Married couples celebrating a significant milestone are being invited to renew their vows and celebrate their vocation at the 2019 Annual Marriage Day Mass.

The Catholic Church is developing new national policy guidelines to strengthen and standardise Church authorities’ responses to historical and contemporary concerns and allegations of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.

The fifth Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council – titled “A Joyful, Hope-Filled and Servant Community” – as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released on Saturday 29 June.

Earlier this year, Chairman of Catholic Homes Board John Ogilvie announced Paul Andrew as the Chief Executive for the Archdiocesan aged care affiliate.

A Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) session attended by 68 Religious Sisters from 12 congregations and a number of other visitors addressed the topic of “Communio: Stewarding a Life that Belongs to the Church and the World”.

Calle Nicholls is the third recipient of the 2019 Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship, which will assist her to undertake study at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Rome Campus.

The role of young people and their place in the development of the future Catholic Church was the focus of a talk last week by Daniel Ang, the Director of Parish 2020, a process of parish renewal and revitalisation in the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Parish youth leaders and potential youth leaders within the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth gathered for a weekend of training, formation, fellowship and prayer at the latest series of Masterclass from 5 to 7 July at the Advent Park Convention Centre in Kalamunda.

“There are people coming to your Parish Masses looking for a Spiritual home. They are looking for a people who show personally and communally the Jesus lives in and among them.

Finding his family was an unexpected and joyous moment for Terry, a man who has happily been supported by Identitywa over the past 21 years.