Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Charity, Sr Clare Nolan, says much has changed in religious life since she first took it up, but the one thing that hasn’t changed is the call to live the Gospel.

Helping the sick and poor is Sr Kerry’s vocation as a member of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, but loving them is her passion, The Catholic Weekly reports.

There is is a saying that Sisters of St Joseph never retire and after almost six years as Brisbane archdiocese’s Vicar for Religious, Josephite Sister Moya Campbell is showing no signs of slowing down as she jets off across the ditch to start a new role in governance for the Josephite congregation in Auckland, The Catholic Leader reports.

It might feel like Christmas and New Year are still fresh in our memory, but Lent is just around the corner, and the Columbans have prepared some prayers and liturgy resources, including a Prayer for Ash Wednesday, which falls on February 26.

There was no shower of rose petals but hot red dust falling from the sky as St Thérèse of Lisieux arrived in Sydney, The Catholic Weekly reports.