Schools
Community lizard artwork launched
People crossing the railway line in Brompton need to look out for not only trains, but now an enormous pygmy blue tongue lizard that is watching their every move.
Schools
People crossing the railway line in Brompton need to look out for not only trains, but now an enormous pygmy blue tongue lizard that is watching their every move.
Schools
Going to school in the remote and war-ravaged Nuba Mountains of Sudan has its challenges, including having to hide in foxholes when Antonov bombers are in the vicinity.
Features
A former publican who develops apps in his spare time is the newest member of the St Laurence’s Dominican community at North Adelaide. Ordained in July last year in Sydney, Father Matthew Boland OP spoke to Jenny Brinkworth about his vocation and his first assignment as chaplain of Blackfriars Priory School – the only school in Australia run by the Dominican friars.
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St Patrick’s Technical College Year 11 lifestyle and hospitality students have been sewing quilts for the Northern Domestic Violence Service.
Trade school students from Adelaide’s northern suburbs will have an opportunity to use their skills to provide vital assistance to communities in Cambodia next month.
In Foster and Kinship Carers’ Week, Elly talks about being raised by her grandparents and their influence on her as a mother and foster carer.
Writing in Eureka Street, a publication of the Australian Jesuits, Dr Rachel Woodlock argues governments should not be in the business of issuing marriage certificates, rather it should determine who has the legal right to enter into secular, contractual arrangements protecting assets and guardianship matters.
News
The release of the report by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on the Australian criminal justice system, which included a recommendation on information of abuse revealed in religious confessions, has renewed debate on the seal of confession.
Thousands of South Australians – including Catholic school students and parishioners – have dug deep this year to raise more than $650,000 for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Lenten campaign.
One of the world’s leading authorities on the modern history of the Catholic Church, Professor Massimo Faggioli was in Adelaide last month and spoke exclusively to The Southern Cross about Pope Francis and his approach to dealing with the changing needs of today’s Church.
Footballers, politicians, school children, families – and even a movie star – were among the 3500 participants in the Hutt St Centre’s Walk a Mile in My Boots event last month.
The episcopal visitation to the Bordertown parish in August has given locals a “sense of hope for the future” as they prepare for changes next year.
Distances in country areas can sometimes be isolating, however the Bordertown Catholic parish is helping to spread the word of God and connect people to the Church through a community radio program.
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