Selina Venier

4 weeks ago | catholicleader.com.au | Selina Venier

RECALLING the learning and teaching reality of “no teacher aides, Special Needs teachers or photocopiers,” Toowoomba’s Pamela Sullivan travelled within the diocese, to Stanthorpe on February 7, as the guest speaker at the 150th anniversary of St Joseph’s School.

1 month ago | catholicleader.com.au | Selina Venier

IT’S not often that a parish and their school community are the able to bask in the joy of two sesquicentenaries. When Toowoomba Bishop Ken Howell visited the parishioners, students, staff, parents and caregivers of St Joseph’s parish and school in Stanthorpe from February 7 to 9, that’s precisely what occurred – the parish’s 150 years officially clocking over in 2024 and the school’s on February 9.

Aug 5, 2024 | catholicleader.com.au | Selina Venier

WHEN Bethany Valente views her portrayal of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, on Australia’s first saint’s feast day, August 8, she will be feeling gratitude more than any other emotion. Beyond feeling “thankful to God” for the chance to be asked by Shalom World Media to play the voluntary role, filmed mostly on her family’s property in Inglewood, in Toowoomba diocese, the 15-year-old told The Catholic Leader that God’s promptings to do so were “divine providence”.

Jun 25, 2024 | catholicleader.com.au | Selina Venier

IMAGINE this. Two Conservatorium of Music students were to exchange wedding vows in St Brigid’s Church, Red Hill, Brisbane.  The proposal was made and accepted although the father-of-the bride, after affirming customary permissions, “excitedly spilled the beans”. All was arranged including the ever-so-important selection of music – in fact, the bride-to-be was so accustomed to singing at weddings, it was impossible to make a selection for her church entrance.

May 9, 2024 | catholicleader.com.au | Selina Venier

WHILE the promised cannoli are a certain drawcard, it’s the honouring of God through the intercession of the “Three Saints” – Alfio, Filadelfo and Cirino – that draws locals and visitors to Stanthorpe parish on the first Sunday in May each year. Sunday, May 5 marked recent celebrations in the regional parish, for the 26th anniversary, led by Fr Franco Filipetto who represented Toowoomba Bishop Ken Howell.