In its 60th year, Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten appeal was launched in the place where it all began – St Bernadette’s Church at St Mary’s – on Shrove Tuesday.
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Catholics in the Adelaide Archdiocese raised more than $600,000 for the 2024 Project Compassion Lenten appeal, taking the total funds raised across Australia to $9.77m.
Caritas Australia celebrated 60 years of tackling poverty and injustice around the globe with an anniversary Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Sunday February 25.
Sixty years ago The Southern Cross invited South Australian Catholics to ‘share their Lent’ with the Indigenous community of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.
More than 500 Year 5 and 6 students from seven Catholic primary schools came together in beautiful weather to participate in the 2024 Caritas Fun Run on February 19.
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