Inside a white bag on a shelf behind the desk of the St Augustine’s Parish School principal Dan Cowan is a red baseball cap with the official yellow Ferrari symbol on its front. They are not easy to come by.
Dale West, one of South Australia’s most respected community services leaders and a tireless advocate for vulnerable individuals and families, has passed away aged 68 following a battle with leukemia.
Karen de Sousa is more of a crochet than a gardening expert but it is not stopping her from helping to plant up to 32 million trees over the next four years.
Born and raised in the city, Fr Peter Milburn spent many years as a parish priest in the country – times that he remembered fondly in the lead up to his 60th anniversary celebrations next month.
Obituaries
Sr Natalia Calleja fcj - Born: September 7 1940; Died: February 28 2025
Obituaries
Franco Zardo - Born: October 22 1969; Died: November 3 2024
International
Born December 17 1936, died April 21 2025.
Vicar General Father Dean Marin never met Pope Francis but he did meet one of his predecessors when the Polish pontiff came to Adelaide 39 years ago.
Nine years ago, Gerry Clarke read an article in The Advertiser stating that 95 per cent of families that know they are expecting a child with Down syndrome choose to terminate the pregnancy.
Holy See diplomat Archbishop Charles Balvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, highlighted the important role that deacons play in the Church following his attendance at the 2025 National Deacons Conference in Adelaide.
Adelaide’s Sisters of Mercy are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Margaret Moses and Gyoparka Makk, two Catholic women who were on board an aircraft that crashed while evacuating babies and adults during the fall of Saigon.
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