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Bishop's ordination date announced
It will be a time for celebration for Catholics in the Northern Territory in September when the ordination of Bishop Elect Charles Gauci is held.
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It will be a time for celebration for Catholics in the Northern Territory in September when the ordination of Bishop Elect Charles Gauci is held.
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After nine years serving in the Adelaide Archdiocese, Sr Sheela Thomas SSAM has returned to India with fond memories of connecting with people from many different cultures and faiths through her work in the Multicultural Office.
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He’s been described as the rock star of maths teachers and received numerous accolades to support the claim, but Eddie Woo insists he is just an ordinary classroom teacher trying to inspire students in a subject that is often dismissed as being ‘just too hard’.
The importance of caring for the environment and respecting different faiths were just two of the messages highlighted during the pastoral visitation to the Clearview-Kilburn parish in June.
A women’s crisis centre in Adelaide’s northern suburbs is one of 11 recipients of funding through a new grant scheme provided by Catholic Church Insurance through CCI Giving.
Archbishop Wilson has announced he intends to lodge an appeal against his conviction to the District Court of New South Wales.
One of Australia’s leading experts on the theology of childhood has told a meeting in Adelaide that to develop and advance appropriate cultures for the care of children the Church must better understand children as competent and accomplished beings.
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In the days of the White Australia policy when international students in Adelaide were few and far between, Henry d’Assumpcao needed a letter from the Minister of Immigration, Arthur Calwell, to gain admission as a boarding student to Sacred Heart College in 1949. Seven decades later, Henry spoke to JENNY BRINKWORTH about how he went from being an ‘alien’ employed by the Weapons Research Establishment to Chief Defence Scientist of Australia.
More than 500 parishioners attended the feast of St Thomas, patron saint of India, which was held in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral on Friday June 29. Monsignor David Cappo was the main celebrant of the Mass and was assisted by 10 concelebrating priests, most of whom are missionaries from India currently ministering in the Archdiocese of Adelaide. The Mass began with an entrance procession hymn, then eight Indian children dressed in their national costumes welcomed the celebrants with the Aarathi ceremony.
Pope Francis has appointed Adelaide priest Fr Charles Gauci as the seventh Bishop of Darwin.
Schools
Kildare College celebrated a significant milestone in its history with the stewardship of the school officially handed from the Brigidine Congregation to Kildare Ministries earlier this month.
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Cute and cuddly, Lou Lou the lamb was the centre of attention at Christian Brothers College’s junior school last month, but the woolly visitor also helped to reinforce a good message from the Bible.
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Pastoral associates and assistant principals (Religious Identity and Mission) came together last month to explore ways of supporting and enhancing the relationship between the parish and the Catholic school as part of the Adelaide Archdiocese’s renewing program.
They come from diverse backgrounds and cover a range of ages, but the members of the Schola Choir at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral share the common bond of celebrating their faith through song.
Some of the most vulnerable people sleeping rough in the city have been offered housing as a result of the Connections Week survey conducted in May.
When Sr Nien Tran fled Communist Vietnam in April 1975 she thought she would never again see the members of her congregation – the Lovers of the Holy Cross Sisters. But she had a joyful reunion with six of the 12 Sisters with whom she took her first vows in 1968 when she recently attended her golden jubilee celebration in Ho Chi Minh City.
The election of Sister Monica Cavanagh rsj as president of Catholic Religious Association (CRA) was greeted with resounding applause at the 42nd National Assembly last month.
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