Ten years after her canonisation, the courage of Saint Mary MacKillop – Australia’s first and only saint – still resonates within the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious order founded by the St MacKillop with the assistance of Fr Julian Tenison-Woods in 1866 in Penola, SA.

The Maida Vale Parish community celebrated the patronal feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October in a dedicated Sunday morning Mass.

Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in Assisi, a town dear to him and to many Christians worldwide.

The Stella Maris centre in Fremantle is Perth’s local branch of the Apostleship of the Sea, an institution that celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Photo: Eric Martin. Australia Post has last month released a commemorative $1.35 postage-paid envelope with illustrations highlighting the vital work that occurs in ports throughout the nation in celebration of the 100th anniversary of t...

Dozens of priests, deacons and seminarians convened for the annual clergy Mass on Tuesday 22 September 2020.

Moora parishioners at Jurien Bay have this month gathered for the blessing and burying of its foundation stone, which marks the location of the much-anticipated church, on 6 September.

The experience of suffering a stroke three years ago has not stopped Father Alfonsas Savickis from dedicating his heart and mind to his life’s calling and vocation.

Although a global pandemic found him stranded on the other side of the world to his loved ones in the United States, Father Tim Deeter was joined by his Australian family last month to celebrate his 70th birthday.

With a great sense of humour, Floreat Wembly parishioner, Mary Therese O’Leary, also known as Tess, recently celebrated 100 years on 24 May.

If 40 is the new 30 then, given the impact of the pandemic on the elderly, 100 must be the new 21, signifying a “coming of age” for the octogenarians and nonagenarians whose homes and villages are now a key battleground in the fight against COVID-19.