Drawing on his experience of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Archbishop Costelloe recalled how some deeply challenging moments were overcome because organisers had decided to spend at least 20 minutes in a deep, contemplative and well-prepared prayer experience.
The week offers a unique opportunity for our Catholic community to explore and support each other’s vocations journey.
The School of Arts and Sciences put together a carefully curated program for the students that was designed to give them an insight into Australian culture, history, politics, wildlife, art, law and more.
All conference speakers will seek to inspire and empower all women present to discover the profound truth of our faith and the beauty of our feminine identity.
After completing school and working for a few years Rita Goodchild arrived in Perth, Western Australia with nine much younger women and entered convent of the Presentation Sisters on 28 December 1950. She made first profession on the 26 January 1954. She never lost her love for Cork, her family and Nano Nagle.
In a statement announcing the winners, the Mandora Art Award Committee said the sheer span of mediums and artistic approaches covered in the 2024 Mandorla Art Award makes this an exciting year indeed.
In Vietnam, up to 8 percent of the population are people with disability, with 75 percent living in rural areas, and experiencing lower rates of literacy and paid employment.
In 2007, the ACBC commissioned a project, Catholics who have stopped attending Mass, which focused on once active Catholics who had ceased participating in Mass and their parish, and the interpersonal, cultural and societal factors that led to their disengagement with liturgy and ecclesial life.
The Australia Institute’s report found people were overwhelmingly supportive of government measures to reduce child poverty, with four-in-five (81 per cent) agreeing that household income support payments should be set at a rate that did not cause any child in Australia to live in poverty.