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Christmas

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Christmas card competition opens

The Southern Cross, in conjunction with Catholic Education SA, is calling for students in the Adelaide and Port Pirie dioceses to use their artistic skills to design Archbishop Patrick O’Regan’s 2025 digital Christmas card.

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

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.

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Stepping up for the community

The hard work never stops at Centacare. As the community services arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, making a difference to South Australian lives is an all-year round effort.