Preserving and promoting the languages of Australia’s First Peoples has been at the heart of the ministry of a New South Wales Christian Brother recently recognised with Australia’s premier award in teaching languages other than English, the ACBC’s Media Blog reports.

It’s a long way from Fr Prakash Menezes SVD’s home in India to his parish of Santa Teresa in the Central Australian desert country, but it is exactly the kind of Christ-led and people-centred life he hoped for when he signed up to be a missionary priest.

Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the sixth anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s announcement that no person seeking asylum by boat would be resettled in Australia.

One hundred and seventy religious women and men, representing 72 congregations from across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, came together last month to pray, network and explore the topic of ‘Communio: Stewarding a life that belongs to the Church and the world.’

Justice for indigenous Australians is not something we can ignore, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll fms. As Christians, Catholics and Religious it’s not possible to be disengaged, silent observers. There’s an imperative in this for us. A starting point could be the acceptance of the invitation extended to us in the Uluru Statement from the Heart: to walk with our Aboriginal sisters and brothers in a “movement of the Australian people for a better future”. It sounds like an invitation to build the kingdom of God. How could we not accept such an offer?