A new portal launched by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Limited will help Catholic organisations measure their progress in applying the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (NCSS).
The rural atmosphere and a warm welcome from the local community has ensured that Fr Francois Andrianihantana SVD is feeling right at home in his first missionary assignment in Emerald, Queensland.
“We are Easter people and ‘Alleluia’ is our song.” This much repeated proclamation, originating from St Augustine of Hippo, lies at the centre of our Christian faith, reflects CRA President Br Peter Carroll FMS.
When two young women from western Sydney took up the call to Religious life, half a century ago, they took a real leap of courage in joining a new religious order many Catholics in Australia had never heard of, reports The Catholic Weekly.
