Sister Chitra Justin OSM marked her 25th anniversary as a Servite Sister this month with a celebration between sessions on Day One of the First Assembly of the Plenary Council, The Record reports.

A worldwide pandemic seems a fitting, albeit bleak, backdrop to mark the 150-year anniversary on 7 October 2021 of the foundation of the Sisters of St John of God, writes Marcelle Mogg, Group Director Mission Integration, St John of God Health Care.

It was hearing that people in Wilcannia felt they were being left alone in their time of need that prompted Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green to get off the phone and figure out a way to offer whatever help he could, The Catholic Weekly reports.

The Loreto Sisters in Australia and around the world are marking 2021’s United Nations Year for the Elimination of Child Labour by releasing a toolkit for prayer and action each month.

Women religious will soon be able to access a national database that supports communication between dioceses and religious institutes about the credentialling of clerics and religious.