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Symposium aims to help teachers ‘rethink’ religious education
More than 250 religious education leaders and teachers from across Australia will gather in Dubbo, New South Wales, today for the start of a two-day symposium on “Rethinking RE”. Source: BBI-TAITE.
Applications open for the Australian Catholic Young Women’s Fellowship
Applications are now open for the Australian Catholic Young Women’s Fellowship for 2024-2025, the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry has announced. Source: The Bridge.
Stay close to the Lord in these challenging times, evangelist urges
Catholics need to rediscover their confidence in Scripture as the source of divine revelation and to unite themselves daily with God through prayer in order to evangelise an anti-Christian secular culture, according to evangelist Ralph Martin. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Church responds to vandalism with prayers for forgiveness and healing
A church in Sydney’s south-west has responded to the defacing of its Marian statue with prayers for forgiveness and healing. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Appeal, prayers for abducted sisters in Nigeria
Prayers are being sought for the safe release of three Catholic religious sisters, a seminarian and a driver reportedly abducted from Nigeria’s Abakaliki Diocese. Source: CNA.
US bishops tell people struggling with mental health: ‘We are with you’
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a new national campaign focusing on mental health. Source: Crux.
Cardinal Tobin hopes Synod will ‘help us open Church doors even more’
The true beauty of the Church “becomes evident when its doors are open and welcome people. We hope that the Synod will help us open them even more,” United States Cardinal Joseph Tobin said yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Catholic Religious Australia condemns attacks by Hamas militants
Catholic Religious Australia has strongly condemned the attacks by Hamas militants against Israeli civilians and called for the safe and immediate release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Christian schools warn Human Rights Act threatens religious freedoms
Australia’s Christian schools peak body has warned a proposed federal Human Rights Act could threaten religious freedoms, urging the Albanese Government to revisit religious discrimination legislation. Source: The Australian.