As a vote on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament nears, Australia’s bishops have encouraged Catholics to read and discuss the Uluru Statement from the Heart – the document from which the Voice proposal emerged.
Caritas Australia has commended the ongoing commitment of the Australian Government to the region in the latest Federal Budget, but adds that more still needs to be done.
The new Diocesan Pastoral Council has begun the process of establishing its goals that it will work towards in 2023.
Hundreds of young Catholics from around the Adelaide Archdiocese will gather for a weekend of local celebrations in August to commemorate international World Youth Day being held in Lisbon, Portugal.
In the week of his ordination to the priesthood, Deacon James Thomson says he has strong emotions of gratitude and a sense of responsibility.
St Joseph, the patron of the universal Church, was many things. In particular, he was a dreamer. God’s plan for him was revealed in dreams. God sustained him in his mission through his dreams.
In his 60th year as a Marist Brother, Des Howard is proof that it’s never too late to find new ways to live your vocation. He spoke to JENNY BRINKWORTH about his latest role as a prison chaplain and his rich and varied life of mission and ministry.
Last year I wrote an article for The Southern Cross that likened synodality to a family road trip. These days, I’m thinking about synodality more like a caravan of several families on a road trip together.
According to Luke’s Gospel, it is immediately after her conversation with the Angel Gabriel that Mary sets off ‘with haste’ to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth in the hill country of Judaea. The beautiful image chosen for this year’s Marian Procession features the encounter between the two women – the older woman heavily pregnant and the younger still in the earliest stages of pregnancy.
Lucy Brodie was a fresh-faced 16 year old straight out of Year 11 at Mary MacKillop College when she first began working at the Catholic Education Office (CEO) in 1976.