Fr Rob Morris at Sevenhill.

Vocations

A deepening self-knowledge

Three years after his ordination in Christchurch, NZ-born Jesuit Fr Rob Morris is now director of the Sevenhill Retreat Centre in South Australia. He was recently interviewed for Jesuit Vocations Australia’s ‘Cuppa with a Jesuit’ video series.

Local

Polish Jesuit honoured

On the sandstone walls of  St Aloysius Church in Sevenhill hangs a beautiful painting of St Stanislaus Kostka with the Christ Child.

Events

Sevenhill celebrations for pioneer Polish chaplain

Descendants of the first Polish settlers to the Clare Valley will join the South Australian Polish community, Jesuits and local Catholics for the anniversary of the arrival of Fr Leon Rogalski SJ as the country’s first chaplain to the Polish expatriate community.

Local

Wine label toasts Catholic heritage

As the festive season nears, thoughts are inevitably turning to ways of celebrating in a COVID-safe manner. For wine lovers, it may be an opportunity to try a label that honours the heritage of Irish Catholic settlers in the Clare Valley.

News

Rare vestments on display

Vestments sewn by women of the Austrian court for the first Jesuits who came to Sevenhill in 1848 were displayed at St Ignatius parish, Norwood, as part of the parish’s sesquicentenary celebrations.