Fr Kevin O’Loughlin - Born: June 23 1935 | Died: July 12 2023
Fr Noel Molloy - Born: January 9 1940 | Died: July 6 2023
While the war in Ukraine is far away and providing support may seem a task too difficult for many, Adelaide woman Grace Lam has found a way to do something tangible that has helped a young boy hear again.
Described as an asset for school communities and families alike, the new charter for Catholic School Parents SA is providing the framework for parents and carers to feel empowered in their child’s journey in Catholic education.
Family, friends and supporters of a young boy who suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a train earlier this year have joined together to celebrate his miraculous recovery at an emotion-charged thanksgiving Mass.
The Adelaide Archdiocese’s new vision and mission statements were launched last month at the first of three sessions on the upcoming Synod in Rome.
Members of parishes in the northern suburbs are preparing for a day of discussion, planning and celebration when they gather for a regional assembly next month.
Emmaus parishioner Maurice O'Connell has spent much of the past 14 months volunteering for an aid organisation in Ukraine. In a letter to the Catholic Women’s League Next Gen group, which has been raising funds for the charity, he writes about the continuing impact of war on the country and its people.
In the lead up to the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, some were unsure about the process, thinking it was perhaps a backdoor way of implementing some sort of Church Parliament. Similarly with the coming first session of the Synod on Synodality. Thankfully, not so.
A 2.7m high cross made from the floorboards of the first school established by Mary MacKillop in Penola will be the centrepiece of the feast day Mass for Australia’s first saint at Kensington on August 8.