Speaking on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Maitland-Newcastle Bishop Michael Kennedy said workers have a right to wages that will provide themselves and their families with a dignified standard of living.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Diocese of Wollongong have signed an agreement to continue producing and broadcasting the program, which first aired on Australian television in 1971. Mass for You at Home will be broadcast every Sunday at 6am on the Ten Network and multiple times during the week on Foxtel’s Aurora (Channel 173).

The Archdiocese of Perth recently hosted a significant meeting of Vocations Directors from the Western and Central dioceses of Australia.

Coordinated by the Perth Vocations Office, the two-day gathering took place on 27 – 28 May 2024 at St Charles Seminary, thanks to the gracious invitation of the rector, Fr Francis Nguyen.

National Catholic Education Executive Director Jacinta Collins said the ALRC’s predictable recommendations were not only at odds with the Inquiry’s terms of reference, but with the desire of families to choose a faith-based school for their children.

Fr Hore believes whether you’re a person of faith, or simply someone at a ‘crossroads in life’, the podcasts can offer a deep reflection on how prayer can lead us to more “responsive and fulfilling lives, embodying the notion that prayer is life”.

National Catholic Education Executive Director Jacinta Collins said with increasing cost of living pressures, Catholic schools and systems are taking a range of measures to relieve the burden on families, with many being long-standing arrangements.

In his Christmas message, Catholic Religious Australia President, Brother Peter Carroll FMS offers his Advent reflection, citing that it is slipping away: one week more and then Christmas. The candles of the wreath have changed colour: violet to rose and soon to Christmas white or gold, and we’re moving through the advent themes represented in the candles: hope, peace, joy, and love.

Cardinal Luis Tagle has last week consecrated the new Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Bahrain, inviting the congregation to come home often, to meet and converse and talk with our merciful Father.

The announcement that four-year-old Cleo Smith was found alive and safe may have prompted many practitioners to imagine how they would respond when faced with a similar situation.

NCEC Executive Director, Jacinta Collins, said the NAPLAN 2021 summary results
demonstrate an upward trend across most literacy and numeracy domains.