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Lady of the Lantern’s light will ‘continue to shine for centuries’
More than 120 students and educators from 17 Presentation schools across Australia gathered in Perth for three days of faith, leadership and formation, inspired by the enduring legacy of Venerable Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters. Source: The Record.
Chaplain’s ministry to those far from home
For the past year, Mark Spencer has been one of the first welcoming faces many seafarers encounter when they arrive in Newcastle. Source: Aurora.
Allow women to exercise their leadership, Vatican tells UN
Women must be able to “exercise their leadership” and become “artisans of peace and guardians of life”, as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican has told the United Nations. Source: NCR Online.
Pope tells Vatican families they are a ‘great miracle’
Pope Leo XIV has told Vatican families they are a “great miracle”, urging them to give life and love generously while celebrating family life with parents and children. Source: Vatican News.
Catholics urged to recognise the ways they have failed to care for nature
Celebrating a new form of the Catholic Mass “for the care of creation”, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to contemplate nature as well as the ways they have shirked their responsibility to care for it. Source: NCR Online.
States demand more federal funding for aged care beds
State and territory health ministers will press the Albanese Government to pour more funding into aged care beds as the number of older Australians stranded in public hospitals remains stubbornly high. Source: The Australian.
Appointment a ‘new chapter for Catholic education in Tasmania’
Hobart Archbishop Anthony Ireland has announced the appointment of Debra Sayce as the new executive director of Catholic Education Tasmania. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Notre Dame awards honorary doctorate to ‘Father of Reconciliation’
The University of Notre Dame Australia has awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters to renowned Yawuru Elder and former politician Patrick Dodson, in recognition of his decades-long advocacy for Aboriginal people and contribution to reconciliation, justice and education. Source: The Record.
Dominican Sisters celebrate a century of ministry in Melbourne
The Dominican Sisters have marked a century of presence and ministry in Melbourne, commemorating the arrival of the first four pioneer sisters in August 1926. Source: Melbourne Catholic.