News
While baptisms are up significantly across the Archdiocese of Adelaide this year, every story remains personal. Vicki Thomas talks about the challenges and hopes that will lead, finally, to her baptism this Easter.
Opinion
If you are interested in becoming Catholic, I want to take the opportunity to outline the process and recommend some steps you can take. Let me first say that the Catholic Church welcomes you.
People
There’s no such thing as a regular day in the life of Adelaide-based creative Adam Dormand. By day, he helps keep South Australia’s Catholic school sport programs running smoothly, by night he is one half of globally renowned electronic music duo Pines.
Worshippers at a milestone celebration last week for Adelaide’s Croatian community were treated to a bi-lingual celebration of Mass by the youngest – and patently very popular - Catholic priest in Australia.
Minutes before I met with Richard Ryan to discuss his life story, which is now in print as 'Northern Territory Reflections 1970s and Beyond', I had been researching the renowned South Australian anti landmine campaigner Sr Patricia Pok Poy who had died a few days earlier.
On Good Friday large numbers of Catholics will gather to remember the Passion of Christ by praying the Stations of the Cross outdoors at the likes of The Monastery at Glen Osmond and St Joseph's School oval at Kingswood.
It may only be late March but already a record 73 South Australian business and community leaders have signed up for an annual winter battle against homelessness.
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After celebrating his 40th anniversary as a priest with parishioners last month, Fr Fred Farrugia spoke with JENNY BRINKWORTH about his journey from the Mediterranean island of Malta to the Adelaide Hills.
Joachim Pham Quang Vinh CP was ordained by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on December 13 at the Vietnamese Catholic Community, Pooraka.
An esteemed art exhibition has opened its doors in Adelaide’s Light Square Gallery and is showcasing the work of 142 students from across South Australia - including several winners from Catholic schools.
More than 250 students and their families and friends have come together for the second successive year at an Adelaide school to show that in a currently fractured world, differences can be a great strength.
Opinion
Each year, as the season of Lent begins, I find myself thinking of an old story told about the desert fathers, those hardy, sun-scorched pilgrims who fled the cities of the ancient world to find God in the silence of Egypt and Syria.
News
The annual blessing of one of Australia’s oldest operating wineries took place in the Clare Valley on February 20.
News
Yorke Peninsula parishioner Archibald Julian Woods (known as Julian) was posthumously recognised with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in this year’s Australia Day honours.
In our series on different vocations within the Archdiocese, Tim Grauel tells RICHARD EVANS what differentiates a deacon from other clergy.
It can be said of human nature that we tend to hurt the ones we love. Also, it is easy to take for granted the very things we need the most, like air and water.
Since transferring from the Pastoral Services Team to the Safeguarding Operations office for a brief sojourn, many of my friends and work colleagues have commented that this is a big change.
The life of a consecrated woman has changed dramatically since Ruth Egar rsm was professed in 1955. The Mercy Sister spoke with JENNY BRINKWORTH about her vocation, including her pioneering pastoral work in the wake of Vatican II.
News
A charity soccer tournament held last month has raised more than $5000 for Birthline Pregnancy Support.
Local
The Barossa Valley Catholic community gave a warm welcome to its newest member last month.
International
The custodians of Christianity in the Holy Land, the Franciscan Friars, have pleaded for pilgrims to return to the holy places they care for to help maintain the Christian presence in the region.
Sr Margaret Tully RSJ - Born August 17 1937; Died February 3 2026
Sr Patricia Morrison RSJ - Born November 6 1929; Died January 9 2026
Around 80 people are expected to attend a special Mass in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs on Sunday March 1 to celebrate not just the start of the lunar new year but also a special anniversary.
Ten years after the Sri Lankan Catholic Association was formally established, the community has welcomed its first chaplain and held its second successful weekend retreat.
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