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.
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.
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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.
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.
Archbishop Patrick O'Regan has offered his prayers and sympathies to the Sisters of Mercy following the death last week of the renowned anti landmine campaigner, Sr Patricia Pak Poy RSM.
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.
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