Speaking to an audience of Catholic leaders, religious, and social service professionals at the Duxton Hotel on Thursday 12 June for the 2025 St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Oration, Archbishop Costelloe emphasised that Catholic social outreach must never lose sight of Christ as its source and goal.
Speech by Bishop Don Sproxton on the Feast of St Mary MacKillop 30th Anniversary of LifeLink and 25th Anniversary of LifeLink Day
A Catholic education is an excellent form of evangelisation, Pope Francis said.
“Indeed, education does not consist of filling the head with ideas,” Education is “accompanying and encouraging students on the path of human and spiritual growth, showing them how friendship with the Risen Jesus expands the heart and makes life more humane,” he said.