Kangaroo Island

Saturday, April 27

Spreading the joy of Christmas on KI

The holiday season is fast approaching and St Mary’s College is spreading the Christmas cheer with a music tour to Kangaroo Island next month.

Riding the waves in Year 12

Seventeen year old Audrey Robinson likes nothing better than being in the water and catching a wave when she visits her beloved Kangaroo Island. So when the opportunity arose for her to combine her passion for surfing with her Year 12 studies, she jumped at the chance.

Fr Mark Sexton holds some charcoal taken from bushfire ravaged country near Parndana which was to be used to create ashes for an Ash Wednesday ecumenical service on the island. Picture: Sean McGowan

Hope rises from the ashes

Ashes taken from a blackened roadside on Kangaroo Island have provided a symbolic reminder of devastation and new hope for locals who attended an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service on February 26.

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.

Parishes rally to aid bushfire recovery

A month after bushfires devastated areas of the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island, local parishioners have spoken about picking up the pieces with the support of their local Catholic communities and charities.