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Divine Word Missionaries celebrate 150th anniversary
The Society of the Divine Word’s Sydney community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the order’s founding in conjunction with its annual Multicultural Sunday event, highlighting one of the most foundational of Divine Word characteristics – interculturality. Source: In The Word.
Sister who introduced Loreto order to Australia honoured
Mother Mary Gonzaga Barry IBVM, the Irish religious sister who introduced the Loreto order to Australia 150 years ago, has been named a Trailblazer on the 2025 Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her contribution to education.
Marist Fathers go west after 157 years at ‘everyone’s second parish’
St Patrick’s Church Hill in The Rocks is everyone’s second parish, Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Meagher said at a farewell Mass for the Marist Fathers who have looked after the church for 157 years. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
A new horizon of service
Fr Justin Glyn SJ has offered a reflection on the Jesuit formation process after he and Fr Jamie Calder SJ made their final vows this month at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Newman College, Melbourne. Source: Australian Jesuits.
Showing commitment to God in a ‘deeper way’
Sydney Catholic Stephen Noone celebrated his birthday this year like no other – making his first profession of vows with the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor at St Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in North Sydney. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Australia urged to sign UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
Catholic Religious Australia has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, calling for the Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Day of day of ‘gratitude and hope’ marks ministries’ 150 years in Qld
St Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane was filled with prayer, praise and gratitude, as hundreds gathered to mark 150 years of Edmund Rice Ministries in Queensland. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Loreto Sisters celebrate 150 years in Australia
July marks 150 years since the Loreto Sisters first set foot in Australia, beginning a legacy of education and social justice. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Carmelite Monastery an oasis of peace and prayer for 50 years
While the demographics of the Carmelite community members have changed over the years, their life of prayer in intimate friendship with Christ remains constant. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.