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Mission

Catholic Mission hosts summit on challenges and hopes for the Church

Catholic Mission hosted Pontifical Mission Society national directors from across Asia and Oceania, who gathered in Sydney for a five-day intercontinental meeting. 

Mission

Hope, unity and action at heart of Pope’s message

In his message for World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis highlights hope and unity and emphasises how people can collectively turn faith into action. Source: Catholic Mission.

Health Mission

Mater welcomes visitors from ‘flourishing’ Catholic hospital in Pakistan

Mater is building ties with a Catholic hospital serving some of the most impoverished communities in Pakistan. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Mission

Timor-Leste seminarian inspired by ‘the word of Jesus’

This Jubilee Year, Pope Francis has emphasised that “in the pilgrimage of Christian life, a new beginning is always possible” – words that resonate with Clintino, a seminarian in Timor-Leste. Source: Catholic Mission.

Interfaith Mission

Catholic Mission’s interfaith program secures major grant

Catholic Mission’s Interfaith Encounters Program, which enables young people to develop new friendships, celebrate difference, deepen faith, and promote peace and social cohesion, has won a grant from Multicultural NSW’s COMPACT Program.

Mission

Jesuit Mission says ‘thanks’ to Australian community

Today, International Human Rights Day, Jesuit Mission Australia is acknowledging the Australian community for supporting its Jesuit partners in over 14 countries who work to promote peace, build resilience and defend human rights.

Asia Mission

Giving the gift of life ‘one drop at a time’

This Christmas, the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, is calling for urgent support to bring the gift of clean water to vulnerable families affected by the ongoing conflict in the country. Source: Catholic Mission.

Appointment Mission

Catholic Mission appoints new director for Victoria and Tasmania

Catholic Mission will have a new director in Victoria and Tasmania after long-serving director Kevin Meese announced he will retire at the end of 2024. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

In The Dioceses Mission

Inaugural Kirup Camino hits the track

Bunbury Diocese has marked World Mission Month with the inaugural 16-kilometre Kirup Camino walk. Source: The eRecord.