News
Asylum seeker families in Adelaide have opened up about the stress of living for years with constant uncertainty, little or no income and a reliance on charity for basic necessities – issues which have been magnified during the coronavirus pandemic.
News
Catholic school students across the State are being encouraged to say grace before their meals this month to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ inspirational encyclical Laudato Si’.
Local
The Adelaide Archdiocese and Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) will establish a new education and community services village for disengaged young people in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.
Caritas Australia has today provided an initial $50,000 in crucial emergency relief as part of its Middle East Regional Appeal.
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council has called on the Federal Government to establish a social housing fund of $10 billion to address the chronic shortage of safe, affordable housing in Australia.
In the wake of the deadly explosion in Beirut on August 4, the Australian office of international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a national emergency appeal for Lebanon and requested prayers for victims and their families.
Pope Francis has announced the appointment of Fr Karol Kulczycki SDS, the former head of the Salvatorians in Australia, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Port Pirie.
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Features
Attending Mercedes College in the 1970s, Helen Connolly has maintained a passion for social justice instilled in her by the Sisters of Mercy throughout her extensive career in human services.
Features
Members of the Newton parish and local Italian community were filled with pride and joy when they learned that “our Maria” had received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s birthday honours in June.
Local
The sight and sound of children playing in the schoolyard may have ceased but there is plenty of action happening on the site of the former St Teresa’s Catholic School at Brighton which is now home to Tutti Arts.
Families are being encouraged to go on a treasure hunt to learn about ways they can help protect South Australian marine environments.
The centenary of the ‘Miracle of the Vistula’, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, on August 15 1920 will be celebrated by Adelaide’s Polish communities at their Mass centres at Unley and Ottoway at 10am and Morphett Vale at 10.30am on Saturday August 15.
Eleven-year-old Mustafa is a beautifully-spoken, polite boy with an infectious smile. His older brother Mohammad is articulate and engaging but when you look closely at his big brown eyes there is a seriousness and sense of responsibility that no 15-year-old kid should be burdened with.
As I enter Mariam’s house I’m greeted with the familiar smell of baked goods cooking in the kitchen mixed with the fresh scent of a house just cleaned. She steers me into our usual meeting place, her front lounge room where the sun shines through large open windows that look out onto the shopping centre across the road.
Vocations
As the Archdiocese prepares to celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week in August, Vocations director Fr Peter Zwaans says it’s important to get the basics right when discerning a vocation.
Vocations
When the doors of churches reopened for Masses in May, Fr Michael Musyoka Kyumu felt blessed that he could once again “worship, celebrate, sing and pray” with his congregation.
Vocations
Adelaide Josephite Sister Katrina Van Ruth has been living in Peru for the past 10 years and in a short space of time has seen the divide between the haves and have nots dramatically increase due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Brother Jordan Redden (baptised Christopher) celebrated 75 years as a Marist Brother this month with Mass in Sacred Heart College Memorial Chapel, the very place where his vocation took hold.
After moving from one Catholic parish to another, Eka Tanaya finally had an epiphany and felt at home when he visited St Mary’s Church in North Sydney, which is under the care of the Jesuits.
If you’ve ever attended a Mass celebrated by the Archbishop in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, chances are you will recognise the face of Michelle Tie.
Growing up Sarah-Jane Hollitt hoped that one day she would get married and have a big family, but a visit to the Milan Duomo sent her life into a completely different direction.
Schools
Coordinating about 1600 students from 80 different schools to sing together in tune is no easy task at the best of times – but even more so during a pandemic.
Local
Most people know Donna Chaplin as the face of the Centa at Elizabeth.
Opinion
Sickness and death are often hidden or denied in contemporary culture yet everyone encounters ill health at some time in their lives, whether in short-term conditions such as appendicitis and the common cold or chronic illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis and mental illness.
He taught us how to pray while not knowing how to pray. That’s a comment sometimes made about Dutch theologian Henri Nouwen.
Three Catholic school building projects and the restoration of the historic Smyth Chapel at West Terrace Cemetery were recognised in the 2020 South Australian Architecture Awards announced this month.
Catholic education will be ‘front and centre’ in the community next month as a major advertising campaign gets underway.
Maurice James McCabe - Born: September 14 1930 | Died: May 27 2020
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