The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart have commissioned a new Congregational Leadership Team at a Mass for Handing on Leadership celebrated earlier this month at the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in North Sydney. The new Congregational Leadership Team comprises Sister Josephine Dubiel as Congregational Leader, supported by Sisters Brigette Sipa, Mary Ellen O’Donoghue, Catherine M...

Caritas Australia has announced the launch of Project Compassion 2026, its Lenten fundraising and awareness appeal that attracts participation from 1700 schools and 1200 parishes across Australia annually. This year, Caritas Australia is calling on the community to Unite Against Poverty. For six weeks, schools, students, parishes and individuals are encouraged to donate, participate in T...

An invitation to listen and to act. Image: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged courage and tenderness in addressing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis in their latest social justice statement, The Cost of our Living: Economic and Social Justice for the Common Good. “Across Australia, many of our sisters and brothers are burdened by the rising c...

Eucharist28 marks a significant moment in the life of the Church in Australia, coinciding with the centenary of the first International Eucharistic Congress held in Sydney in 1928. Image: Archdiocese of Sydney. The official journey toward the International Eucharistic Congress 2028 (Eucharist28), to be held in Sydney, has formally begun with the launch of the Eucharist28 website and the rol...

The Bishops of Australia have announced the appointment of the Honourable Scott Ryan as the new Executive Director of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC). Mr Ryan will replace the Honourable Jacinta Collins, who completes her term as Executive Director at the end of February 2026. Mr Ryan brings extensive educational policy knowledge and experience, having served within the...

A survey conducted by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry has found Catholic clergy enjoy a strong sense of wellbeing. A total of 825 priests and deacons participated in the survey to determine how they can be better supported and better serve their communities in turn. In a second phase of the study, 78 priests and deacons ...

The cause for sainthood for Australian-born doctor and missionary in India Mary Glowrey has advanced after Pope Leo XIV recognised her ‘heroic virtues’ late last year. Venerable Mary of the Sacred Heart Glowrey, as she will now be titled, is only the second Australian, after St Mary Mackillop, to be accorded this status. Dr Mary Glowrey was medical graduate of the University of Melbourne...

History was created in Melbourne recently with the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held in Australia for the first time. In his capacity as the current President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Tim Costelloe SDB, Archbishop of Perth, met with the members of the Permanent Synod. The meeting was presided over by His Beatitude the Most Revere...

The Catholic, academic and broader faith communities have mourned the passing of renowned Australian Biblical scholar Fr Francis Moloney SDB who died recently aged 85. Fr Moloney was the author of major pieces of internationally acclaimed research into the Gospels of John, Mark, and the Book of Revelation. His last academic posting was as a Senior Professorial Fellow at the Catholic Theo...

Emergency vehicles at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday 14 December 2025. Two gunmen targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, leaving 15 dead, including a gunman, and more than 40 wounded. Photo: OSV News/Izhar Khan, Reuters. By Jamie O’Brien On the golden sands of Bondi Beach last Sunday evening, an act of unspeakable ...