An image from the Camino Salvado 2019. The annual St Joseph’s Camino Salvado Pilgrimage from Subiaco to New Norcia is now taking bookings for 2024. Photo: Supplied. The annual St Joseph’s Camino Salvado Pilgrimage from Subiaco to New Norcia is now taking bookings for 2024. The pilgrimage is next year being offered on two occasions, including from Sunday 25 August to Sunday 1 September an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_buwlSHEeFA Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, One of our popular Christmas Carols begins with these words: What child is this who, laid to rest on Mary’s lap, is sleeping? Very quickly, the carol moves to an answer: This, this, is Christ the King, the babe, the son of Mary. Each year, as Christmas comes around, we are invited to let this same quest...

During Advent 2022, all Australian dioceses were invited to take up a special collection(s) for the people of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised to support people in the war-torn nation through the work of Mudra Sprava (Wise Action), a Patriarchal Charitable Foundation in Ukraine. The organisation has three focus areas: Evacuation of people from frontline territories, fo...

By Carol Glatz Pope Francis welcomed the group of 26 men and women survivors at his residence 28 November The group had first met for two hours with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, during which they received a letter from Pope Francis, who had apologized for not being able to speak to them in person "as we had hoped.” Photo: CNS/courtesy of the Pontifical...

Chair of the Bishops Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli, said the Church has been confronted with the difficult question of how to attend to the spiritual and pastoral needs of Catholics contemplating euthanasia. Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to pro...

ACBC President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, who served as the Plenary Council’s President, speaks during his homily for the Closing Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Saturday 9 July, at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: ACBC/Fiona Basile. One “particular grace” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has been its encouragement of many initiatives in the Chu...

Lead researcher and Australian Catholic University Senior Education Lecturer Dr Amanda Gutierrez said with digital games not listed as an example of a multimodal text in the Australian Curriculum for English, the lack of consensus among English teachers about the merit of using them in learning programs was understandable.

Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Chiara Porro has this month joined with Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans Executive Officer Christine Carolan in promoting the launch of its 16 Days of Activism campaign, which focusses on women migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation.

The 2021 completion of a $5 million upgrade underscores the dedication of the St John of God Murdoch Hospice to providing exceptional facilities and high standards of care.

In being awarded with a Doctor of Laws from UNDA last Friday 24 November, OECD Secretary General the Hon Mathias Cormann spoke about the critical role universities play in building knowledge, skills, innovation and driving economic growth.