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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: queensland: 199 1 - Sep 2015 - Hebrew: The Sign of the Cross, Andrew Sholl Andrew lives in Townsville Queensland Australia. 2 - Aug 2015 - The Holy Land: Believers in Israel, Andrew Scholl He lives in Townsville Queensland. 3 - Aug 2015 - Obituary: Fr Greg Jordan: an exemplary Jesuit, AD2000 Report In 1988 he became Superior and Parish Priest at St Ignatius Catholic Church Toowong Queensland. 4 - Jul 2015 - Letters: The Pope and “climate change”, Charles M. Shann SHANN Warwick Queensland. 5 - Jul 2015 - Scripture: Ephphata! Be opened! (Mark 7:34), Andrew Sholl He lives in Townsville Queensland. 6 - Jun 2015 - Family: Pope Francis upholds Church teaching on the family, Fr Ken CLark OLSC Ten parishes constitute the Ordinariate and are located in Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia and Western Australia. 7 - May 2015 - Vocations: The Call of Young Men to the Priesthood, Bishop Robert McGuckin This is the Pastoral Statement by Bishop McGuckin of the Queensland diocese of Toowoomba on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. 8 - Apr 2015 - Vocations: Australia's seminaries flourishing in 2015, Br Barry Coldrey Anthony Randazzo is attempting to create a culture of vocations across the Archdiocese and indeed the whole of Queensland. 9 - Mar 2015 - The linen cloth and the Second Coming, Andrew Sholl He lives in Townsville Queensland. 10 - Feb 2015 - Brisbane: powerhouse of Catholic young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey Another vital new movement within Catholic Young Adult Ministry in Brisbane is the Freedom Catholic Mission on Campus at the Queensland University of Technologys two Campuses the brainchild of Father Bavin Clarke (Chaplain) and Robert Schroeders one of the key figures of young adult ministry in Brisbane who honed his Christian leadership skills within the Emmanuel Community NET and a special six months training experience in Canada. 11 - Dec 2014 - Dissent: New controversy erupts in Toowoomba, Peter Westmore The Cathedral Pastoral Council did not even ask the question as to why there are so few vocations in a diocese which historically has been one of the strongest in Queensland. 12 - Oct 2014 - Students: Young adult ministry on Australian tertiary campuses, Br Barry Coldrey In 2010 the Brisbane-based National Evangelisation Teams placed one of its groups the Freedom team led by Robert Schroeders in the Queensland University of Technology to minister with the Chaplain Fr Bavin Clarke. 13 - Oct 2014 - Dissent: Bishop Bill Morris: gone but not forgotten, Peter Westmore In Bishop Morris words the book is the story of my dismissal as the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomba in Queensland Australia. 14 - Aug 2014 - Wilcannia-Forbes: An unusual but welcome ordination, Peter Westmore Bishop Macbeth-Green is one of the first of the John Paul II bishops in Australia as well as the former Australian provincial of one of the most ancient orders in the Church today the Order of St Paul the First Hermit custodians of the most famous icon of the Church in Poland the Black Madonna of Czestochowa as well as the inspiring Marian Shrines in New South Wales and Queensland. 15 - Jul 2014 - Youth: Young adult ministry flourishing in Australia, Br Barry Coldrey The NET concept was developed in Minnesota in the United States in 1981 and was brought to Australia under the auspices of the Emmanuel Community a large charismatic association located in Brisbane which has become the power house of youth and young adult ministry in south-eastern Queensland. 16 - Jul 2014 - Pauline Fathers: Opening of Mercy Valley in Mareeba, North Queensland, Garry O'Brien The Pauline Fathers have opened a new Monastery and Divine Mercy Shrine just inland from Cairns in far North Queensland. 17 - Apr 2014 - Vocations: Australia's flourishing seminaries 2014, Br Barry Coldrey In 2013 the Bishops of the Queensland Province ordained ten men to the priesthood and this year there are 26 students at the Holy Spirit Seminary. 18 - Dec 2013 - Inspirational Young Men of God retreat, Br Barry Coldrey In the few minutes between Adoration and Mass he met Father Ken Luke OConnor the Victorian YMG leader and Robert Schroeders who has developed an inspirational peer-to-peer (Freedom) ministry at the two campuses of the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. 19 - Nov 2013 - Youth: Emmanuel Community: youth ministry powerhouse, Br Barry Coldrey Over 1200 attended most from Brisbane many from southern Queensland and northern NSW and others from the rest of Australia. 20 - Sep 2013 - Frassati: The Holy Terror: a model for young Catholic men, Br Barry Coldrey Aimed at catering for young men between the ages of 18 and 35 who are studying or working in southern Queensland it is one of many similar groups worldwide which call this demographic to a deeper devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Our Lady. 21 - Aug 2013 - University: In the lions' den: Catholic ministry on secular campuses, Br Barry Coldrey There is also the renewed approach at the two campuses of the Queensland University of Technology where the chaplain Father Bavin Clarke invited a National Evangelisation Team of well-trained young Catholics to work with him in the chaplaincy. 22 - Jul 2013 - Parody?: Anti-Catholic hate speech, Aussie Style (Move on, nothing to see here), R.J. Stove au) based at Indooropilly Queensland and run on its own admission by one Geoff Bird. 23 - Jul 2013 - Cardinal Ouellet's Australian lecture: rediscover human nature, Owen Vyner In 2014 it will also offer accredited bioethics courses at the Queensland Bioethics Centre. 24 - Jun 2013 - Reflection: Marriage: a reflection of Christ's love for us, Fr Paul Chandler Fr Paul Chandler is parish priest of Nundah in the Archdiocese of Brisbane Queensland. 25 - Jun 2013 - Why we need the Rosary, Cedric Wright It was not until the turn of the century when my wife and I started a new life in Australia that the Rosary came back into my life as a small group of people introduced the 9am Saturday Rosary at the newly-built Catholic Church on Macleay Island in Moreton Bay Queensland. 26 - May 2013 - Letters: Jesuit legacy, Ken Bayliss I know Bob Santamaria and Brian Mullins were very grateful to these Popes men and to dear friend Fr Gregory Jordan SJ who for 25 years in Queensland has been a model of Ignatian fidelity. 27 - May 2013 - Youth: Reasons for Hope retreat for young adult Catholics, Barry Coldrey Finally the Australian Catholic Students Association Conference is due to be held at the Womens Residential College University of Queensland St Lucia on the weekend of 5-7 July during the mid-year university vacation. 28 - Apr 2013 - Vocations: Australia's vocations springtime continues into 2013, Br Barry Coldrey Msgr Randazzo explains what has occurred: I have just begun my fifth year as Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary of Queensland. 29 - Feb 2013 - Parish Renewal: New springtime for Catholic faith at St Mary's, South Brisbane, Jenny Davies Marys church bell was cast in England however the bell tower was never built in the 1890s due to a depressed economy in Queensland following a flood of gigantic proportions and bank collapses. 30 - Feb 2013 - Adoration: Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration embraced by Brisbane parish, Kate Hobbs The end result took us by surprise with two missions in Queensland in Toowoomba and the Banyo-Nundah parish in the north of Brisbane. 31 - Dec 2012 - Letters: Harm minimisation, Tom King I served for 30 years in Queenslands prisons where discipline work and strict drug-free enforcement was a priority in the 1970s and segregation of offenders in the 17-25 age bracket was facilitated in a separate prison. 32 - Dec 2012 - Letters: Courage of convictions, Robert Bom Ironically abortion is illegal in Queensland. 33 - Dec 2012 - Pilgrimage: Crossroads: young people spread the message of life and love, Angela Schumann org; tel: (03) 9816-0800 Thomas More Centre one of the sponsors of Crossroads Australia (business hours); Grace for Victoria or rest of Australia (0421-215-240); Veronica for Queensland (0401-815-853); Paul for NSW (0424-363-462). 34 - Nov 2012 - Ignite Conference unites young practising Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey Meanwhile the Emmanuel Community is the powerhouse of the Churchs ministry to Catholic youth and young adults in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. 35 - Aug 2012 - The Virgin Mary's key role in our salvation history, Cedric Wright This surge is best characterised perhaps by an altar cloth in the main chapel at Marian Valley - the official Pauline Fathers shrine of Mary Help of Christians in the forested Queensland Gold Coast hinterland - which is inscribed: To Jesus through Mary! 36 - Aug 2012 - Youth: Young adult Catholics peer ministry in WA and Queensland, Br Barry Coldrey One of the NET groups called Freedom provides an effective Catholic chaplaincy at both campuses of the Queensland University of Technology. 37 - Jul 2012 - Campus Life: A new model for Catholic university chaplaincy in Brisbane, Br Barry Coldrey This month the focus moves to the NETs pioneer Freedom Group outreach to tertiary students at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). 38 - Jul 2012 - News: The Church Around the World National Review Online (Charles Cooke) New Bishop appointed to Toowoomba Benedict XVI has appointed Monsignor Robert McGuckin as the new Bishop of Toowoomba Queensland. 39 - May 2012 - Episcopacy: Brisbane's new Archbishop well-equipped for the challenges, Michael Gilchrist It will be the first time in nearly 50 years that a non-Queensland bishop has been appointed to Brisbane the last one being Irish-born Archbishop ODonnell (1965-1973). 40 - Mar 2012 - Missions: Bringing hope to Nigeria's abandoned children, Madonna Brosnan Fr Anthony Ananwa who is at present working in the Toowoomba Diocese Queensland hails from the Diocese of Nnewi Anambra State Nigeria. 41 - Feb 2012 - Letters: SSPX schools, Ken Bayliss Father Edward Black Superior SSPX (Society of St Pius X) Australia some months ago announced a new era in SSPX high school education in Victoria and Queensland from the start of the 2012 school years. 42 - Dec 2011 - Schools: St Philomena's school: a beacon of excellence, Alistair Barros St Philomena School is emerging as a beacon in Queenslands somewhat beleaguered state of education. 43 - Dec 2011 - Vocations: Do not be afraid: successful Young Men of God retreat, Dr Barry Coldrey Dany Rodriguez a second year Law and Jurisprudence student at the University of Queensland is a veteran of ministry with the National Evangelisation teams in parishes and secondary schools. 44 - Dec 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Returning to Australia he worked as an Anglican priest in Queensland until he was received into the Catholic Church in 1965. 45 - Nov 2011 - Letters: Catholic schools, Don Gaffney I bitterly regret trusting my children to the Catholic school system which in Queensland finds scarcely two percent of its graduates practising the faith. 46 - Nov 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Dr Garrick Small an Associate Economics Professor from the Central Queensland University (Rockhampton Campus) gave the final presentation Small is Always Beautiful: E. 47 - Jul 2011 - Events: G.K. Chesterton conference for Sydney - September 2011, Karl Schmude The speakers will include Race Mathews author of Jobs of Our Own Garrick Small Associate Professor Central Queensland University Susie Byers PhD student University of Western Australia and Karl Schmude President Australian Chesterton Society. 48 - Jun 2011 - Australia's seminary numbers continue to increase, Br Barry Coldrey The Holy Spirit Seminary Banyo Brisbane now has 25 in training for Queenslands five dioceses. 49 - Apr 2011 - Marian Valley and Penrose Park: spiritual powerhouses, Br Barry Coldrey Marian Valley A few kilometres from the town of Canungra the official title of the Pauline Fathers property is the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians but the place is better known to Queensland Catholics as Marian Valley. 50 - Mar 2011 - Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans: worldwide progress, Michael Gilchrist In Australia an Ordinariate Festival was held at St Stephens College Coomera Queensland between 1-3 February 2011. 51 - Feb 2011 - Liturgical rights of Catholics must be upheld, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a priest of the Rockhampton Diocese Queensland. 52 - Dec 2010 - Youth: Another successful Australian Catholic youth initiative, Br Barry Coldrey - The National Evangelisation Teams (NET) have a similar role in youth ministry to the Youth Mission Teams sponsored by the Missionaries and so the Conference was honoured by the presence of Robert Schroeders leader of the NET teams Freedom Group which provides the Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Queenslands Kelvin Grove Campus. 53 - Nov 2010 - Letters: Abortion, Moya and Leo Morrissey It would seem a great shame if the article on the injustice of abortion (August AD2000) by a year 12 Queensland student was to be ignored. 54 - Oct 2010 - Youth: Young adult Catholic ministry: hopeful signs continue, Br Barry Coldrey Other positive developments in recent years have included the National Evangelisation Teams (from Brisbane) which focus on ministry with parish youth groups and secondary school students while a five person NET Freedom Group has been inserted into Queensland University of Technology as the Catholic Chaplaincy One should also mention the vigorous efforts of the Missionaries of Gods Love and their Young Men of God Movement which is having its Annual Conference at the Collaroy Centre (Collaroy) on 15-17 October. 55 - Sep 2010 - Academia: Challenging times for Catholic universities, Babette Francis Course on Islam Nothing so awful has happened with Australian Catholic University and its various campuses in Queensland New South Wales the ACT and Victoria but I was deeply concerned to learn that one of the campuses is offering a course in Understanding Islam because I am informed that the course is being funded by a Turkish Islamic Trust. 56 - Aug 2010 - Justice: A Queensland Year 12 student: the injustice of abortion This Queensland Year 12 student prefers to remain anonymous. 57 - Aug 2010 - Liberalism: Christian churches and the 'religious left', Babette Francis A similar request to refrain from Communion needs to be made by Australian bishops to all those Catholic politicians who voted for the Abortion Law Reform Bill in Victoria for those in Queensland who voted for RU 486 and for legalising surrogacy and for federal MPs who supported funding abortion in our overseas aid. 58 - Apr 2010 - Books: WEDNESDAY WARRIORS: Doing it for the Jumper, by James Gilchrist, David Perrin The chapter built around an interview with Cardinal Pell on his memories of football at St Pats and its formative influence will be of particular interest to AD2000 readers even those who hail from Queensland and New South Wales. 59 - Apr 2010 - Letters: Why not adoption?, Tom King The issue of surrogacy support by Queenslands Labor Government has raised concerns about an emerging identity crisis. 60 - Apr 2010 - Real Presence: Eucharistic Adoration: ultimate weapon of spiritual warfare, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a retired Queensland priest. 61 - Mar 2010 - Gaudeamus igitur: University graduation: a young Catholic's Valedictory Address, Michael Gleeson Formerly of the ACSA and Newman Society (University of Queensland) executive committees Michael Gleeson recently graduated from the University of Queensland where he gave the Valedictory Address at the ceremony for Faculty of Engineering Architecture and Information Technology and the Faculty of Health. 62 - Mar 2010 - Letters: Evil laws, Ken Bayliss Now if Queensland Premier Bligh had her way in February her personal promotion of benevolent surrogacy would be legally added to medical services in public-funded hospitals. 63 - Feb 2010 - Books: SECULAR SABOTAGE, by Bill Donahue, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a retired Queensland priest. 64 - Feb 2010 - Letters: New priests for the Sydney Archdiocese, Fr Michael De Stoop Dominic McGee age 32 from Warwick Queensland was born to Catholic parents dairy farmers. 65 - Oct 2009 - Community Life: 'Progressive' leadership and the demise of religious life, Br Paul Macrossan Br Paul Macrossan CFC has taught or was Principal in schools in NSW Queensland the ACT and Zimbabwe. 66 - Sep 2009 - Campus Life: Brisbane hosts 2009 Australian Catholic Student Association Conference, Br Barry Coldrey The 150 delegates who attended the Australian Catholic Student Association (ACSA) Conference at Duchesne College University of Queensland from 10-12 July represented the cream of the Churchs youthful contemporary leadership in Australia. 67 - Aug 2009 - Letters: Appeal - World Congress of Families, Jenny Davies In order to ensure Australia is represented at the Congress by Teresa Martin President of Cherish Life Queensland formerly Queensland Right to Life (QRL) several people have had to go significantly out of pocket in booking a flight and accommodation package. 68 - Aug 2009 - Letters: Ecumenism?, Moya and Leo Morrissey The position that Gary Crothers points out (June AD2000) is that which has been going on in Queensland for some time now. 69 - Aug 2009 - Magisterium: Authentic Catholicism: neither progressive nor conservative, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a retired Queensland priest. 70 - Jul 2009 - St Marys Cathedral: Sydney ordinations and a new beginning for Australian Catholicism, Fr Gregory Jordan SJ Fr Gregory Jordan SJ is the National Chaplain to the Australian Catholic Students Association whose annual Conference will be held at the University of Queensland from 10-12 July. 71 - Jun 2009 - Events - July: Australian Catholic Students Association: continuing spiritual impact, Br Barry Coldrey The Australian Catholic Students Association will host its annual National Conference in Brisbane Friday 10 July to Sunday 12 July 2009 at Duchesne College University of Queensland. 72 - Jun 2009 - Vocations: Brisbane's Holy Spirit Seminary: promising signs of growth, Anthony Barich This year Holy Spirit has a full house with 16 students including nine first-years seven of whom are from Queensland. 73 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Dissent, Peter D. Howard The Catholic Leader (8 February 2009) informs us that the ACU is now the primary higher education body for teaching theology for the Catholic Church in Queensland and that the new rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary Monsignor Tony Randazzo also hailed the change for allowing cross-pollination of ideas between the seminarians and the broader public . 74 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Active Catholics?, Rev Edward P. Evans He and his friends have resorted to violence forcing the officers of the Queensland police service to advise Fr Howell not to celebrate Masses on the ground that there may be a danger to public safety. 75 - Mar 2009 - Marian Valley, spiritual oasis for young Brisbane Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey He is also National Chaplain of ACSA the Australian Catholic Students Association and leader of the Latin Mass community in southern Queensland. 76 - Feb 2009 - Vibrant retreat: Young adult ministry builds on WYD: iWitness Conference in Sydney, Br Barry Coldrey Over 200 young people attended mostly from suburban Sydney but also from as far afield as Ingham in far north Queensland the Hunter Valley of NSW Canberra and Melbourne. 77 - Nov 2008 - Letters: Tribute to Bob Ward, Br Con Moloney CFC at the time as one of the leading troops in Queensland. 78 - Oct 2008 - Books: SACRED THEN AND SACRED NOW: The Return of the Old Latin Mass, Thomas E. Woods, Fr Martin Durham q Fr Martin Durham is a retired priest of the Diocese of Rockhampton Queensland. 79 - Oct 2008 - WYDSYD08: Thomas More Centre Youth follow up World Youth Day, Bridget Spinks The Thomas More Centre (TMC) Youth is a group of young Australians with a Christian belief and pro-life ethos who receive formation to be instruments of change in Victoria Queensland and NSW. 80 - Jul 2008 - Selective tolerance: Queensland University Student Union censures Catholic student group, Allison Atkins The University of Queensland Student Union (UQU) has sanctioned the Catholic student club the Newman Society following its operating three information stalls centred on supporting pregnant women and promoting post-abortion healing retreats. 81 - Mar 2008 - Letters: 'Re-ordered' churches, Brian Tooley In my city of Gympie Queensland such did happen along with all the other wreck-ovations such as removal of confessionals shutting down of the organ and choir loft a walk-in baptismal font built on the sanctuary communion altar rails removed and paramount of all the tabernacle screened off contrary to Pope Paul VIs Mysterium Fidei as quopted by M. 82 - Feb 2008 - A remarkable father remembered, Maria Rankin A violinist she contributes musically in her parish of Gympie Queensland. 83 - Feb 2008 - Paganism: 'New Age' activities continue in Brisbane Archdiocese, Tim Pemble-Smith Symptomatic While these beliefs and practices have taken root in pockets of the Church throughout Australia mainly via a few members of some religious orders they seem especially symptomatic of the situation in the Brisbane Archdiocese and in other parts of Queensland. 84 - Nov 2007 - Prayer: John Paul II and the Rosary, Fr. M. Durham Durham a retired Queensland priest. 85 - Nov 2007 - World Youth Day: Wagga Wagga priest's 'fly-a-thon' project to aid East Timor Named Angel Wings the plane took its maiden flight in July to the Wide Bay Airshow in Bundaberg Queensland. 86 - Nov 2007 - Liturgical Abuse: Trinitarian language lost in Brisbane Scriptures, Michael Apthorp Dr Apthorp has lectured in Greek Latin and Ancient History at a number of universities including the University of Queensland. 87 - Oct 2007 - Queensland: Liturgy in Brisbane and the rights of the laity, Michael Apthorp Dr Michael Apthorp is an Honorary Research Adviser in the School of History Philosophy Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. 88 - Sep 2007 - Letters: Religious attire, Tom King The result has been in Queensland at least that they have become invisible apart from those imposters utilised by advertisers or the organisers of demonstrations. 89 - Sep 2007 - Rediscovering the real history of Australian Catholic education, Eamonn Keane One could also add the Marist Fathers and in Victoria and Queensland the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. 90 - Aug 2007 - University: Australian Catholic students' conference: 'an inspiring experience', Br Barry Coldrey At the Conference dinner in the Great Hall of Parliament House Senator Ron Boswell (National Party Queensland) representing Prime Minister John Howard remarked inter alia You are a minority among your peers. 91 - May 2007 - Letters: Conscience, Msgr F. Hickey PE It was an edited abstract from a recent book Acting on Conscience by Fr Frank Brennan SJ (Queensland University Press). 92 - May 2007 - Letters: Marital fidelity, Br Con Moloney For quite a few years I have been making a weekly visit to an old peoples home (SVDP) at Labrador on the Queensland Gold Coast. 93 - May 2007 - Cinema: New movie offers an authentic representation of monastic life, Rosina Gordon She has a bachelor of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium and a post graduate degree in communications and film. 94 - Apr 2007 - Letters: Contraception, Tim Coyle In Queensland the Churchs practice of never mentioning contraception or abortion has led to an almost universal sterilisation rate. 95 - Apr 2007 - Letters: Money talks, Richard Stokes If the money stopped would the offending priests in Queensland and elsewhere connect this with their behaviour? 96 - Apr 2007 - Letters: Liturgy: what next?, Franklin J. Wood Despite or because of this when some Catholic high schools in rural or regional Queensland organise religion excursions to Brisbane they make a point of sending their students to South Brisbane for Sunday worship. 97 - Apr 2007 - Rockhampton Lenten program: 'whatever that might mean', AD2000 Report Launching his dioceses Lenten program for 2007 Bishop Brian Heenan of Rockhampton Queensland commented (Brisbane Catholic Leader 18 February 2007) To evangelise does not necessarily mean to convert or lead others directly to the Lord. 98 - Mar 2007 - Catholicism flourishes in South Korea, Richard Stokes For some years I taught at TAFE colleges in Queensland and after a brief stint in Indonesia in 2002 I was offered a job teaching English in Gwangju South Korea beginning in June 2003. 99 - Dec 2006 - Shrines: Marian Valley: Queensland's centre of pilgrimage, Peter Westmore Marian Valley was established by an order of Polish monks the Pauline Fathers just 11 years ago to give effect to what was then just a dream a retreat centre in rural Queensland under the patronage of Australias patroness Our Lady Help of Christians. 100 - Dec 2006 - 2006 National Church Life Survey: important questions overlooked, Michael Gilchrist The survey got underway in Queensland in July and continued through all States and Territories concluding in Victoria and Tasmania in October. 101 - Dec 2006 - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: the Montessori method for RE, Anne Delsorte As well as in Brisbane there are now several centres being established in Melbourne Sydney Canberra Perth Tasmania and in regional centres throughout Queensland. 102 - Dec 2006 - 'Lost!' controversy: Archbishop Bathersby's reply, AD2000 Report His response shed some light on why the Church in Queensland is in such poor shape. 103 - Nov 2006 - Brisbane Archdiocese: inclusive language in the liturgy continues, Michael Apthorp Dr Michael Apthorp is an Honorary Research Adviser in the School of History Philosophy Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. 104 - Oct 2006 - Modernism's 'second wave' continues to impact on the Church, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a retired Queensland priest. 105 - Aug 2006 - DIY Mass: Redemptionis Sacramentum revisited, Fr Martin Durham Fr Martin Durham is a retired Queensland priest. 106 - Jun 2006 - Vocations: Sydney seminary's growth continues, Michael Gilchrist However Brisbanes Holy Spirit Seminary which caters for Queenslands five dioceses had just three students in residence in 2006 plus two others on pastoral placement. 107 - May 2006 - Letters: Adoption - our experience, Bella and Leon Voesenek Queensland 20000 abortions are carried out every year. 108 - Apr 2006 - Music and Culture: Benedict XVI, Mozart and the quest for beauty, Mark Freer At the 2005 international seminar in Lugano Switzerland commemorating Hans Urs von Balthasars 100th anniversary he presented a lecture and a Mozart concert accompanied by the leader of the Queensland Orchestra Warwick Adeney; his seminar paper appeared in the Spring 2005 Communio journal entitled The Triune Conversation in Mozart: Towards a Theology of Music. 109 - Apr 2006 - 1973 Decree: A Fourth Rite of Reconciliation for Queensland?, AD2000 In another Queensland diocese (Rockhampton) it would seem there has been offered what might be described as a Fourth Rite of Reconciliation. 110 - Mar 2006 - Modernism: 'New Church' not true Church: what modernists believe, Pastor Remotus Pastor Remotus is a retired Catholic priest living in Queensland. 111 - Feb 2006 - New Age paganism's creeping influence within the Church, Wanda Skowronska This warning could well have been referring to the Earthlink Centre sponsored by the Queensland Sisters of Mercy. 112 - Dec 2005 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Rockhampton Diocese environmental conference A River of Life conference was held recently under the auspices of the Rockhampton Diocese in Queensland. 113 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch During his homily the priest introduced us to Come Holy Spirit a program of prayer being promoted by Archbishop Bathersby for the renewal of the Church in South-East Queensland especially in regard to Mass attendance and priestly vocations. 114 - Sep 2005 - A religious response to evil ideologies, John Rego Upon graduating with a First-Class degree in Music from the Queensland Conservatorium he headed overseas. 115 - Sep 2005 - News: The Chuch Around the World Catholic News Agency Pastoral Letter: rebuilding Queenslands priesthood Coinciding with Vocations Week from 7-14 August came release of A Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of Queensland on Vocations to the Priesthood as well as an Open Letter to the Priests of Queensland from Father Michael McCarthy of the Holy Spirit Seminary in Brisbane which serves all five Queensland dioceses. 116 - Aug 2005 - John Paul II: a Jewish appreciation It has been translated from the original French by Andrew Sholl of Townsville Queensland. 117 - Aug 2005 - Feminist translation: Inclusive language and the Trinity: the latest from Brisbane, Michael Apthorp Dr Michael Apthorp is an Honorary Research Adviser in the School of History Philosophy Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. 118 - Jul 2005 - Rockhampton: Year of the Eucharist: a time for clear thinking, AD2000 REPORT Voigt a regular contributor to the above gay website and was used recently in the Queensland Diocese of Rockhampton. 119 - Apr 2005 - 'Flying bishops' consecrated for orthodox Anglicans, Fr Nigel Zimmerman Bishop David Moyer (Rector of Good Shepherd Rosemont in Philadelphia) and Bishop David Chislett (Rector of All Saints Brisbane in Queensland) were consecrated on 16 February this year in Bishop Moyers Parish in the USA. 120 - Mar 2005 - Vocations: Australian diocesan seminary numbers continue to increase, Michael Gilchrist Figures for Queenslands dioceses were not to hand when this issue went to press although two approaches were made to the Brisbane Vocations Centre. 121 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Fiji example (letter), Tom King The churches have not been modernised or vandalised as has so frequently occurred here in Queensland. 122 - Dec 2004 - Gone fishing: Catholic Earthcare Australia adopts discredited Green agenda, Pat Byrne The Pastoral Letter was issued by the Queensland Catholic Bishops. 123 - Nov 2004 - Orthodoxy: Anglican Synod 2004: Are liberal Anglicanism's days numbered?, Rev Nigel Zimmerman Rev Nigel Zimmerman studied Journalism at the Queensland University of Technology and this year completed his Master of Theological Studies. 124 - Sep 2004 - Letters: Moral relativism, Tim Coyle Moral relativism has led to the ridiculous situation in Queensland where legal brothels are seen by hierarchical and leading Catholic legal figures to be an improvement or a good and therefore to be supported. 125 - Sep 2004 - Mass Attendance: Where have all the worshippers gone?, Fr Martin Durham In the June 2004 issue of The Review Bishop Brian Heenan of Rockhampton Queensland called for answers to the question of falling attendances at Sunday Masses under the heading of Where have all the people gone? 126 - Aug 2004 - Letters: Abortion, Anne Boyce I would be willing to help support the telecasting of My Foetus to help in some way to overcome the horror of abortion as suggested by Tom King of Queensland (July AD2000). 127 - Aug 2004 - History: Catholic education: triumph over adversity, Cardinal George Pell Bob Santamaria also made an important contribution with Menzies Bolte and Fraser and by demonstrating that Catholic votes especially in Victoria and Queensland were necessary for Labor to govern. 128 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Courageous lead (letter), Tom King In Queensland the political and secular groups who profess a pro-life disposition are as usual not to be seen or heard. 129 - Mar 2004 - Letters: Social Justice Statement (letter) Mr Barich has taken exception to a comment I made in passing where I said I believe that even Keith Windschuttle would agree that the Black Line in Tasmania and the activities of the Queensland Native Mounted Police are phenomena reminiscent of a civil war rather than a peaceful settlement. 130 - Feb 2004 - Editorial: What is the purpose of Catholic schools?, Michael Gilchrist Executive Director of Edmund Rice Education Queensland Dr Bill Sultmann commented: What the research was saying is that three out of four parents were sending their children to Catholic schools for reasons that didnt correlate highly with the reasons why Catholic authorities were providing schools. 131 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Social Justice Statement, Michael Barr I believe that even Keith Windschuttle would agree that the Black Line in Tasmania and the activities of the Queensland Native Mounted Police are phenomena reminiscent of a civil war rather than a peaceful settlement. 132 - Oct 2003 - AD2000 readers' generous response to Queensland Lourdes appeal, Jenny Davies and Nicole King A donation came from a Rosary Prayer Group in Mordialloc Victoria with assurance of prayers while a Queensland man wrote: Please ask whoever accompanies Susan to pray for my five children all of whom have left the faith. 133 - Jul 2003 - The concentration camp prisoner who became a Queensland priest, Warren Losberg Here he was offered a position as manager of the Friendly Societys pharmacy at Ayr North Queensland in 1950. 134 - Jul 2003 - Events: Seeking the face of Christ through the arts: Carnivale Christi goes national, Nicholas Rynne Warwick Adeney (Festival Patron and Concert Master of the Queensland Orchestra) and his wife Michele together with their talented friends performed Pergolesis Stabat Mater in the historic Princess Theatre while in the evening Andrew and Liz Buchanan (joined by five colleagues) presented the first of three performances of The Jewellers Shop by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) before a near full house of 250. 135 - Apr 2003 - Letters: Catholic hospitals? (letter), Tom King The church-chapel now abandoned by the Catholic administration of Queensland is to become a coffee shop. 136 - Apr 2003 - Documents: Church must be outspoken on moral issues: Australian Senator, Senator John Hogg Vatican document on participation of Catholics in political life John Hogg is a federal senator for Queensland a member of the Australian Labor Party and deputy president of the Senate. 137 - Feb 2003 - Letters: Threat to schools (letter), Richard Congram Anti-Discrimination law in Queensland prior to 29 November 2002 allowed all church schools to hire and fire staff at their discretion except on grounds of race or impairment. 138 - Feb 2003 - Brisbane Thomas More Centre: putting faith into action, Sidney Rofe The TMC has been co-operating frequently with the Newman Society and we are willing to offer assistance for its continuing efforts at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. 139 - Feb 2003 - John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne: a progress report, AD2000 Report To help overcome the tyranny of distance intensive courses have been scheduled for delivery in Sydney and possibly Queensland and Fremantle in 2003. 140 - Dec 2002 - Books: Biography of Archbishop Pell launched in Melbourne: author interviewed Are there any other comments you would care to make - as an experienced journalist and Queensland Catholic - on Archbishop Pell? 141 - Nov 2002 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), J.F. Nolan I trust that the defenders of orthodoxy will be keeping a close watch on developments in Queensland in 2003. 142 - Nov 2002 - Australian apologist Raymond de Souza's successful overseas lecture tour, AD2000 Report Meanwhile during October 2002 he spent two weeks giving lectures and seminars across Queensland including an appearance at the Call to Holiness conference in Brisbane on 19 October. 143 - Oct 2002 - Books: Completed Jew, by Andrew Sholl, Michael Casanova After arriving in Australia he went on to be a teacher and solicitor and with wife Penny and two daughters he settled in Townsville Queensland. 144 - Oct 2002 - Letters: Church "renovation" (letter), B. Tooley These remarks unfortunately apply many times over in Queensland where the desecration of beautiful churches has caused many to leave them because they were no longer recognisable as Catholic; some have even stopped the practice of their Faith. 145 - Sep 2002 - The 1960s 'cultural revolution': from self-sacrifice to self-fulfillment, Fr Gregory Jordan Fr Gregory Jordan SJ is Chaplain to St Leos College at the University of Queensland. 146 - Jul 2002 - Letters: Fr Des Jenkins Golden Jubilee (letter), Gordon R. Coomber Father has answered many calls on Feast Days to hear hundreds of confessions and says the Latin Mass at St Josephs Black Rock as well as giving retreats in Queensland to home-schooling parents and children. 147 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe He is currently completing a thesis on The Theology of Church Architecture at the Queensland University of Technology. 148 - Jun 2002 - A post-1968 Catholic's view of R.E.: 'My generation was shortchanged', Mark Power Mark Power is a Network Engineer a husband and father of three young children and President of the Queensland Branch of the National Association of Catholic Families. 149 - May 2002 - Books: Demons and Democrats: 1950s Labor at the Crossroads, by Gavan Duffy, Anthony Cappello Unlike other histories of the Movement this book by Gavan Duffy a retired Queensland solicitor and former Democratic Labor Party Secretary is useful and important as a work of Australian history for a number of reasons. 150 - May 2002 - 'The Resurrection in the university' - IMCSA National Conference in Sydney, Nicholas Rynne Some of the institutions represented included the University of Queensland Australian Catholic University (Melbourne and Brisbane campuses) University of Sydney University of New South Wales the John-Paul II Institute (Melbourne) University of Melbourne Monash University University of Tasmania University of Adelaide University of Western Australia and Notre Dame University (Fremantle). 151 - May 2002 - General absolutions continue in the Toowoomba Diocese, Michael Gilchrist In Queenslands Toowoomba Diocese the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Bulletin of 24 March informed local Catholics that the 3rd Rite of Reconciliation will be held on Tuesday night 26th March at 7. 152 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Ambassador (letter), Tom King Just to have a Catholic priest prepared to present himself in clerical attire - as opposed to the great majority of our Queensland civilian-attired counterparts - was great to behold. 153 - Feb 2002 - News: The Church Around the World In recent years IMCSA has been in decline with participation limited to a small number of students from three or four university groups in New South Wales and Queensland. 154 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine', Archbishop Sheehan, Fr Peter Joseph, Br Christian Moe FSC Available from PO Box 180 Sumner Park 4074 Queensland tel (07) 3376-0105) This present handsome edition of Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine is user-friendly with its clear type and smooth printing making it easy on the eye. 155 - Oct 2001 - Letters: Cult (letter), Wal Maggs I was amazed to see in your September 2001 issue a letter from Vic Hall Helidon Queensland. 156 - Sep 2001 - Successful Thomas More Centre Winter School in Brisbane, Sidney Rofe The latest Brisbane Thomas More Centre Winter School was a resounding success with over one hundred people gathered at St Leos College University of Queensland between 20-22 July 2001 to hear an impressive line-up of speakers. 157 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic-Anglican agreement in Queensland Clergy to be shared in outback areas The Brisbane Courier-Mail (18 June) reports: Churches in western Queensland are leading the way towards unity with the signing of Australias first agreement between the Anglican and Catholic Churches to share clergy. 158 - Jul 2001 - Music: From the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit:, John Miles Welcome the Cantabile Singers of Logan City in Queensland and conductor Stephen Lightbody who lives in nearby Beenleigh. 159 - Jul 2001 - Education: National Catholic Education Conference: but who chose the guest speakers?, Michael Gilchrist The Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee Mr Dan Bolton from the Queensland Catholic Education Commission said the conference program was designed to allow participants time to reflect and to share their own wisdom on the big questions facing our society and our church including what does it mean to be an Australian Catholic educator in the current context? 160 - Jul 2001 - Thomas More Centre Winter Schools 2001 for Ballarat and Brisbane The venue is St Leos College University of Queensland Brisbane. 161 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Latest from Toowoomba Diocese Catholic Education Office Reflection Day The Catholic Education Office of the Queensland Diocese of Toowoomba organised a five-hour Reflection Day on 26 April to be run by Susan Seaton on the theme Christ: The Pattern that Connects. 162 - Jun 2001 - Editorial: Church reform: from Stage One to Stage Two, Michael Gilchrist au) Correction/apology (reprinted from AD2000 October 2001) In the course of my editorial of June 2001 entitled Church Reform: From Stage One to Stage Two I wrote that apart from the case of Queensland there are bishops totally comfortable - in practice as well as in principle - with the leadership and teachings of Pope John Paul II. 163 - May 2001 - Letters: Queensland Bishops (letter), Dr Tim Coyle My experience of the Queensland bishops over the shortage of priests here has given me the strong impression of an element of deceit fuelled possibly by misguided nationalism xenophobia and fear of orthodoxy. 164 - May 2001 - Vatican signals continuation of reform process, AD2000 Report In Queensland the Brisbane Archdiocese will need two auxiliary bishops with the retirement of one and the appointment of Bishop Putney to Townsville. 165 - Mar 2001 - Letters: Third Rite in Toowoomba (letter), Mark Power The Third Rite of Reconciliation - together with General Absolution - was again celebrated throughout the Toowoomba Diocese in Queensland during Advent 2000 with the explicit approval of Bishop Morris. 166 - Mar 2001 - ACU theology: how orthodox, how accountable?, Michael Gilchrist If typical they raise wider questions as to the calibre of theology generally at all ACU campuses in Victoria NSW Queensland and the ACT. 167 - Dec 2000 - New Australian women's religious order, Sr Carmel Doherty Sr Carmel Doherty can be contacted at Balamara 6 Scott Street Northgate Queensland 4013 tel (07) 3256 6931. 168 - Dec 2000 - ACU - when will the 'Statement of Conclusions' be implemented?, Michael Gilchrist This is not surprising given that ACU represents an amalgam of eight former teachers colleges in Victoria NSW Queensland and the ACT. 169 - Nov 2000 - Toowoomba's 'Creating Our Future' - or a recipe for further decline?, Michael Gilchrist The Toowoomba Diocese in Queensland has published a working document of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan Creating Our Future which seems destined to hasten the Churchs decline in that part of the world rather than address problems identified in the Statement of Conclusions. 170 - Oct 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Toowoomba educators week-long reflection Mission and Ministry theme Earlier this year the Toowoomba Catholic Education Office organised a week of reflection for diocesan educators at the Overlander Motel and Conference Centre in Roma (Queensland). 171 - Aug 2000 - Rockhampton: shuffling deck chairs on the 'Titanic', AD2000 Report Rockhampton (Queensland) continues to underline its well-deserved reputation as one of Australias most progressive Catholic dioceses as priestly numbers and practice of the faith continue to decline. 172 - Jul 2000 - Italians in Australia: Celebrating cultural and Catholic identity, AD2000 Report Anna Maria Barbaro a high school teacher from Queensland spoke about how Italians felt out of place in an Irish Church to begin with but have emerged to embrace both cultures while Father Max Vodola spoke about his experiences of entering the seminary as an Australian Italian. 173 - May 2000 - Letters: Women's report: a reply (letter), Dr Marie McDonald Stapelton (March AD2000) states that the report Woman and Man: One in Christ Jesus is not a true reflection of the majority of Catholic womens viewpoints but is indeed the manipulated concoction of the groans and grievances of a minority wishing to hold positions of power in the Queensland/Australian Church. 174 - Nov 1999 - The Jesuits: 150 years of ministry in Australia, Elizabeth Ledlin Later still in 1915 they established a Queensland presence with a foundation at Toowong. 175 - Nov 1999 - News: The Church Around the World In Queensland the Confraternity of Mary Help of Christians and the monks of the Order of St Paul the First Hermit at Marian Valley have been running a pilgrim statue program involving visitations of Australian parishes since 2 February 1999. 176 - Oct 1999 - News: The Church Around the World (The Diocese of Townsville Queensland is already under 10 percent). 177 - Mar 1999 - Pilgrim Statue Of Mary Help Of Christians welcomed in Brisbane, Patrick Quirk A beautiful statue of Mary Help of Christians was sent forth from St Stephens Cathedral on 2 February 1999 to parish churches around Queensland and Australia. 178 - Aug 1998 - Decline in priests 'an opportunity for growth!' says Townsville's Bishop, Michael Gilchrist Several years after adopting a new diocesan blueprint - Never Ending Story - the north Queensland diocese of Townsville has achieved the distinction of having possibly the lowest level of Mass attendance of any Catholic diocese in Australia. 179 - Aug 1997 - Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia: an update, Michael Gilchrist The Queensland leg of the PWCC hearings took place during the first half of June in Brisbane Toowoomba Rockhampton and Townsville. 180 - May 1997 - Brisbane pastoral ministers guidelines: 'Zooming along' to priestless parishes?, Michael Gilchrist Commenting on the absence for 1997 of even one new seminarian for the whole of Queensland at the Pius XII Seminary Banyo its Rector had said this was not a cause for alarm suggesting that some of the more than one hundred people studying theology at the Brisbane College of Theology (part of which occupies the seminary premises) might later proceed to the priesthood. 181 - Mar 1997 - Brisbane's Banyo seminary: zero recruits is 'not a cause for alarm', Michael Gilchrist This was emphasised by a news item in Brisbanes Courier Mail which reported that there were no new candidates for the priesthood at Brisbanes Banyo Seminary from all of Queenslands five dioceses. 182 - Feb 1997 - The Catholic Church in Singapore: why is it strong and healthy?, Michael Barr A case in point is Singapore about which Michael Barr who is completing a doctoral thesis at the University of Queensland on the development of Lee Kwan Yews political thought offers the following first-hand observations. 183 - Nov 1995 - Post-conciliar renewal? Some Queensland snapshots, Michael Gilchrist The Church in Queensland appears to be on the cutting edge of such trends even if the examples cited are typical enough of Australia generally. 184 - Aug 1994 - Bishop Spong at Australian Catholic University - Why?, Michael Gilchrist Some Queensland Catholics wondered why the facilities of Australian Catholic University were being made available to promote Bishop Spongs anti-Christian writings and the cause of With Women and sought the intervention of Archbishop Bathersby of Brisbane and the university Chancellor Cardinal Clancy. 185 - Mar 1994 - Townsville Mass attendance document - 'Where have all the parishioners gone?' A recent document (newsletter) from the Catholic Diocese of Townsville (Queensland) titled Partnership - a vision of hope dated December 1993 and produced by the Townsville Pastoral Planning and Formation Commission asks in regard to Mass attendances Where have all the people gone? 186 - Nov 1993 - Preparing for a 'priestless' Church in Rockhampton?, Michael Gilchrist Recently following a four-day business trip to Queenslands Central Highlands I planned to attend the Saturday night vigil Mass to enable me to make an early start on Sunday for a 750 km drive across the Peak Downs Highway to Ayr in the North ready to start work there early on Monday morning. 187 - Oct 1993 - Eucharistic adoration - are we keeping up with the rest of the world?, Christine McCarthy At Warwick in Queensland perpetual adoration continued for thirty years and one of the most inspiring offshoots of this healthy Eucharistic life was the large number of priestly vocations. 188 - Sep 1993 - Lincoln, Nebraska - how to fill seminaries with vocations, Fr T.I. Thorburn Banyo caters for the whole of Queensland. 189 - Apr 1992 - Sexist language: theological mumbo-jumbo, Frank Mobbs The silly season got off to a good start in Queensland last year. 190 - Nov 1990 - Can Australia's seminaries turn the tide?, Michael Gilchrist The Pius XII Seminary Banyo in Brisbane which serves the five Queensland dioceses and was built 50 years ago to accommodate 130 had an enrolment of 24 during this year (and full-time seminary staff of 123 down from 31 in 1989 and 53 in 1983. 191 - Sep 1989 - Three problems for Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist This is an abridged text of a lecture given by Michael Gilchrist during a recent tour of Queensland in which he addressed audiences numbering many hundreds in Cairns Innisfail Ingham Townsville Mackay Rockhampton Toowoomba Brisbane and Gold Coast. 192 - Jul 2014 - Letters: Faith the solution, Tim Coyle 193 - Apr 2013 - Letters: The Second Coming, Andrew Sholl 194 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Teaching authority, Fr M. Durham 195 - May 2011 - Letters: 'Spirit of Vatican II', Fr. M. Durham 196 - Sep 2010 - Letters: New evangelisation, Retired Queensland Priest 197 - Mar 2010 - Letters: Genuine ecumenism, Rev Fr M. Durham 198 - Mar 2005 - Letters: Mangled hymns (letter), Michael Apthorp 199 - Jun 2003 - Events: Corpus Christi Procession - Brisbane, 22 June 2003
