While St Joseph might be seen as a quietly achieving saint, he is the perfect saint to turn to during our struggles in lockdown, says Sr Sophie Boffa CSFN in Catholic Outlook.

Despite large parts of the country being in lockdown, those planning the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia say all is in readiness to deliver the first assembly in October wholly online.

Religious Sisters in their senior years who are living in South Australia are being supported in their retirement by the Positive Ageing Project which was initiated 13 years ago by Sr Meredith Evans RSM, reports The Southern Cross.

The fifth edition of the Mission: one heart many voices conference, held for the first time online and presented to a worldwide audience, was an outstanding success with more than 500 participants actively involved and engaged in exploring the challenges of living the gospel and leading mission in Australia and globally.

Our shared COVID-19 experience crystalises a reality: we are vulnerable, fractured and damaged. Not just sometimes, but always. This is part of our human condition. We are people who need nurturing and healing. And our world needs healing. But, amidst all the brokenness in our world right now, we are people of hope, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS.