50th anniversary

Monday, October 14

Rock Mass returns

The 50th anniversary of the Rock Mass will be held on Sunday October 23 at 5.45pm in the St Aloysius College undercroft.

Romero Rock Mass rejoicing 50 years

On the last Sunday of July 1972, the first Rock Mass in Adelaide took place in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

Fr Maurice greets Pope John Paul II at the Adelaide Town Hall in 1986.

Doors open for shy priest with an eye for detail

As Master of Ceremonies at some of the biggest events in the life of the Adelaide Archdiocese over the past few decades, Fr Maurice Shinnick is no stranger to the limelight.

Humbled to be welcomed into people’s lives

Raised in a staunch Catholic family at Semaphore, Fr Peter Sheedy believes his call to the priesthood came early in life, when he started serving as an altar boy at Sacred Heart Church.

Rural church to celebrate 50th birthday

When St Mary’s Catholic Church in Bordertown was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop Matthew Beovich on August 22 1969, it came as a great relief to parishioners.

50 years of listening to the people

It isn’t often that one can celebrate 50 years in the same job, yet this is the reality for Father Paul Cashen MSC who on May 31 marked half a century of priestly life.