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Getting back to roots of why we celebrate Mothers day. The modern Australian celebration of Mother's Day actually grew out of calls for peace and anti-war campaigns following the American Civil War (1861-65).

His way of worship was popular among the diverse residents of St Mary’s parish, so much so that where many pews were empty at other churches his following rose to 800 or more each Sunday....

I came to St Mary’s as many others did: a sticky-beaking lapsed Catholic. I visited the church just once, at the height of its controversy, in 2009. What I encountered was a refreshing, relevant and...

It’s hard to imagine a more inherently theatrical story than that of Father Peter Kennedy, stripped of his role as priest at St Mary’s in South Brisbane for his liberal views that attracted a growing...

Stop the presses! The Roman Catholic hierarchy isn’t always right. The canonisation ten years ago of that wicked rebel Mary McKillop, briefly excommunicated in 1871, has proved that; and even Joan of Arc, condemned as...

They fought for country and died in their thousands. The Australian War Memorial might not want to remember them but the rest of us should. Amy McQuire on the Frontier Wars It’s a small sacrifice intended...