Please accept my greetings as Apostolic Administrator. This is an unusual appointment for times in the Archdiocese which are very unusual. Archbishop Wilson continues to be the one we pray for as Archbishop, but following his stepping down from his various commitments in the Archdiocese, his episcopal responsibilities have been transferred to the Administrator.
Pass by the Dulwich Church Hall on the fourth Thursday of the month and you are sure to hear the constant clickety-clack of knitting needles being worked at a ferocious pace by a group of community-minded people helping those in need to stay warm this winter.
While it is certainly true that most Catholics do not receive the sacrament of Reconciliation nearly as often as they did in the middle of the 20th century, I think that the sacrament still matters to them.
Sitting on a bus for a 12-hour round trip might not be everyone’s idea of fun, but for a group of musically-minded students from Whyalla it is a small inconvenience for them to be part of the prestigious annual Catholic Schools Music Festival.
A cyber safety initiative designed to set a new benchmark on how students interact and embrace social media was launched at Mercedes College this month.
Her personal experience of being in a refugee family who fled from Iran provided the inspiration for Samira Ahmadi’s winning entry in a poster competition run as part of SA Refugee Week.
It’s not every day you find yourself addicted to a phone app game where your achievements are motivated by climbing the ranks of leadership in the Catholic Church, but moments after recently downloading Catholic Bible Trivia, such a situation was my reality.
It can be rare to find members of various Christian denominations gathering together to celebrate their faith, but this was the exact outcome of the Taize Prayer Festival hosted by Adelaide’s Catholic, Uniting and Anglican churches in May.
A specialised mental health first aid training course for families and carers living and working with older people has been launched in South Australia.
Being surrounded by young children who were blind due to complications from measles is a moment in his life that Adelaide ophthalmologist Dr James Muecke can never remove from his mind.