Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR has last month given an update on the situation in Ukraine during the plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, requesting that bishops hold a special collection to “support refugees and people in Ukraine during this winter, which will be the most challenging for our country for decades of independence”.

The Poverty In Australia 2022 report by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney, shows that 16.6 per cent of Australian children (or 761,000 kids) lived in poverty in the 2019/2020 financial year.

This was just one of the facts surrounding Child Poverty presented by Centrecare Inc Director and Valuing Children Initiative Co-Founder, Adj. Prof. Tony Pietropiccolo AM who was recently a keynote speaker at the Anti-Poverty Week 2022 Symposium.

In a Pastoral Letter published in October last year, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said the confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ.

However, the law that obliges the priests to violate the seal of confession if they receive information about the sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable people has this month come into effect, Tuesday 1 November.

Centre for Life Marriage and Family, Manager Life Services, Bronia Karniewicz said the very popular Advent journal collates daily readings and reflections to guide user into spending time with God each day, preparing for His nativity at Christmas. Image: CLMF. The Centre for Life Marriage and Family are praying that Advent is a time of hope, faith, joy and peace, and a time of fruitful spi...

Sabrina Stevens, far right, with Caritas Australia WA Director, Deacon Paul Reid, and the CYM Team. Photo: Supplied. Sabrina Stevens is a proud Kuku Yalanji and Yidinji woman, born and raised in Cairns, Far North Queensland. She attended her first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Commission (NATSICC) Assembly in 2009 and felt inspired by the combination of faith st...

The National Appeals and Review Panel, managed by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL), is an independent panel which facilitates reviews for complaints concerning abuse against children and vulnerable adults

Based on Maria Montessori’s principals of education, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Executive Committee Chair Anne Diamond explained to The Record that the CGS is a hands on approach for children that assists them to grow in their knowledge and love of God.

The 2022 Social Justice Statement also points out that “family and domestic violence is a painful and complex reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities”. Image: ACBC. This month, Friday 25 November, marks the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an annual int...

National President Claire Victory said the 2 November decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase the official rate by 25 basis points to 2.85 per cent will hurt Australians already doing it tough.

It is common for the volunteers at St Catherine’s who work in the kitchen/dining area to regularly be asked “what is the background of this place? it has a special sense of tranquillity”. This is true, writes members of the St Catherine’s House of Hospitality Reference Committee.