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Archbishop Comensoli urges Church leaders to support Jewish community
Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has sent a letter to Melbourne Church leaders urging them to stand with the Jewish community against the “explosion of explicit anti-Semitism” in Australia. Source: Herald Sun.
Vatican journalist tells the stories of Synod of Synodality
“The Synod is no longer an event, it’s a new way of being Church,” Vatican correspondent Christopher White said in a public lecture in Sydney last week. Source: Catholic Outlook.
New appointments for ‘passionate’ advocates of Catholic education
Catholic Education Western Australia executive director Debra Sayce will step down from the role at the end of 2023 to take up a new position in the Perth Archdiocese, the bishops of Western Australia have announced.
Parishes welcome Pacific Islander workers
Ways in which the Church and community groups can welcome and help seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands were discussed at a recent meeting in Launceston. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Icons series highlights family focus of the Catholic faith
The Sts Peter and Paul’s Old Cathedral in Goulburn has unveiled a new collection of icons known as the “Way of the Family” ahead of its inaugural fundraising gala. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
New document on formation ‘for all Catholics, not just select few’
A new document aims to foster the faith of all people of God in the Archdiocese of Adelaide. Source: The Southern Cross.
Priest keeps op shop doors open for people who lost everything in bushfires
With bushfires burning in Queensland, Toowoomba Diocese priest Fr Jack MacGinley is keeping his local op shop in Tara open with a sign out front: “Goods all free, clothes all free, help yourself”. Source: The Catholic Leader.
‘Older sisters’ to mentor and support young Catholic women
A new pilot mentoring program aims to ensure young Catholic women of the Sydney Archdiocese will have an “older sister” to lean on and learn from. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Local Synod ‘a model for engagement, discernment and decision-making’
Parramatta Diocese concluded its inaugural Synod on Sunday, an event that brought together 280 faithful from across Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains and beyond to discuss the future of the local Church.