Since heeding the call of God in a leprosarium in Thailand, Sr Ratana Sriwarakul DC has always been prepared to serve where the need is greatest and has recently joined the small Daughters of Charity community in Adelaide, The Southern Cross reports.

Sr Mary O’Shannassy SGS OAM has been walking alongside men and women ‘as a messenger of compassion and hope’ in Victoria’s prisons for the past 27 years, reports Melbourne Catholic.

The Sisters of Mercy Parramatta have unveiled plans to open a new seniors’ home for women at risk of homelessness in Sydney’s northwest, The Hills Shire Times reports.

Catholic Religious Australia will hold its National Assembly online this month, exploring the theme, ‘Embracing Mission – Interculturality and Prophetic Leadership’.

Pope Francis has announced that Society of the Divine Word priest and former CRA vice-president, Fr Tim Norton, will become an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.