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First Nations Northern Territory

Top end community celebrates 90th anniversary of first Mass

The Wadeye Indigenous community in the Northern Territory gathered in gratitude and joy to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Mass celebrated at “Werntekngnanyi” (Old Mission). Source: Darwin Diocese.

First Nations HIgher Education

First Nations scholarship winners head to Rome

First Nations students Drew Campbell and Jacob Lasserre are preparing for their first visit to the Eternal City after winning Australian Catholic University’s prestigious Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship.

First Nations Victoria

More than 5000 Victorians Walk for Truth

Catholic Social Services Victoria representatives joined more than 5000 people on Wednesday on the final leg of the 500km Walk for Truth from Portland to Melbourne’s Parliament House.

First Nations

Close friends design logo for 2025 Indigenous assembly

Two talented Year 11 students from the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese have designed the official logo for the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council Assembly. Source: Catholic Schools Maitland-Newcastle.

First Nations

Intergenerational choir’s performance solid as a rock

Generations came together in suburban Canberra to deliver a musical performance with a message of unity, truth and hope for Reconciliation Week. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Bishops First Nations

Darwin bishop says reconciliation a sacred responsibility for all Christians

As Australia observes National Reconciliation Week 2025, Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci says reconciliation is a sacred responsibility for all Christians and people of goodwill. Source: Darwin Diocese. 

Charity First Nations

Vinnies restates its support for Uluru Statement 

The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia says it “recognises the past and present injustices experienced by First Nations people” and will “continue to work for legal reforms and the progressing of the Uluru Statement from the Heart”. 

Education First Nations

Great-great-grandmother taught by St Mary inspires school principal

If Emma Fowler is not the first Aboriginal Catholic school principal in South Australia, then she’s almost certainly the second or third. Source: The Southern Cross.

First Nations HIgher Education

Indigenous academic describes how ‘old people taught me many things’

Community members, scholars and elders gathered at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Broome Campus for the Lucy (Ngarbal) Marshall Oration of the Chair of Indigenous Knowledges.