. While heading National Evangelisation Teams (NET) Ministries, he worked with "hundreds of young people, who were in that...