2025 Visitor Statistics
Margaret Hogan has compiled the information recorded in the 2025 Visitors' Book.
Below is a summary of the many encounters the Guides and Welcomers had in 2025.
We would like to thank the G&Ws who included annotations with the record of visitors.
Below is a summary of the many encounters the Guides and Welcomers had in 2025.
We would like to thank the G&Ws who included annotations with the record of visitors.
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Australian Visitors: 1388
Queensland 913 New South Wales 181 Victoria 176 South Australia 44 ACT 30 Western Australia 29 Northern Territory 10 Tasmania 5 |
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Overseas Visitors: 2452
Thank you to Margaret for your efforts in providing us with this information and to all G&Ws for your work as the welcoming face of our Cathedral.
Training Days
Training sessions for 2026 will be held on May 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th.
Word by mouth is the best advertisement so please if you know someone who may be interested, please direct them to us via email [email protected].
Word by mouth is the best advertisement so please if you know someone who may be interested, please direct them to us via email [email protected].
A visit to the Archdiocesan Archives
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Margaret Hogan recently visited the Archdiocesan Archives and has provided a summary of her visit.
Thank you, Margaret. My visit was prompted by questions I have been asked while on duty in the Cathedral. The answers to most of these questions, I later found out, are answered on the recently updated Brisbane Archdiocesan Archives’ website. brisbanecatholic.org.au/our-diocese/brisbane-archdiocesan-archives/ Currently the Archive office is located in three small rooms in Penola Place, but a move is imminent. Plans for a centre with exhibition space at Banyo are under discussion. Within this small space, the collection is in the process of being digitised: diaries, letters, parish records, building plans etc. Can anyone remember the Corpus Christi processions at the Exhibition Grounds? These were collected on very large film rolls and in the future hours of viewing will be available on the website. |
The faded writings of Bishop Quinn are being brought back to life and old booklets and documents are being cleaned and returned to their original condition. The letters and diaries of these early Bishops and Archbishops bring humanity to these largely historical figures.
The souvenir booklet for the laying of the first stone of the Holy Name Cathedral makes interesting reading. Did you know that earth and stones from the Colosseum and the Catacombs were placed in the foundations?
Currently, Brendan Kelly the Archivist, is assembling official correspondence and memorabilia from Pope John Paul II’s visit to Brisbane in 1986.
Brendan then presented me with a puzzle. He has a large drawer full of these medals.(see above)
Much of the Holy Name Cathedral material is yet to be looked through.
Are these commemorative medals or part of Archbishop Duhig’s Million Shillings Fundraising Drive?
Please email any information you may have to the G&W email.
The souvenir booklet for the laying of the first stone of the Holy Name Cathedral makes interesting reading. Did you know that earth and stones from the Colosseum and the Catacombs were placed in the foundations?
Currently, Brendan Kelly the Archivist, is assembling official correspondence and memorabilia from Pope John Paul II’s visit to Brisbane in 1986.
Brendan then presented me with a puzzle. He has a large drawer full of these medals.(see above)
Much of the Holy Name Cathedral material is yet to be looked through.
Are these commemorative medals or part of Archbishop Duhig’s Million Shillings Fundraising Drive?
Please email any information you may have to the G&W email.
