Two Religious from Australia – Fr Gerald Arbuckle SM and Sr Mary Coloe PBVM – have won awards for their recently published books at the Catholic Media Association conference in Portland, Oregon.

The nine-month celebration phase of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia ended on Saturday, July 9, with Council Members standing and applauding as president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB formally declared the Council closed.

As he commences his tenure as president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB sees one of his key tasks as ensuring the bishops “remain united in our service of God’s people”.

The Marist Brothers are celebrating 150 years since opening their first school in Australia, and have marked the occasion with the release of a new history of the Congregation in Australia.

One of the most recognisable Australian priests at the University of Notre Dame in America has been given the highest honour by Australian Catholic University.