A Zoom gathering of Religious men and women in temporary vows has been hailed as an important opportunity for collaboration and support both for the temporary professed and their formators.

Oblate Father Eric Alleaume’s road to becoming a priest was a bit like being drawn into a kind of “Bermuda Triangle”, The Catholic Leader reports.

Three women’s religious congregations - the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters and the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary – met recently with nine young women from around Australia and New Zealand for an online discernment retreat.

The Pope’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, has garnered much attention since its publication; not all of it positive. In some quarters, he’s been accused of interfering in politics, meddling in the economic sphere or being naïve. The Pope is not unfamiliar with criticisms, and these comments come from the usual quarters. One thing is certain – people are reading what Francis writes, and hearing what he says, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS.

Aware that the environment is a gift to be respected and cared for, the Brigidine Sisters have become more diligent about reducing the use of single-use plastics – including, in these times of pandemic, disposable face masks.