This is the homily Archbishop Mark Coleridge delivered at the Solemn Mass and Liturgical Reception of him as Archbishop of Brisbane in St Stephen's Cathedral on May 11.

NEIL Menzies still remembers his sense of relief about 22 years ago to find Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care (CPPC) listed in a Brisbane telephone directory.

WISH YOU WERE HERE: Starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, Teresa Palmer and Anthony Starr. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Rated MA15+ (Strong themes and violence). 89 mins.
Reviewed by Fr Peter Malone MSC

ST Columban's College, Caboolture, has reconnected with its past after signing on as an associate school of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA).

ARCHBISHOP Mark Coleridge in becoming the seventh Bishop and sixth Archbishop of Brisbane on May 11 indicated he is determined to lead in facing "the Church's greatest challenge in these times".

TOOWOOMBA diocese's newly appointed bishop Monsignor Robert McGuckin says his hobby of fishing is perhaps fitting for one who has been called to be "a Fisher of Men".

HEADS of two national Catholic welfare organisations have criticised Federal Government Budget measures expected to strip nearly $700 million in total from 100,000 Australian single-parent families.

BOLIVIA (ACN News): Declaring that "cultivation and logging must cease", the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia has condemned the widespread cultivation of coca and the destruction of rainforests.

IT'S a 16-year tradition organised by Sunnybank parish youth leaders that once again was enjoyed this year.

This is an edited version of a speech given by Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese's director of pastoral support Shawn van der Linden at a central deanery farewell for Archbishop Mark Coleridge in Canberra on April 24

"THERE are moments of wishing I could be 53 not 63, simply because the task ahead of me is so alluring and the place so fascinating." Archbishop Mark Coleridge is sitting in a study in New Farm's historic Wynberg, residence of Brisbane archdiocese's archbishops since Sir James Duhig.

THE LADY: Starring Michelle Yeoh and David Thewliss. Directed by Luc Besson. Rated MA 15+ (Infrequent strong violence). 132 mins.
Reviewed by Fr Peter Malone

ST Mary's College, Maryborough, has a new addition to its trophy cabinet, won from the blood of senior students.

AUSTRALIA'S Catholic bishops and leaders of religious congregations have added their voice to Aboriginal elders calling for an end to the Northern Territory Intervention and the Federal Government's proposed Stronger Futures legislation.

BRISBANE pro-life activist Graham Preston was arrested at his home on May 2 to spend eight months behind bars.

CATHOLIC Religious Australia (CRA) has sent a letter of support to the United States' Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) following the recent announcement of a Vatican proposal to reform the association.

NIGERIA (ACN News): Nigeria's most senior bishops have lambasted the Government, saying it is too weak to deal with the growing threat from Islamists waging a campaign of terror against Christians.

BRISBANE South Deanery is talking straight about sexuality in the light of Church teachings.

A MEETING with diocesan clergy and seminarians was one of Archbishop Mark Coleridge's first priorities when he arrived in Brisbane at the end of April.