Aid to the Church in Need Australia launched a prayer campaign asking people to add to a spiritual bouquet of Masses praying for the multitude of needs surrounding the pandemic, as Australia notes the one-year anniversary of the first case of Covid-19.

Catholic Health Australia and the Australian Catholic University have joined forced to host a major online forum to discuss how solidarity and cooperation are key to dealing with the challenges of COVID-19.

Archbishop Philip Wilson, who served as Bishop of Wollongong and Archbishop of Adelaide during 45 years of priestly ministry, has passed away in Adelaide on Sunday, 17 January at 70. Archbishop Wilson had suffered a series of health problems in recent years, including cancer. Even so, his death was unexpected. “We know that people across the country much loved Philip, but especially in the places he served – in Maitland-Newcastle, in Wollongong and here in Adelaide,” said Archbishop Patrick O’Regan, who last year succeeded Archbishop Wilson.

Sydney’s Auxiliary Bishop Terence Brady recognised the great courage and unfailing service to others, endured by Eileen O’Connor despite living with great personal suffering herself, at a special mass held on 10 January 2021, to mark the centenary of her death, as she remains on the path to becoming Australia’s second saint.

The Church in Australia will celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God on the first Sunday in February each year, starting with 7 February 2021.

The Catholic Church has established a new company to oversee all safeguarding, child protection and professional standards in Australia, creating a more focused and streamlined model.

The Hon Chris Ellison has been reappointed Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) for a second term.

More than 170,000 people have been affected by Typhoon Vamco, with around AUD$2.8 million of damage to agricultural land, which will take years to recover.

Catholic Health Australia (CHA) will pay tribute to the 80,000 hospital and aged care workers across its member network for their extraordinary efforts during the COVID-19 crisis with a series of new films.

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.