The Bishops of Australia have appointed a new Director of the National Centre for Evangelisation (NCE).

Dedicated volunteers have shown they are dab hands with a paintbrush, selflessly giving their time to make over a MercyCare home for children in care.

National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) Executive Director, Ross Fox, says a new campaign in support of Catholic schools reflects the important place of the country’s 1,731 schools in shaping Australia’s future.

One of the Catholic schools to receive much publicity about historical cases of child sexual abuse has become the first Victorian secondary school to introduce the “gold standard”, Keeping Them Safe program.

Many friends, family and parishioners will have the opportunity to follow Australia’s journey to the city of mercy as 2,500 World Youth Day pilgrims travelling to Poland with the live web cast of events from Krakow through the digital platform, Xt3.com.

The people of Wadeye (Northern Territory) recently had much to celebrate as Deacon Boniface Perdjert, Australia’s first permanent deacon, celebrated his 80th birthday.

When Stephanie Archibald had her two children, the midwives who attended the birth were so wonderful, she was inspired to switch from studying a science degree to a Bachelor of Midwifery at Australian Catholic University.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples so often live the name of mercy in their lives, Bishop Christopher Saunders stated as he launched the annual statement to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday on 3 July.

His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed as Auxiliary Bishops of Sydney, the Reverend Monsignor Anthony Randazzo of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, and the Reverend Father Richard James Umbers of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.

With the 2016 Federal election scheduled for this Saturday 2 July, The eRecord is this week re-publishing the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference statement regarding the election, entitled, A Voice for the Voiceless.