The opening of a new Catholic Reception to Year 6 school at Hove has moved a step closer following the appointment of Amanda Parslow as the principal.
God’s call to the priesthood for Bishop Eugene Hurley was gentle, but insistent, writes Debbie Tucker.
Inspired by the words of St Mary MacKillop – ‘never see a need without doing something about it’, young Mount Gambier parishioner Ally Finnis is making a difference to the lives of children as a Young Ambassador for UNICEF Australia.
Australia’s alarming growth in homelessness and insecure housing has been highlighted in the Social Justice Statement 2018-19 A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land.
A roof over their heads, a welcoming face when they walk through the door after school, a healthy meal and a safe place to be – it doesn’t seem a lot to ask for but these simple things are helping to give young homeless people a chance in life, reports JENNY BRINKWORTH.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter Humane Vitae. At the time he wrote the encyclical, there was a great expectation that the Holy Father would fall in line with the rest of society and soften the Church’s teaching on contraception. Many Catholic couples had already started using contraceptives.
Innate curiosity and an interest in science from a young age has led St Ignatius’ College student Silas Hansch-Maher on the path to the national finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC).
Celebrating the world we live in was the theme for an Earth Evening held at St Joseph’s School, Kingswood, last month.