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Mother’s death and exploration of afterlife inspire winning entry
Poet and author Christine Paice has won $10,000 in the Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry for a poem about the death of her mother.
Rough seas: Picturing a seafarer’s life
Ahead of Sea Sunday, a Catholic charity in West Melbourne is bringing its mission to the streets with a striking mural depicting the perils of life at sea. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Art, creativity and faith combine in new collective
A new Melbourne-based collective will see creative Catholics gather together to inspire and encourage one another in their vocations as artists. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
ACU Prize for Poetry a matter of faith
Entries for the ACU Prize for Poetry have opened, with the competition this year calling for poems on the theme of faith. Source: Australian Catholic University.
‘Great Women of Faith’ coming to Australia
An international exhibition featuring “Great Women of Faith” depicted in a pop art-style is coming to Melbourne in March. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Class trip to see musical blocked by France’s secularism laws
The producer of a popular French musical about St Bernadette Soubirous has filed an appeal against an official ruling that a state school cannot use a free cultural pass for a class trip to his show because the topic violated France’s secularism laws. Source: The Tablet.
All you need is love for Mandorla art prize
With a prize pool of over $50,000, entries are now open for Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize, the Mandorla Art Award. Source: The eRecord.
Beveridge wins $10,000 prize for ‘tender and loving’ poem
Sydney poet Judith Beveridge has won Australia Catholic University’s coveted poetry prize for a poem dedicated to her husband, fellow poet Stephen Edgar.
Ms University Student graduates to Miss Saigon
Australian Catholic University student Abigail Adriano has swapped schoolbooks for the stage after being cast in Opera Australia’s Miss Saigon. Source: The Catholic Weekly.