Adelaide Hills

Wednesday, March 26

Fr Fred Farrugia with the nativity set he spent months repairing and painting ahead of Christmas. Picture: Ben Macmahon

Bringing Jesus back to Christmas

Father Fred Farrugia isn’t one to turn his back on a creative challenge. In the lead-up to Christmas, the Adelaide Hills parish priest spent months meticulously restoring a nativity set to its former glory.

Making a faith-filled new life in the Adelaide Hills

As our Archdiocese prepares to celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday on September 29, The Southern Cross features the stories of two families who have found a new home and parish in the Adelaide Hills.

Some of the toys donated to bushfire victims.

Prisoners’ gift from the heart for bushfire victims

When the devastation from the recent bushfires in South Australia became clear, a group of female prisoners in Adelaide decided they wanted to help those affected in some way.