Schools
South Australia’s newest Catholic School will open in Two Wells in 2021. The school will be a campus of Xavier College, and will cater for students from Reception to Year 12. The school will open in 2021 with students from Reception to Year 6 and will progressively cater for all year levels.
National
The Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council and its Executive Committee have met in Adelaide for the first time, 14 months before the Council’s opening session.
Local
Will your home in Adelaide be affected by rising sea levels caused by climate change? What types of fish would you find in local SA waters? When you walk along Henley Beach, what native plants will you see? These are just some of the many questions that can be answered with a visit to the Marine Discovery Centre (MDC) at Henley Beach, as a delegation from the Adelaide Archdiocese found out in July.
Tributes have flowed in for the former Ambassador to the Holy See Tim Fischer following his death on August 22 after a long battle with leukaemia.
The Morrison Government’s failure to respond to Pacific Islands leaders’ pleas for drastic action on climate change has been labelled “little short of shameful” by international relations scholar Joseph Camilleri.
Kirsty Robertson, an experienced and accomplished leader of Catholic ministries and not-for-profit organisations, will take over as Caritas Australia’s new chief executive officer next month.
The feast of St Thomas the Apostle was cause for double celebration last month following the appointment of Father Anthoni Adimai SdM as the first Indian priest to take on the role of administrator of the Adelaide Cathedral parish.
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Features
As a young girl, Maeve O’Brien wanted to become an air hostess and travel the world. She opted for an even higher calling but that doesn’t mean she missed out on a life of adventure, as JENNY BRINKWORTH discovered when she met the inspirational Daughters of Charity Sister last month.
Schools
While they might not be winning every game on the field, Christian Brothers College 1st XVIII football team is leading the game in educating young men about forming respectful relationships and breaking the cycle of domestic violence.
National
South Australian elder Brenda Lester is among the winners of the 2019 Service to Community Awards announced this week by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC).
“Refugee Week is a reminder there is no ‘us’ and ‘them’. There is only us, one family, connected in ways we sometimes forget.”
In June I spent two weeks in Rome for the Ad Limina Apostolorum which means Threshold of the Apostles, referring to Saints Peter and Paul, both martyred and interred in Rome.
The Catholic Church in Australia is not taking full advantage of the work of Pope Francis in addressing issues of peace, justice and ecology, despite the “state of unprecedented emergency” that the world is in today.
Creating a culture in which the entire community of the Church is engaged and feels responsible for the formation of priests has to be a priority for the future, a national conference for diocesan vocations directors was told in Adelaide this week.
Schools
More than 850 students from St Mary’s College packed into St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on August 5 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of their school.
Schools
A colourful badge on their blazers is a daily reminder for students at Blackfriars Priory School that their mental health is important – and there is plenty of support available if they need help.
Local
When Iris Steward, Nora Nelson, Myrt Lynch and Gert Richards got together on July 23 1969 to start making clothes for needy families, little did they know that 50 years later the St Marys Sewing Group would still be meeting once a week and producing thousands of items each year.
‘Living, Learning and Leading: Catholic Education in the next decade’ was the theme for the biennial Korero conference held in Adelaide last month.
The Daughters of Charity have a special place in the hearts of many South Australians because of their wonderful work with the homeless at the Hutt St Centre.
‘Let the little children come to me; Do not stop them; For it is to such as these that the Kingdom of God belongs.’
Pope Francis has appointed Fr Shane Mackinlay, currently Master of Catholic Theological College Melbourne and a parish priest in Ballarat, the next Bishop of Sandhurst.
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