The 5th Annual World Day of the Poor took place this month, calling attention to people living in poverty across the world, under the theme, “The Poor will Always Be With You”.

The Institute of Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea, in collaboration with Catholic Religious Australia and Catholic Earthcare, has launched an exciting fellowship opportunity for emerging leaders in Integral Ecology.

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.