Fr Junjun Amaya, Parish Priest of Wodonga, had just completed a six-week Sabbatical Program at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in East Jerusalem when Palestinian-based militant group Hamas launched attacks on civilians in southern Israel, starting the current war in Gaza.

Parishioners in many Sandhurst parishes can expect enhanced participation and renewed awe at Mass over the coming months as people who attended the recent Liturgical Formation Seminars and Workshops bring learnings to their parish Liturgy.

A large assembly of pilgrims from across the Diocese of Sandhurst, including groups from as far as Shepparton, Albury and Myrtleford, as well as from Melbourne and Ballarat, gathered for the 49th annual Marian Festival celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo on 15 October, writes Wilma McCormack. 

On Friday 20 October, Year 5 students at St Kilian’s Primary School, Bendigo participated in a FIRE Carriers Day.

On Friday 13 October, St Francis of the Fields’ school community gathered to celebrate St Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day (October 4) with the Blessing of the Animals,writes Lisa Hitchcock.

The referendum result does not signal the end of the journey, says NATSICC as they call for all Australians to work towards reconciliation and closing the gap.

Following a series of surprise attacks against Israel by Hamas on October 7, hundreds of military air strikes have been launched across the Gaza Strip as a form of retaliation by the Israeli government.

Blast from the Past [8 January 1873]: "The Geelong Advertiser reports that an amusing incident is related in connection with the laying of the foundation stone of a church at Nagambie, a township between twenty and thirty miles beyond Seymour."

In preparation for St Malachy's 150th anniversary celegrations, parishioner Rhonda Robinson shares a brief history of St Malachy’s Church.

Catholic Mission’s awareness and fundraising campaign ‘#wearestillhere’ highlights the burning passion that drives missionaries to ‘take action for a more just world’.