Rallying point
CALLS are going out to Catholic doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants and other business people to donate their services to clients of local crisis pregnancy counsellors in a bid to reduce abortions.
138,000 students go back to school
STUDENTS and adults covered new schoolbooks, sharpened pencils and prepared lunches to welcome in the new school year last Tuesday.
Cruise ship chaplains offer a valuable ministry
THE value of cruise ship chaplains was highlighted during the recent Costa Concordia disaster, Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) Australian national director Peter Owens said.
This week in The Catholic Leader
- Brisbane parish putting the Gospel into action
- Husband offers a helpful guide to couples on married life
- A day in the life of a busy parish priest featured
- Southern Cross Catholic College student a national champion
Destruction and demolition
(ACN): THE Punjab government in Pakistan stands accused of "brutal injustice" for sending bulldozers into a Church-owned site and demolishing homes for poor, elderly and homeless people, a school for poor girls and a church.
One person can make a difference
Teaching has taken on a new dimension for Susan Bentley and her students at All Hallows' School, Brisbane, since she organised her own immersion experience at an orphanage and high school in Cambodia. ROBIN WILLIAMS reports
The Father's transforming power
GREATER life in the Church is being witnessed as annual events like Emmanuel Youth Outreach's Zero Gravity continue to draw teenagers from near and far.
Café for worms opens
OUR Lady of the Rosary School, Kenmore, has set up a worm café to help make the school more sustainable.
Expressing repentance and receiving forgiveness
THE Introductory Rites at Mass include the Penitential Act or a Blessing and Sprinkling of Water.
Sr Rita's life is devoted to the care of others
ONE of the first things Daughter of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Sister Rita Grunke will do when she arrives back in South Sudan is find a village that needs a water well.
A stand-out film of the year
THE DESCENDANTS. Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, and Patricia Hastie. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M (Mature themes and coarse language). 115 min.
Skewed outlook on life
WIDELY promoted as a generous philanthropist, Bill Gates claimed as a great advance for humanity in a recent ABC TV 7.30 interview that millions of the world's children who previously starved to death (or would have) are now saved.