Generous school kicks off fight against poverty
More than 1000 students at a South Australian Catholic school noted for its outstanding fundraising efforts turned out for the launch of a global anti-poverty campaign on Shrove Tuesday.
More than 1000 students at a South Australian Catholic school noted for its outstanding fundraising efforts turned out for the launch of a global anti-poverty campaign on Shrove Tuesday.
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.
Bright thinkers in the fields of space, technology, agriculture and sustainability were awarded 2024 Playford Trust scholarships at the annual awards night held in Adelaide in April.
An investment by Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) will deliver the State’s first Catholic school in the Alexandrina Council region.
Madison Gurney-White gained a greater understanding of her great grandfather’s life on the far west coast of South Australia and his service in World War II when she undertook research for an award-winning digital biography.
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