Catholic Mission celebrates World Mission Month in October, with the international agency calling for urgent assistance for communities devastated by war and famine in Ethiopia.
It wasn’t just the chilly morning temperatures in Adelaide that had Archbishop Patrick O’Regan and head of Catholic Education SA Neil McGoran reaching for their scarves last month.
Nearly 12,000 people, including more than 500 priests, gathered to celebrate the beatification of Pauline Marie Jaricot in her birthplace of Lyon, France, on Sunday May 22.
Catholic Mission has launched its major appeal for the year, aimed at supporting a community farm project in central Ethiopia.