Sr Ivy Khoury of Caritas Australia with Thandolwayo (right) and her grandmother in Zimbabwe. Photo Richard Wainwright Caritas Australia

International

Responding to COVID-19 in southern Africa

Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in eastern and southern Africa, where communities that rely on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihoods have been severely impacted by government restrictions on gatherings.

Local

Churches close as SA goes into lockdown

South Australian Catholic communities have been asked to pray for the wellbeing of each other as churches close due to the six day lockdown imposed as a circuit breaker for the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Local

Parish lifeline for struggling students

International students who are struggling to make ends meet during COVID are being given a lifeline through a new program initiated by the Adelaide Cathedral parish.

Schools

Drawing on pandemic experience

A St Mary’s College old scholar has used her artistic talents – and hours of spare time during lockdown – to illustrate a new book that explains the COVID-19 pandemic to young children.

National

Catholics during COVID - how and what did we do?

A new national survey is exploring how Australian Catholics responded to church closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.