Finding a voice and vocation in a new land
‘Singing in the choir makes me feel like the universal church truly is one,’ Elena Chua Maexin tells The Southern Cross.
‘Singing in the choir makes me feel like the universal church truly is one,’ Elena Chua Maexin tells The Southern Cross.
As our Archdiocese prepares to celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday on September 29, The Southern Cross features the stories of two families who have found a new home and parish in the Adelaide Hills.
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Family is everything to Enrica Bertossa who was separated from her own parents and siblings as an eight-year-old peasant girl in Istria. JENNY BRINKWORTH reports.
Hildegard Elisabeth Myszka - Born: March 1 1924 | Died: February 22 2019
Estina (Ester) Anna Renaglia - Born: May 29 1937 | Died May 15 2018
St Josephine Bakhita, whose feast day was celebrated last month, is an inspiration for many African Catholics. LINDY MCNAMARA spoke to one South Sudanese man who has devoted most of his life to ensuring his Dinka heritage is passed on to the next generation.
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