At a few minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve, the world feels briefly suspended. The shops have closed, the traffic has thinned, and even the tetchy restlessness of city life in late December seems to fall away.
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.
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Christmas is often seen as the most magical, family-orientated time of the year where families revel in the warmth of gatherings and traditions.
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.
No doubt the world is a complex place. Maybe it has always been thus. Yet it seems at the moment to be increasingly the case.
The spirit of Christmas and the power of interfaith collaboration was on show during Gloria Dei – Glory to God hosted by St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar parish on November 16.
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