Local
In the dappled spring light surrounding Saint Joseph’s Church in Willunga, three retired priests gather to tell KATIE SPAIN about life’s next chapter and the Clergy Life and Ministry Team that helps them navigate it.
Local
October continues to be an important month for the Catholic Women’s League. The CWLSA has a State Conference every two years, the next of which will be held at St John the Baptist Parish Hall on Anzac Highway at Plympton on 31 October.
Local
Wallaroo’s Star of the Sea aged care community may provide residential aged care including dementia, respite and palliative care services but for staff, it’s more than a job. It’s their purpose, writes Katie Spain
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An encounter with Sr Hieu Tran is instantly smile-inducing. The liturgy coordinator and Vietnamese liaison officer at St Dominic’s Priory College is diminutive in size but emanates the kind of positivity that fills a room.
As he prepared for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees held on 27 September, Pope Leo XIV called upon everyone to recognise Christ in every migrant and refugee child, protecting their dignity, rights and wellbeing through compassionate welcome, solidarity and shared responsibility.
Fashion magazine Vanity Fair announced its annual Best Dressed List in August, with style savvy staff choosing their top dressers across five categories: originals, perennials, professionals, duos, and the future.
Katherine Bennnell-Pegg had just spent the best part of 90 minutes talking about her life as Australia’s first female astronaut in front of more than 200 students at Our Lady of the Scared Heart College (OLSH) in Enfield last month, when she sat down to talk to RICHARD EVANS.
News
There’s no denying the evocative power of stargazing and as event venues go, the Adelaide Planetarium is a mesmerising location in which to celebrate the Season of Creation.
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ. Recently, after a confirmation, I meet a lady who loved doing jigsaw puzzles. She proudly called herself a “dissectologist”; that is one for the quiz-night. I asked her what was the largest one she had completed: 5,000 pieces. The average size is 1,000!
Love is in the air this month, especially on Sunday 20 September when the Archdiocese celebrates milestone wedding anniversaries across parish communities. In the lead-up to the recognition of their life-long commitment, these loved-up locals shared their stories with Katie Spain.
Local
Any vexillologists heading towards St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral from the eastern end of Wakefield St over the past few weeks may well, should they have looked up, have noticed something a little different and of great interest.
International
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace, I hope this note finds you well. I write with deep concern for the people of Nepal following the devastating flash floods that have struck the Rasuwa District and surrounding areas, including Communities along the Bhote Koshi River.
International
Caritas Australia has launched an emergency appeal to support communities devastated by catastrophic flash flooding in northern Nepal, where entire settlements have been swept away following a sudden flood surge through the Bhote Koshi river.
Retirement for many people can mean days of idling and enjoying a slower pace of life. Fr Michael Trainor, who stepped down from his role as the Lockley’s parish priest this month, is not one of them he told Richard Evans.
A little over 14 months since the Adelaide Diocesan Synod first came into the public spotlight, Archbishop Patrick O’Regan last night put pen to paper to ensure its findings and agreements, now become 'particular' law.
About 40 people curious to find out more about the life of the Catholic clergy came along to an inaugural vocations evening in the Adelaide CBD in early August.
It is somewhat astonishing to discover from this autobiography that JD Vance, the vice president of the United State of America, and arguably the second most powerful man in the world, has been a politician for just three and a half years
Local
It was the middle of winter but the sun shone on Kaurna Country when Ngani Pari-Arra Cultural Centre hosted its NAIDOC Week event on 9 July. The space in Stepney is dedicated to truth-telling, connection and healing. All three were on show as Centacare’s Uncle in Residence, Les Wanganeen, addressed the crowd.
National
Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged a renewed focus on ways to make Australia a more cohesive society.
News
Aiming high was so much more than a mantra for about 200 students at an all-girls gathering just north of the Adelaide CBD this week.
Hundreds of people have already flocked to St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral to see, and spend some time with, the relic of the 21st century’s ‘Saint of the internet age’.
Recently I came across the following quote: “The novelist and moral philosopher Iris Murdoch, in her work on moral philosophy The Sovereignty of Good, writes, ‘Prayer is properly not petition, but simply an attention to God which is a form of love’.”
Things have got a little hairy at Blackfriars Priory School.
A podcast about a group of Catholic education leaders on a pilgrimage through Ireland recently won three major international awards. Katie Spain chats to James Meston, the Adelaide man behind the emotive four-part mini-series.
Opinion
I once read a parish newsletter announcing an upcoming holy day of obligation. The notice itself was unremarkable, but one phrase caught my attention. We were invited to celebrate a holy day "of privilege and obligation".
Events
Each year, Safeguarding Sunday provides an opportunity for Catholic communities across Australia to reflect on our shared commitment to creating safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all people, especially children, young people, and adults at risk.
Editorial
With the Therry Theatre’s recent production of Jesus Christ Superstar, I’m reminded of seeing the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice production at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre back in 1992.
Selecting a school is one of the most important decisions a family will make. Fortunately, Catholic Schools Open Week provides a chance to see firsthand what Catholic education has to offer.
About 100 workers, a handful of politicians and two priests from St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral braved the inclement weather on Saturday 25 July for the third, and final, blessing of Australia’s largest infrastructure undertaking.
Enrichetta Venuti | Born 10 September 1926 | Died 18 December 2025
From 23 July and across nine performances, Adelaide’s Therry Theatre will stage a production of a musical that caused worldwide controversy bordering on the seismic when it debuted way back in 1971.
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