National
A new Holocaust Museum located in the Catholic Church's historic Fennescey House has been given a massive boost following the announcement by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg that the Federal Government will provide $2.5 million to expand its exhibitions and education program.
Local
The ordination of the Archdiocese’s newest priest, Pasquale (Pat) Lopresti, at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Saturday was an opportunity to celebrate the “great generosity of God”.
National
Pope Francis has appointed two Adelaide parishioners, Bill Griffiths (Cathedral) and Greg Crafter AO (Norwood), as Knights of the Order of St Gregory the Great.
A new statue of Mary MacKillop was unveiled in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral as part of the Adelaide Archdiocese's celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of her canonisation on October 17.
A Sri Lankan refugee who spent the last 11 years in detention has been given a visa and freed from detention following a campaign led by a South Australian Sister of Mercy.
The 2020-21 Federal Budget has delivered a financial boost for some but does little to support the country’s most vulnerable and will increase inequality, according to some Catholic groups.
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the canonisation of Mary MacKillop on October 17, budding young artists from Tenison Woods Catholic School, Richmond, have produced their own unique visual interpretations of Australia’s first and only canonised saint.
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Local
Forced marriage and slavery-like practices are going unchecked in South Australia because social services, school teachers, health professionals and other frontline workers do not recognise this form of human trafficking, according to a Flinders University criminologist.
Schools
St Paul’s College student Kayron Treloar Walker has been learning more about his Indigenous cultural background through working one-on-one with mentor Phillip Allen from Warkala Cultural Consultancy.
News
Catholic Church leaders in South Australia have expressed their concern over the Termination of Pregnancy Bill introduced to the Legislative Council last week.
The inaugural principal has been appointed for the new Catholic secondary college which is set to open at Renmark in 2022.
A 15-year-old computer whiz who loved playing soccer, Carlo Acutis, was beatified in the Italian town of Assisi on Saturday October 10.
St Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153 once wrote ‘A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly’.
Members of the new Catholic Council for Integral Ecology were commissioned by Archbishop O’Regan during a Mass to celebrate the Season of Creation at Our Lady of the Way Church, Glenalta, last month.
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