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‘The people, religious and priests of Lismore ... - The Catholic Leader
Mar 3, 2017 · AUSTRALIA’S newest bishop Gregory Homeming has stepped into the role in Lismore diocese concerned not so much with power, but ready for grace in weakness. Addressing the crowd at the end of his ordination and installation as Bishop of Lismore on February 22, Bishop Homeming, a Carmelite friar, said “at this moment I’ve little idea […]
The feast day of St Padre Pio – popular saint and mystic
Sep 23, 2024 · St Padre Pio’s life was marked by change. Born to peasant farmers in Italy in 1887, Padre Pio worked on the land until the age of 10. By then he had already decided to devote his life to God, and was able to enter the novitiate of …
Q&A – What are hermits in the Catholic Church?
Oct 27, 2023 · Hermits were also sometimes called anchorites, meaning to withdraw. In the early centuries, some Christians, inspired by Old Testament figures like the prophet Elijah and later St John the Baptist, desired to live a life apart from the community, and so they withdrew to the desert or countryside where they could live a life of intense prayer and penance.
The feast day of St Vincent de Paul – patron of Charity
Sep 27, 2024 · “IF God is the centre of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.” God was at the centre of St Vincent de Paul’s life, and today no words are necessary as his name remains synonymous with charity and helping the poor across the world. Born into peasantry, St Vincent would […]
Q&A – What is the story of St Gerard Majella?
Oct 16, 2023 · TODAY we celebrate the feast of St Gerard Majella. St Gerard was born the son of a tailor on April 6, 1726. He grew up about 80km south of Naples in Muro Lucano, Italy in a large, poor family. When St Gerard was only 12, his father …
The story behind Our Lady of Good Success - The Catholic Leader
Feb 4, 2014 · QUESTION TIME with Father John Flader. Q: A friend recently told me about devotion surrounding a statue in Ecuador known as Our Lady of Good Success and about a 17th century nun associated with it who had revelations about …
Mother Teresa was a Christian who placed her ultimate trust in her …
Sep 6, 2023 · Mother Teresa is among the quintessential Catholic figures of the 20th century and was only canonised in 2016. As such, she is a saint who many people feel a real connection to, as they witnessed her faith commitment and keenly followed her throughout her lifetime.
Sisters are simply living the Josephite life - The Catholic Leader
Mar 18, 2016 · A SEARCH of Mary MacKillop on the Internet today highlights just how far the saint’s influence has spread. Dioceses have her as their patron, schools and child care centres and ministries carry her name, and the work of the sisters extends across the globe. And yet, with an average age of 78 many Catholics may […]
Our Lady of Fatima continues to work miracles today
May 13, 2024 · MAY 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917. She came to the little […]