SMASHING THE SOUND OF SILENCE – TASMANIA

SMASHING THE SOUND OF SILENCE – TASMANIA

Imagine being deaf, or hearing impaired, and spending your school days in a hearing community, where no other children understand what it is like to not be able to hear properly. Then a group of committed teachers decide to get all the deaf and hearing-impaired kids...
FINDING MEANING IN A CHAOTIC/CHANGING WORLD

FINDING MEANING IN A CHAOTIC/CHANGING WORLD

This was the title of Frank Brennan sj’s  John Wallis Memorial Lecture in Toowoomba on Sunday 7th May 2017. In his usual clear and concise way, Father Frank looked at what is happening in our world and where current events and trends have brought us...
WHO WAS JOHN WALLIS?

WHO WAS JOHN WALLIS?

Service.   Born in 1910, Father John was ordained priest for the Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart in 1932.  He served the island State of Tasmania as a priest for 69 years, dying in 2001, aged 91. John Wallis was a man of God and a true pastor for his people, seeking...