Determined not to become “a victim of lockdown”, Josephite Sister Rita Malavisi used the time under pandemic restrictions to delve deeper into her prayer life, her local neighbourhood and her love for sharing the life of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop with others.

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’.