News
While Panama prepares for an invasion of young Catholics for World Youth Day 2019, the Adelaide Archdiocese is preparing for its own version of WYD at the beachside venue of Sacred Heart College, Somerton Park, on the Australia Day weekend.
International
A change in mindset, as well as management, is required if the Catholic Church is to regain credibility following the clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis told US bishops this month.
Local
The presentation of the Tony Quinn Gift to two outstanding students at Star of the Sea School held special significance last year.
The largest ever gathering of Catholic educators in South Australia will take over the Adelaide Entertainment Centre today.
A special meeting of the presidents of bishops’ conferences in Rome next month, convened by Pope Francis to discuss child sexual abuse, will include a penitential liturgy and testimonies of survivors.
The Masso Foundation has announced the release of the Missal App - a complete Australian version of the Roman Catholic Missal that includes readings and responses for Australian congregations.
Clergy care, migrant communities, pastoral council leadership and RCIA are just a few of the ministries that will benefit from the ongoing formation of eight graduates of the Archdiocesan Ministry Formation Program (MFP).
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Schools
Promoting empathy and respect for older Australians has earned Rostrevor College student Nathan McCarthy a Student Citizenship Award from the Order of Australia Association.
Schools
A friendship with an autistic child and a life experience in Fiji have provided the clarity, focus and inspiration for a Kildare College 2018 graduate to pursue a career as a teacher working with special needs children.
Schools
Juliette Knighton from St Martin's Catholic Primary School at Greenacres might be considering a career in the field of science following her success in last year’s International Competition Assessment for Schools (ICAS) competition.
A drone that detects people who are being ‘helpful and good’, a microchip implanted at birth to record kind deeds and a device that purifies dirty water – these were just some of the creative ideas for ‘peace machines’ currently on display in Adelaide.
The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions will not appeal the dismissal of the conviction of Archbishop Philip Wilson on a charge of failing to report historical child sexual abuse in the Hunter Valley.
The outstanding academic and community achievements of six students from Catholic schools have been recognised after they were named 2018 Governor of South Australia Commendation Excellence Award recipients.
As Australians prepare to celebrate Christmas, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has implored politicians around the country to end the “intolerable situation” for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.
Opinion
The daughter of an agnostic poet, educated by Presbyterians, a hard-bitten secular journalist, SAMELA HARRIS asks how on earth did she end up in a world of gentle Roman Catholic Sisters working to make a museum for a saint?
Local
Planning is underway to form a Caritas Australia Youth Sub-Committee which will be tasked with encouraging more young people to be involved with the work of the Catholic agency for international aid and development.
Local
The Adelaide Archdiocese Child Protection Unit has developed a new statement of commitment to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
Reflect how much we need the annual feast of Christmas. It comes and acts like a recharging of the soul.
The provision of the NSW Crimes Act under which former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson was originally convicted but then acquitted has been slammed by a leading Jesuit priest and human rights lawyer.
More than 21,000 voices have contributed to the first phase of the Catholic Church’s three-year Plenary Council process which will culminate in two large gatherings, the first to be held in Adelaide in October 2020.
The root causes of poverty affecting thousands of South Australians are the focus of a study currently underway in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.
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