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Creating an ecosystem of care
Stockade Botanical Park in north-eastern Adelaide was the perfect setting for the celebration of the feast of Creation on September 6.
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Stockade Botanical Park in north-eastern Adelaide was the perfect setting for the celebration of the feast of Creation on September 6.
Schools
St Monica’s Parish School at Walkerville celebrated 180 years of Catholic education in South Australia on the feast of its patron saint.
News
The urgent need for foster carers was highlighted by Centacare Catholic Community Services during national Child Protection Week (September 7-13).
As parishes marked Safeguarding Sunday on September 14, Archbishop Patrick O’Regan has described it as an opportunity to not only reaffirm safeguarding practices and protocols but to celebrate the presence of children, young people and those who are vulnerable.
The Southern Cross received three awards at the 2025 Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) awards ceremony held at the Pavilion on Northbourne in Canberra on September 4.
As South Australian Catholics celebrate the Season of Creation this month, a priority for prayers and action will be the devastating impact of the algal bloom outbreak.
Peter Sawley was attending the St Paul of the Cross Church in Blackwood recently when he realised his name was being talked about in public.
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A vital program providing artificial limbs to victims of the Gaza conflict, run by Caritas Jerusalem, has reopened after being damaged in the bombing of an adjacent residential building on September 7.
More than 300 parents and carers attended the 2025 Catholic Schools Parents SA (CSPSA) Positive Parenting Conference at the Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo, last month.
In the many interviews I have conducted for The Southern Cross, I have always been amazed by how many of the interviewees have told me that they were involved in the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement in their younger days.
Mary MacKillop College Year 9 student Alana Daly has been selected as a finalist in a global photography competition run by UK-based charity, the Down’s Syndrome Association.
News
The Australian bishops’ 2025 Social Justice Statement, Signs of Hope on the Edge, was brought to life at an event hosted by the Adelaide Archdiocese and Centacare Catholic Community Services last month.
Events
St Joseph’s Church in Penola was the destination for 100 pilgrims who joined Archbishop Patrick O’Regan for the second pilgrimage Mass for the Year of the Jubilee on Saturday August 23.
People
There was a time when it was frowned upon if employees allowed their personal lives to impact their work but employers are increasingly recognising the importance of providing holistic support to their staff.
An orphan for the first four years of his life and raised as an only child, Brother Greg McCrystal was overjoyed to be joined by members of his three families when he celebrated his 70th anniversary as a Marist in Melbourne last month.
Whether they know you or not, sometimes it can be just two or three minutes before a patient begins to share their deepest feelings and emotions. That’s the experience of chaplain Nadee Fernando since she began serving in hospitals in February.
A party of 53 Australian pilgrims, made up of 35 from Adelaide, two from Port Pirie and 16 from Sydney, has returned from Italy after having the experience of a lifetime at the Jubilee of Youth.
When six young men recently made their first vows as Passionists in Vietnam, it was an opportunity for Adelaide priest Fr Jeff Foale CP to reflect on the community he helped establish 20 years ago.
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