"Australia now has the second-highest net worth per person in the world. But we cannot justify this wealth if, in accumulating it, we have left behind those who are most in need," says Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, the Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC) in a paper released today.
More than 15,000 Catholic youth from around the nation are expected to flock to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival being held from December 7-9 in Sydney.
Just under 200 regional and State leaders of the St Vincent de Paul Society attended a national congress in Adelaide last weekend – the first gathering of its kind in 60 years. JENNY BRINKWORTH spoke with the Society’s national president Graham West about the aims of the congress and some of the challenges facing one of Australia’s largest volunteer-based organisations.
After several years of having her first husband’s ashes stored in her wardrobe, Alison Goss (formerly Tandy) knew it was time to take him away from her clothes and shoes and lay him to rest somewhere more peaceful and scenic.
Women at Catherine House are helping to open the door and create awareness about domestic violence in the lead up to White Ribbon Day on November 25.
The Archbishop’s Awards for excellence for senior students were presented at a Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Sunday September 24.
The 12 Stars Boxing Club at Payneham punches above its weight, as Adelaide’s Vicar General Father Philip Marshall discovered this month.
The Adelaide Showground will be a sea of green, white and red as it transforms into an Italian piazza for the annual Italian Festival Carnevale in November.
Pope Francis continues to amaze us with his words of wisdom, his relentless pursuit of reform and his hectic travel schedule.