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Friday, May 29

An inside guide to the 2026 Archdiocese of Adelaide Synod

About 100 lay women and men, clergy and religious, will attend the first plenary session of the Archdiocese of Adelaide 2026 Synod on Saturday 30 May. After much listening, discussion and communal discernment on the Synod’s five core themes, the time to make decisions that will last long into the future, has come. RICHARD EVANS put three questions to some of the lay people who will contribute on the day and at the second, and concluding, Synod session on 27 June.

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Building bridges from north to south and back

Mary, Catherine and Elizabeth were the stars of an early morning ceremony to launch South Australia’s biggest ever infrastructure project in southern Adelaide on Monday this week.

Excellence and insight to the fore at education awards night

About 400 school principals, teachers, other staff and volunteers from more than 100 schools filled the ballroom at Adelaide’s Hilton hotel late last month for South Australia’s annual Catholic education awards bash.

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Sunshine and sunny dispositions everywhere at the Marian Procession

The 77th annual Marian Procession took place on Sunday 17 May with about 2,000 people taking advantage of the sunshine to walk from Victoria Park to Victoria Square where Archbishop Patrick O'Regan led the liturgy. It was a quite extraordinary turnout with flags and banners showing where people had come from across the Archdiocese. Photographer BEN MACMAHON was on hand to capture the action.

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Advocates just don’t come any tougher than this

A young Murray Bridge community advocate has been making some quite extraordinary efforts to help shine a light on domestic violence by putting his feet on the ground and running, and running, and running.

Noah Sachs Thursday, May 28
Schools
Two archbishops, one king and North Melbourne footy club

There can’t be that many people in South Australia who have hung out with King Charles but Damien Judd is most certainly one of them. His royal connection, it transpires, is just one of many (true and cracking) tales the new principal of Gleeson College in Adelaide’s north-east has to tell.

Richard Evans Monday, May 18
Vocations
Called: More moments over time, than Damascus

“Sometimes discerning when to let go, and giving yourself grace, is part of vocation too,” COYYA’s Julian Nguyen, a talented musician, tells TIM COYLE.

Monday, May 18

Fr Olek Stirrat is one of the youngest priests in the Adelaide Archdiocese

Worth taking the gamble

Father Olek Stirrat is content to put his life in God’s hands and just like when he plays poker, believes serving as a priest is a case of being ‘all in’, as Lindy McNamara reports.

Six Sisters who helped shape Australia’s healthcare

Margaret A. Clark’s new book In Good Company tells the story of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and their long legacy of care in Australia.

Thank you and farewell to CWL Kingswood Branch

There was plenty to reminisce about at a gathering held to mark the closure of the Catholic Women’s League’s Kingswood branch in March. Members and friends gathered at Kingswood Parish Hall to celebrate everything their branch has achieved over 37 years.

War represents a failure in human relationships and must be avoided.

Fr Dean Marin, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, invoked the spirit of the Gettysburg Address in his Anzac Day homily, to reflect on the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East. The homily is published in full.

A truly dedicated and valued member of his communities

PETER JAMES SWANN, Born 9 June 1938, Died 2 April 2026.

National
National Count of Attendance begins this weekend

Wednesday, April 29
Local
Runaway win at final clergy-laity golf day

Sunday, April 26
Local
Care for creation takes root at local parish

Christina Francis Sunday, April 26
International
A papal trip is pastoral, not political says Pope Leo

Sunday, April 26
Obituaries
Sharing the joy of life, family, nature, shared meals and music

Friday, April 24
Schools
Scholarship awards for STEM stars

Christina Francis Friday, April 24

Caritas under threat in Ukraine amid intensifying conflict

Caritas Australia CEO Kirsten has warned that as new conflicts dominate global attention, the war in Ukraine risks becoming a forgotten crisis.

No sleep in Seattle for Adelaide entrepreneur

Early in May, Roxane Foulser-Piggott and her business partner Tega Nukie will board a plane from Adelaide for a much anticipated business trip to America’s west coast.

Campus principal search ahead of 2027 expansion

The countdown is on for an inaugural campus principal as part of a well-known college’s vast expansion in Adelaide’s north.

Synod
Lessons for life and not just the Synod

Dr Christina Kheng is a renowned lay theologian based in Singapore and was a key member of the 2021 Synod on Synodality. She was a guest of the Archdiocese of Adelaide at Dialogue Week, which ran here in late February, and was an exercise in getting as many Catholics as possible to listen to what others had to say about their view of the future of their Church.

Richard Evans Friday, April 10
National
Australians urged to pray for peace

Australians have been urged to take up the invitation of Pope Leo XIV to pray for peace on April 11.

Thursday, April 09
Cathcam
Welcome to a sporting dynasty

Lily Marie Hughes was baptised in St Patrick's Church, Mortlake, NSW, on March 8.

Tuesday, April 07
Cathcam
Surprising the teacher on her wedding day

Peter Mercurio (30) and Tayla Carosi (27) were married by Fr Matthew Newman at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Saturday March 14.

Tuesday, April 07

Bringing buildings to life

This February and March saw St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral turn into a canopy of light and darkness as its walls and ceiling glittered daily as part of an inaugural Adelaide Fringe. Don’t just treat churches as museums says ARCHBISHOP PATRICK O'REGAN. They are so much more than that.

A renowned anti landmine campaigner - and so much more

SR PATRICIA PAK POY - Born 16 October 1935 - Died 24 February 2026

Conference focuses on caring for an ageing clergy

Different approaches to caring for an ageing population of priests, as well as ways of supporting priests as they settle into a new culture were some of the many ideas shared by carers who attended the annual Clergy Care Conference held in Adelaide in March.

Local
The compassionate CEO

Kirsten Sayers had already visited Newcastle, Sydney and Geelong in the week she came to Adelaide in late summer. The CEO of Caritas Australia, Kirsten was here to promote the launch of Project Compassion, the 2026 major fundraiser by the world’s second largest humanitarian aid organization.

Richard Evans Thursday, April 02
Editorial
A time for thinking and good deeds for everyone

For readers of a different demographic, Harry Styles is a 32-year-old English singer and a former member of the hugely successful boy band One Direction.

Richard Evans Thursday, April 02
News
We are more than our divisions

At the heart of Easter is a moment of recognition. Mary Magdalene stands weeping in a garden, certain she is alone with her grief, certain the story is over. A man speaks her name, just her name, and everything changes. She turns, and she sees.

Archbishop Patrick O'Regan Thursday, April 02
People
The South Australian who helped change the face of the Top End

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.

Richard Evans Friday, March 27

Thinking About Becoming Catholic?

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.

Gatherings scheduled for Stations of the Cross

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.

Baptism and bright beginnings

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.

Schools
Aboriginal cooking, a Chinese sword dance, a petting zoo and more

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.

Wednesday, March 25
Local
State leaders get set to beat the big chill

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.

Christina Francis Tuesday, March 24
Local
Youth, costume and colour as the Croatian community celebrates

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.

Monday, March 23
Local
Performing arts and learning facility opens at St Francis de Sales College

An $11 million state-of the-art performing arts and learning facility which was unveiled in South Australia this week is expected to become a significant milestone in the school’s ongoing commitment to contemporary Catholic education.

Friday, March 13

Help the homeless leading charity tells the incoming government

Ahead of the 2026 South Australia state election on March next week, a leading charity for the homeless is calling on the incoming government to take decisive action on five urgent issues affecting the dignity and wellbeing of thousands of people across the state.

A much admired campaigner for peace and a Sister of Mercy

Archbishop Patrick O'Regan has offered his prayers and sympathies to the Sisters of Mercy following the death last week of the renowned anti landmine campaigner, Sr Patricia Pak Poy RSM.

Old meets new in Cathedral spectacular

The interior of St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral has been transformed by stunning projections as part of the Chiaroscuro Adelaide Fringe show.

News
Generous school kicks off fight against poverty

More than 1000 students at a South Australian Catholic school noted for its outstanding fundraising efforts turned out for the launch of a global anti-poverty campaign on Shrove Tuesday.

Richard Evans Friday, February 27
Synod
Youngsters share vision of Church

Age is no barrier when it comes to having a say on the future of the local Church, as students at St Bernadette’s School in St Mary’s discovered when they participated in a pre-Dialogue Week session recently.

Richard Evans Friday, February 27
Opinion
Lent: A season of holy homecoming

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.

Archbishop Patrick O'Regan Thursday, February 26
News
Passionist priest ordained at Pooraka

Joachim Pham Quang Vinh CP was ordained by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on December 13 at the Vietnamese Catholic Community, Pooraka.

Jenny Brinkworth Thursday, February 26