Eaglehawk parishioner, Kobi Paine, shares her experience of faith and her relationship with God. “For me, faith and God are a logical conclusion from looking at the world around me,” writes Kobi.

Held every second year, the Lonergan Workshop brings together international and Australian scholars to explore challenges our world now faces, and how each of us can play a role in transforming cultures that underpin these crises.

The bishops of Oceania say their people’s reflections for the global Synod of Bishops for a Synodal Church left them feeling “peace and joy”, but also called them to be prophetic and ready to “model ourselves on the love we proclaim”.

Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Anthony Randazzo DD JCL, Bishop of Broken Bay, to the role of Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia.

The Ordinariate was created by Pope Benedict in 2012 to provide a pathway for Anglicans to full communion in the Roman Catholic Church, while retaining elements of their worship traditions and spiritual heritage in their union with the Catholic Church.

Constitutional law expert, Professor Anne Twomey, returns to her home parish to speak about the referendum. Anne is a member of the Constitutional Expert Group, which has provided the Referendum Working Group with legal support on constitutional matters that relate to the referendum, including the Referendum questions and constitution ammendments. 

Bishop Shane was guest speaker at the Refugees for Rural Australian’s Rally for Refugees on Palm Sunday. Addressing the crowd, he emphasised Australia’s long history of welcoming people seeking safety and the enormous contribution migrants and refugees have made to our communities. He said that, although recent government decisions give hope for many on temporary visas there is still much more that the Australian Government could do and should do.

St Monica’s parishioner, Audrey Brown, has been appointed as Educationalist member of the Committee of Religious Institute and Ministerial Public Juridic Person School Authorities Australia (CORMSAA).

Concerned she would be the last Josephite to serve in Nurmurkah, the late Sr Janet Nolan rsj was determined to ensure that the Josephite Sisters'  legacy continued.  

The banging of drums, the rattling of chains, a visceral human scream, the crack of lightning, the raw of thunder – there, trembling beneath the dark Shepparton sky of Good Friday was St Brendan’s Church – its congregation holding candles in palpable silence.

A recent National Centre for Pastoral Research report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the 5.1 million people who identified as Catholic in the 2021 Australia Census.