The Catholic bishops of Oceania were urged to use their influence to enhance the care of creation at the concluding Mass for their week-long gathering in Fiji last month.
While the African Catholic community was celebrating the feast of St Josephine Bakhita in Adelaide, Pope Francis was showing his support for the long-suffering people of South Sudan by urging political leaders to do everything in their power to halt the violence and conflict in the region. Source: Vatican News
For Brigitte Goepfert, February 13, the day of the National Apology, will always be the day she found freedom. However, it is also a painful reminder that her identity was stolen at birth.
Caritas Turkey and other Caritas agencies are responding to a series of powerful earthquakes in southeast Turkey and Syria, where thousands of lives have been lost already and the death toll increases by the hour.
A festival of hymns will kick off this year’s series of free Fringe concerts in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
Sr Sally Duigan OLSH, director of the Holy Family Care Centre in Limpopo, South Africa, was back in her home city of Adelaide visiting family and friends late last year. She spoke to JENNY BRINKWORTH about her work with orphans and vulnerable children in the Diocese of Tzaneen.
Two high achieving students living their faith at school and in the community have been named as the recipients of this year’s John Brewer Memorial Scholarships.
The season of Lent extends from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening, when the Easter Triduum begins. During this period neither the Gloria nor the Alleluia are sung, and a different Collect (Opening Prayer) is provided for every day, to emphasise the importance of these weeks.
As students across the State begin the 2023 school year, Catholic Education South Australia director, DR NEIL MCGORAN, welcomes new families and looks forward to a year of growth.
There’s so much we could say about Pope Benedict XVI and so much we can learn from him, writes Vicar General FR DEAN MARIN who presided at his Memorial Mass in Adelaide.