Catholic Mission is inviting schools across Australia to kick goals for good and compete to create the next official sockball following the launch of Socktober 2026. The national challenge coincides with the centenary of World Mission Sunday. As part of the competition, schools, students and youth groups are invited to design and build a new sockball using recycled materials. Image: Cath...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has encouraged young people to look beyond themselves and become disciples who respond to the needs of others. Speaking to Catholic primary school students from across the Archdiocese who gathered at Corpus Christi College on 10 June for the Primary Schools Launch of LifeLink Day 2026, Archbishop Costelloe reflected on his own background as a teacher a...

With 2026 marking the 100-year anniversary of World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV has welcomed the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (Catholic Mission) to Rome for the General Assembly. Pope Leo XIV waves after meeting with participants in the general assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Clementine Hall at the Vatican on 1 June 2026. During the meeting, Pope L...

Inspirational reflections on faith, mission and service featured prominently at the recent Leadership Breakfast event hosted by the Knights of the Southern Cross WA. Three women who hold prominent positions in the areas of mission, outreach and religious education captivated the large audience with their personal reflections on faith, vocation and service that revealed not only the diversit...

The majority of Australia’s homeless are not sleeping in doorways or tents in parks, but in less conspicuous settings, such as cars, couch-surfing or low-cost boarding houses or motels.

This year PAS celebrates 35 years of service to people with intellectual disability, so each person was provided with their own individual birthday cupcake labelled with the PAS logo.

Caritas Australia CEO Kirsty Robertson said Caritas means love and compassion in Latin. Photo: Supplied. Caritas Australia is celebrating its 60th year, with The Catholic Overseas Relief Committee that later became Caritas Australia, having been founded in 1964. That same year, Catholic parishes in Adelaide conducted the first Lenten appeal, raising money for a fishing boat to support th...