Local
When the Marian Procession attracts thousands of Catholics from across South Australia to Adelaide’s CBD on May 17, it will be a joyous public display of their faith and a chance to honour Mary.
Local
The bluestone Flinders Street Baptist Church on the corner of Divett Place has been in situ since 1863. It’s a beautiful, Gothic style, building but even when the jacaranda tree outside is not obscuring it in late spring, it fits into its surrounds and can easily be missed.
Local
Is this Adelaide’s best kept secret? asks KATIE SPAIN
Qwayne Guevara, who will host a Synod formation session in Adelaide on the topic of Communion and Co-Responsibility in a Fragmented World on Wednesday 6 May, is quite brilliant on organisation.
The safety and wellbeing of children and adults-at-risk within the Archdiocese of Adelaide has taken another leap forward following a successful in-depth, and independent, assessment of its working safeguarding framework and policies.
PETER JAMES SWANN. Born 9 June 1938, died 2 April 2026.
There’s something instantly comforting upon entering Impressa Café in Unley Shopping Centre.
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PETER JAMES SWANN, Born 9 June 1938, Died 2 April 2026.
Across Australia, Catholic parishes are preparing to gather a snapshot of participation at Mass, as the 6th National Count of Attendance gets underway.
Gary Felton easily won the Dean Travers Cup for the best score at the 50th and final Clergy-Laity golf day and dinner, in March. His winning score of 44 Stableford points was seven more than the next best.
As Laudato Si’ Week approaches, the garden at the Church of the Nativity in Aberfoyle Park boasts a simple yet powerful expression - ‘care for our common home’.
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.
National
Australians have been urged to take up the invitation of Pope Leo XIV to pray for peace on April 11.
Cathcam
Lily Marie Hughes was baptised in St Patrick's Church, Mortlake, NSW, on March 8.
Peter Mercurio (30) and Tayla Carosi (27) were married by Fr Matthew Newman at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Saturday March 14.
Sister Judith Murnane RSJ - Born April 18 1929 - Died February 4 2026
Thousands of visitors have flocked to St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral to view a stunning kaleidoscope of daily colour and projections as part of the annual five-week Adelaide Fringe Festival.
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.
Local
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.
Editorial
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.
News
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.
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.
An esteemed art exhibition has opened its doors in Adelaide’s Light Square Gallery and is showcasing the work of 142 students from across South Australia - including several winners from Catholic schools.
There’s no such thing as a regular day in the life of Adelaide-based creative Adam Dormand. By day, he helps keep South Australia’s Catholic school sport programs running smoothly, by night he is one half of globally renowned electronic music duo Pines.
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.
Schools
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.
Local
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.
Local
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.
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.
Centacare executive director Leanne Haddad says Easter can bring a sense of hope and renewal for people experiencing hardship and marginalisation. The challenges are many and varied she says.
What does it really mean to look out for one another? The Integrity & Safeguarding Department at the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide is here to help with a few thoughts.
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.
News
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.
Synod
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.
Opinion
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.
Joachim Pham Quang Vinh CP was ordained by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on December 13 at the Vietnamese Catholic Community, Pooraka.
The annual blessing of one of Australia’s oldest operating wineries took place in the Clare Valley on February 20.
Twenty years ago Adelaide’s Olivia Lukaszewicz was a top flight professional tennis player but is now firmly ensconced as a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary. RICHARD EVANS reports.
Yorke Peninsula parishioner Archibald Julian Woods (known as Julian) was posthumously recognised with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in this year’s Australia Day honours.
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