National Briefs
STUDENTS and staff of Red Bend Catholic College in Forbes have farewelled the Marist Brothers after 94 years. College principal Stephen Dwyer said in a livestreamed liturgy that the Marist Brothers had made an “amazing contribution” since 1926 when the first Marist school opened. The Brothers’ contribution in other schools in the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes at Parkes, Forbes, Bourke and Broken Hill was also recognised.
The Catholic Weekly
THE timing of a push to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia laws into the NSW parliament would be so inappropriate as to be “laughable”, says an anti-euthanasia advocate. Director of Hope Branka van der Linden said independent MP Alex Greenwich’s intention to present draft legislation into parliament by the middle of the year indicated “tone-deafness” to the needs of a state reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Catholic Weekly
A BRISBANE parish priest has launched a campaign “relying on the generosity of people and the generosity of God” to raise millions of dollars needed to restore several unique, historic churches. Franciscan Fr Stephen Bliss said the community of Ipswich was rallying behind as he began raising nearly $10 million to repair and maintain heritage-listed St Brigid’s at Rosevale and St Mary’s in the heart of the city.
The Catholic Leader