FIVE hundred students across from Brisbane showed up to tackle one of the world's most pressing challenges - ending poverty. They gathered for a powerful liturgy on February 16 when Archbishop Shane Mackinlay officially launch Project Compassion as the...

BRISBANE priest Fr Michael My Van Tran says everyone - priests included - can feel like they are lost in a spiritual wilderness sometimes. "I think the important part to remember is that it is God who sends us into the wilderness,...

A DREAM come true is how Brisbane Maronites are describing the end to a 40-year wait for a new spiritual home. It was a packed church for Feast of St Maroun - one of the biggest days in the year for the Maronite Catholics. Maronite...

THE search for something more meaningful has taken Joe Duskovic from a career in law and property to the chief executive’s chair of St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland. It was his teenage son’s fundraising initiatives for Vinnies and Rosies...

SCHOOLS in Australia are experimenting with Artificial Learning (AI) and how it can be used responsibly to enhance learning, while maintaining human involvement. Large-scale AI integration was still emerging, Australian Catholic University senior lecturer...

By Ashley Prisk IN the lead up to Ash Wednesday, educators across Catholic schools are creating meaningful rituals that help students connect with the significance of the day. Working closely with teenagers, I see how Ash Wednesday emerges as...

IGNORANCE of Sacred Scripture is ignorance of Jesus Christ, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience. “The ultimate purpose of reading and meditating on the Scriptures,” he said was “to get to know Christ and, through Him,...

By Byron and Francine Pirola LENT is the annual invitation to lean in closer to the Lord in our pursuit of holiness through fasting, prayer and almsgiving. This year, we're looking to do something together to grow both in faith and love. It's typical...

LENT is the principal season of penance in the Church's liturgical year. It marks the period of 40 days - like Jesus’ 40 days of fasting and prayer in the desert - in preparation of His passion, death and resurrection. “By the solemn 40 days...

BRISBANE Archbishop Shane Mackinlay launched the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference social justice statement on the soaring cost of living crisis facing the country at St James parish hall, Coorparoo, last night. In his remarks, Archbishop Mackinlay...