Members of culturally diverse religious congregations, are sharing their experiences of interculturality as part of a Catholic Religious Australia initiative to support congregations in preparing for the future.

“We come once again, to the holy ground to remember our brothers and sisters who rest here in death. They were men and women of strong and embodied faith who lived the Gospel in the spirit of our traditions. They gifted the world with kindness, compassion, healing, and love. Through a wide array of ministries they furthered the one Mission of Christ. With commitment and dedication; with their great gifts and human frailties.”

The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus has announced a new agile operating model and governance structure for their Spirituality Ministry, in response to a changing world and an evolving, more spiritually discerning community.

They earned a legion of fans on national TV as the 'Amazing Race nuns’ but while Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters Judy Bowe and Therese Mills were crowd favourites, they became the second contestants to be eliminated from the Network 10 reality show, 10Play reports.

In fulfilling the mission of his congregation to ‘work with migrants’, recently appointed Filipino chaplain in the Adelaide Archdiocese, Fr Franco Lacanaria CS ironically finds himself in the same situation of having to navigate his way around a new country, The Southern Cross reports.