News
Pope Francis’ decision to convene a meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences next year to discuss the Church’s ongoing efforts to address the “immense harm” caused by sexual abuse has been welcomed by Australian bishops.
Local
A simple cup of coffee is proving to be a powerful tool in bringing together members of the Emmaus parish and one of the local school communities.
Local
Building strong communities and keeping children safe was the theme of Child Protection Sunday celebrations held in parishes throughout the Archdiocese on September 9.
The Caritas international network is on the ground responding with emergency assistance, following the devastating impact of Typhoon Mangkhut, considered the strongest typhoon this year.
The Southern Cross newspaper and news website were recognised at two Australasian media award presentations last week.
The New South Wales District Court will hear an appeal against the conviction of Archbishop Philip Wilson over two days in October.
Catholic Church leaders have vowed that the Church’s shameful history will never be repeated as they accept 98 per cent of the recommendations of the Royal commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Year 12 student Jenny Lee has shown Australia she is very much ‘on trend’ after claiming the top prize in this year’s Wool4School competition.
Adelaide Cathedral parishioner Alfred Donat took an important step on his path to the permanent diaconate when he was installed as a lector on Sunday August 12 by Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ at the annual Deacons Day Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral. Alfred is a member of the African choir which sings in the Cathedral parish and a graduate of the Ministry Formation Program.
When you’re soaring at 3000 feet with only a thin sheet of fibreglass between you and the beautiful green, rolling hills below, your own mortality understandably begins to invade your thoughts. But as LINDY McNAMARA discovered when she took to the air with glider pilot Father Michael Trainor, putting your life in someone else’s hands is a matter of faith and trust.
Opinion
Apostolic Administrator Bishop Greg O'Kelly SJ asks why Catholics should stick with the Church in challenging times in his message this month.
Schools
A sea of purple and white flooded St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral and Wakefield Street on August 15 as approximately 1100 students, staff, old scholars and special guests celebrated the college’s 140th anniversary.
News
Catholic Religious Australia has questioned the Federal Government’s shortlisting of three sites in South Australia for a nuclear waste facility.
The largest private hospital ever built in South Australia – the new $345 million Calvary Adelaide Hospital in Angas St, Adelaide – has reached an important milestone with the ‘topping out’ of construction at 12 storeys.
South Australian Catholics who can’t make it to the episcopal ordination of Adelaide priest Father Charles Gauci will be able to view the live streaming of the event on YouTube.
Some of the Australian Church’s top legal minds will gather this month to hear from Vatican representatives and local canon lawyers at the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand’s annual conference being held in Adelaide.
The excitement and energy of World Youth Day will be felt in Adelaide next year when the Archdiocese hosts its own WYD festival featuring more than 35 acts and speakers from Australia and around the world.
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