In our contemporary society, Religious Life isn’t much understood, even among Catholics. Partly, this is due to our age and demographics. There are fewer of us and we’re not as visible as we once were, writes CRA President, Br Peter Carroll FMS. One of the reasons St John Paul II initiated the World Day for Consecrated Life in 1997 was in response to this developing situation, and he stated as much when he wrote: “this day is intended to promote a knowledge of and esteem for the consecrated life by the entire People of God.”

The Columbans have released a Lenten resource for individuals, parishes or schools, focusing on the readings for the five Sundays of Lent which keep reminding us of our amazing calling in Christ Jesus.

Over the past few months, one of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS) based in Melbourne’s outer south-east, Sr Bernadette Wallis, has befriended several young women who play professional soccer for Melbourne City Football Club, reports Melbourne Catholic.

Australian Jesuit Fr Justin Glyn is featured in the latest episode of a Vatican video series highlighting the lives and contributions of people with disability in the Church.

An ecumenical group of Christian leaders took turns to be locked in a cage outside the Park Hotel in Carlton, in Melbourne’s inner-north last Saturday to demonstrate their solidarity with around 32 refugees and asylum seekers detained there.