Archdiocese of Perth Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Director Donella Brown offered her reflection on the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Conference Assembly, highlighting that as people gathered on the first day, there was a collective sigh that at last, we were here gathering, renewing friendships, and carrying on the tradition of storytelling and celebrating our Catholic faith and Aboriginal Culture.
The first ever Vatican World Cycling Team last weekend joined Caritas Australia to learn about truth-telling and reconciliation.
A free webinar will present a demographic picture of Australian churchgoers based on the results from the latest National Church Life Survey, plus practical reflections from a panel of ministry practitioners.
Socktober cultivates the passion of students, engages their local community, and takes action against poverty through the world game of soccer. It challenges students and their families to kick goals for good.
As the first in two years because of cancellations caused by COVID-19, this year’s theme for the Australasian Catholic Press Association conference focused on the words of Pope Francis from his 2021 World Day of Communications message, “Witnesses of the Truth, to go, to see, to share”. Australian Redemptorist publication The Majellan has taken home the top gong at the annual awards.
Speaking on the launch of a new guide on gender and identity, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement said the Catholic Church and our schools begin from the foundational principle that each person is created in the image and likeness of God and is loved by God.
Catholic Mission is currently supporting a range of mission development programs in Ethiopia addressing malnutrition, the lack of access to education for young children, and the vulnerable position of women in society.
A national online conference will promote understanding and explore practices of evangelisation in Australia through encounters with Christ, formation in discipleship and mission in the world. The conference will be hosted in different locations around Australia, opening on the evening of October 20.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB last week joined Catholic Religious Australia President, Br Peter Carroll FMS and Chair of the Association of Ministerial PJPs Eva Skira AM in Brisbane to discuss how dioceses, religious institutes and ministerial public juridic persons can collaborate to advance the mission of the Church in Australia.