Parish Administration Staff from across the Diocese gathered at the Chancery for two days of training and professional development this week. This was the first face-to-face Parish Administration Staff Conference since 2019 and it was well received by attendees who enjoyed sharing experiences and learning from each other.

Despite the referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution not succeeding, Australia needs to find a way to address the inequalities many First Nations people face, Bishop Charles Gauci has said.

The Saint Liborius’ Parish celebrated the Feast of Saint Liborius on Sunday 23 July 2023 with a joyful well attended Festival thanks to the tireless efforts of all involved, writes Leslie Cooper.

Hugo Hess, a Year 9 Victory Christian College student, has been awarded the Aspire Cultural and Charitable Foundation’s Eileen Denton Scholarship for 2023.

Pilgrims to World Youth Day (WYD) from across the Sandhurst Diocese gathered for a reunion on Sunday, 8 October, in Shepparton, writes Fr Jackson Saunders.

It’s not every day that you get to tell your local Federal Member what you would do if you were in their shoes, but that’s exactly what Grade 6 students at Holy Rosary Primary School in White Hills were able to do on 5 October. 

On Sunday 12 November, we mark Prison Sunday. Celebrated in Australia on the first Sunday of November, Prison Sunday was initiated by Pope Francis in 2016 to bring attention to the plight of prisoners and highlight the important work of prison chaplains.

Using the Third Decree of the Plenary Council as an example, Dr Chris Cotter and Leslie Cooper work through the study guide released by the ACBC ‘Carrying Forward the Plenary Council’.

At the Opening Mass of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis asks participants to "walk together with the gaze of Jesus".  

Pope Francis released ‘Laudate Deum’, his apostolic exhortation on the climate crisis, on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The exhortation has been commonly awaited as the ‘sequel’ to his ‘groundbreaking’ exhortation, ‘Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home [2015].