The Global Catholic Climate Movement is inviting Catholics around the world to join them this Lent in embarking upon a journey of ecological conversion through reflection, repentance and renewal.

The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s recent decision to release 58 refugees who were previously medically transferred to Australia and held indefinitely in detention centres and hotels, but called for the release of those still being detained.

In January, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM was named the 2021 Senior Australian of the Year. “Miriam-Rose has been a friend to Australian Jesuits for many years, writes Fr Frank Brennan SJ. “She has continued to call us all to a deep, attentive listening to the other and to creation.”

Proudly clutching her birthday card from Queen Elizabeth, Josephite Sister Teresa Cooper says not in her wildest dreams did she expect to reach 100, reports The Southern Cross.

One of the questions I get asked as a consecrated virgin is “so what work do you do for the Church?” I reply, “being where the Church is not, in my ordinary job as a town planner”. People are quite surprised. Some may even dismiss it as if this was not of any value. The surprise is a hangover from when consecrated people used to do the bulk of the full-time church jobs which are not sacramental – jobs like teaching and nursing. These days most of these jobs are done by the laity, writes Zara Tai OCV in Catholic Outlook.