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Father of kids killed by drunk driver shares his journey to forgiveness

Sydney father Danny Abdallah, who lost three of his children when they were killed by a drunk driver, yesterday shared his journey to forgive the man responsible for their deaths. Source: Sky News Australia 

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Sr Meredith named SA Senior Australian of the Year

Sister of Mercy Meredith Evans has been named the 2024 South Australian Senior Australian of the Year. Source: Adelaide Advertiser.

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Indigenous leader named ACT Local Hero 

If we don’t change anything, nothing is going to change, according to 2024 ACT Local Hero Selina Walker. Source: Catholic Voice.

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Notre Dame alumnus crowned WA Lawyer of the Year 

Lawyer, leader, double amputee, father and listener. These are the words University of Notre Dame Australia alumnus Tom Monks uses to describe himself. He can now add the title of Western Australian Lawyer of the Year for 2023.

People Tributes

St John Paul II’s ‘sister’ dies at 101

Wanda Półtawska, Polish psychiatrist, wife and mother of four, survivor of Ravensbrück Nazi concentration camp and a close friend of St John Paul II, died on Tuesday in Krakow aged 101. Source: OSV News.

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‘Local hero’ says elderly are the real heroes

Sydney Catholic Nellie Doueihi’s efforts in “reaching out in love and service” to her community has won her an award and a $20,000 grant to continue her work. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Immigration People

Ugandan family reunited after six long years of separation

Six agonising years of separation have ended for Catholic couple Morris Mukasa and Teddy Nakalembe with the safe arrival of their children in Sydney. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

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Brisbane prayer group launches ‘holywares’ online shop

Young Catholics were among the first to get their hands on rosaries inspired by Australian wildflowers and shirts printed with saintly mottos, all crafted by four Brisbane women who founded a “holywares” online shop. Source: The Catholic Leader.

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Sydney teen takes on mission of a lifetime in the Philippines

Sydney teenager John McCaffrey has embarked on an adventure of a lifetime, travelling to the Philippines for a two-year discernment with a dynamic new religious movement in the Church. Source: The Catholic Weekly.