Holy Orders
While Baptism is the gateway into the Catholic faith, the Sacrament of Confirmation affirms your commitment to your faith and renews your baptismal promises before your First Holy Communion. You do this with the help of a sponsor. Your sponsor is someone who you choose – a Catholic who guides you into the faith and readies you to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is typical for baptised children to be confirmed at about seven or eight years old, which the Church considers the age of reason. In this way, the sacrament is often likened to a rite of passage.
The timing of First Holy Communion and Confirmation has changed in recent years, so if you’re over 30 years old, you might have done it differently. The current order of the Sacraments of Initiation reflects the intended purpose from ancient times, which always was to renew your baptismal promise before First Holy Communion.
Vocation Brisbane
Vocation Brisbane is focused on cultivating a culture of vocation to form new leaders for the Catholic Church community of Brisbane. They provide opportunities for young people to have access to spiritual direction and feel supported in their journey of discovering their vocational calling.
Vocation Brisbane seeks to honour those who are living out their vocational calling with authenticity; whilst empowering and encouraging others to ask the question, where is God calling me?
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Holy Spirit Seminary
Holy Spirit Seminary, the provincial seminary for Queensland, supports our future priests as they begin their formation journey to a life devoted to God, the Church and His people. Their education and formation focuses on Human, Spiritual, Intellectual, and Pastoral development.
Co-located with the Australian Catholic University‘s McAuley campus in Brisbane, the seminary provides for the education and formation of future priests in the Cairns, Rockhampton, Townsville and Toowoomba dioceses as well as the Brisbane Archdiocese.
The seminarians’ time at Holy Spirit Seminary helps guide and strengthen their commitment to evangelisation and the sacramental life. Your prayers and support for Holy Spirit Seminary help ensure the future of the Catholic Church.
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Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane
Archbishop: Most Rev Mark Coleridge BA DSS
Dean of the Cathedral: Very Rev Anthony Mellor
Associate Pastor: Rev Odinaka Nwadike
Established: 1843
Parish office address:
25 Vergulde Road, Regents Park, QLD, Australia
25 Vergulde Road, Regents Park, QLD, Australia
Office hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00am – 2:00pm