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A moving service to honour the victims and survivors of the Holocaust was held in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide on the evening of November 10.
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A moving service to honour the victims and survivors of the Holocaust was held in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide on the evening of November 10.
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Caritas Australia has launched an urgent appeal to support communities in the Philippines and Vietnam following a series of catastrophic weather events and natural disasters.
Schools
School uniforms are not generally thought of as fashionable, and any change can be controversial. But that’s not the case at St Aloysuis College judging by the squeals of delight coming from hundreds of students when the school’s new attire was unveiled in spectacular style.
More than 300 people dressed up in their Sunday best to celebrate an 1100-year anniversary at Adelaide Town Hall last month.
Caritas Australia is urgently responding to the devastating impacts of Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka where more than 108,000 people are sheltering in emergency centres.
Caritas Australia’s diocesan directors met in Sydney last week for their annual gathering, a three-day event focused on strengthening local partnerships, discussing humanitarian action and preparing for Project Compassion 2026.
An Australian doctor and missionary who offered medical care, compassion and dignity to vulnerable people in India last century has come a step closer to sainthood after Pope Leo XIV formally recognised her heroic virtues last week.
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Three Josephite Sisters from South Australia, Josephine Dubiel, Brigette Sipa and Catherine Mead, have been elected to the congregational leadership team.
The Playford Trust is offering a new Rural Residential Scholarship in 2026 as part of a partnership with Aquinas College.
Hundreds of young people from the Archdiocese of Adelaide will head to Melbourne later this month to take part in a national festival bringing together thousands of pilgrims from across Australia.
In the ordinary rhythm of daily life, cleaning is one of the most basic and necessary acts. We clean our homes, our tools, our bodies and the spaces where we live and work.
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Last Christmas Theresia Munton was visiting her daughter in Brisbane when they looked around for a church to attend.
Local
After celebrating his golden jubilee earlier this year with his North Adelaide/Prospect parish and in country Victoria, Father Kevin Saunders OP reflected on his calling and the different places it has taken him.
Local
The annual Catholic Charities Golf Day once again brought together players, sponsors, and supporters for a spirited day of golf, generosity and community, raising an impressive $20,000 to support the vital work of Catholic Charities.
Every Thursday morning, a group of a dozen or so people from different religious backgrounds get together at St Theodore’s Anglican Church in Dulwich – all in the name of a unique and ancient art form.
Adelaide priest and theologian Fr James McEvoy was part of a team from Australian Catholic University (ACU) that has been recognised for its coverage of the death of Pope Francis and election of Pope Leo XIV.
Across the Archdiocese of Adelaide, parishes united in September to mark Safeguarding Sunday 2025, embracing this year’s theme – Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversations to Action.
With the ban on social media for children under 16 coming into force next month, Catholic Voice journalist VERONIKA COX looks at the wider impact of our online habits.
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