News
Father Fred Farrugia isn’t one to turn his back on a creative challenge. In the lead-up to Christmas, the Adelaide Hills parish priest spent months meticulously restoring a nativity set to its former glory.
Local
For 10 years James Henry has been waiting to finish re-slating the roof of St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, using slate sourced from the same Welsh mine as the original roof slate.
Photo Galleries
The annual Archbishop’s Christmas Card Competition has again attracted hundreds of entries from Catholic students around SA.
Eight Catholic school students are among 33 young South Australians who received Governor of South Australia Commendations this year.
The annual Archbishop’s Christmas Card Competition has again attracted hundreds of entries from Catholic students around SA.
Christmas is often seen as the most magical, family-orientated time of the year where families revel in the warmth of gatherings and traditions.
Get The Southern Cross delivered straight to your inbox twice per month.
Thanks for signing up to the Southern Cross newsletter.
Mel Monfries was awarded a Meritorious Award by the Department for Correctional Services earlier this year in recognition of her work as chaplain to incarcerated men over the past 20 years. At 78, she has lost none of her passion for helping the underdog.
Couples wanting to discover or rediscover the need for God in their lives will have an opportunity to gather twice this year at World Wide Marriage Encounter weekends.
The love of God expressed through the human heart of Jesus is the theme of Pope Francis’ latest encyclical Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us).
In his 2024 Christmas message, Archbishop Patrick O'Regan has called for a “return to the heart” amidst life's challenges.
Local
What began in the mid-1990s as a bus taking young people in the southern suburbs to the local library and community centres to engage them in education has evolved into a new state-of-the-art secondary education campus at Christies Downs.
Local
The hard work never stops at Centacare. As the community services arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, making a difference to South Australian lives is an all-year round effort.
International
Up to 33 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome next year for the Jubilee, a Catholic tradition held every 25 years to provide an opportunity for celebration, spiritual renewal and forgiveness.
No doubt the world is a complex place. Maybe it has always been thus. Yet it seems at the moment to be increasingly the case.
The recently renovated Pinkerton Plains Catholic cemetery was the site of a special blessing on All Souls Day by Northern Light parish priest Fr Mark Sexton.
In a world torn by violence, dissension, ‘othering’ and hatred is there a role for dialogue?
Kildare College is embarking on a transformative journey to replace its first and original 1966 building with the Lightbridge Centre, a $15m state-of-the-art performing arts and wellbeing facility.
Get The Southern Cross delivered straight to your inbox twice per month.
Thanks for signing up to the Southern Cross newsletter.
