This month, the Catholic Church in Australia marked Safeguarding Sunday, on which we prayed for those who have been abused, their families and supporters, recognising and apologising for the harm done by priests, religious and lay people in Church settings.

The Somascan Community based at St Joseph’s Moorebank was filled with joy, recently, as it welcomed the second vocation from Sydney in just under a year, reports The Catholic Weekly.

Sr Deirdre Browne has been a Loreto sister for 68 years and describes her life as having been ‘exciting and fulfilling’. She is well known for having written and composed the song ‘Come as you are’, but this is just one of hundreds of songs and compositions she’s created over the years, writes Fiona Basile for Melbourne Catholic.

As the Church in Australia prepares to celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday on September 25, members of Port Augusta Parish in South Australia, show how reaching out the hand of friendship enriches all.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher has publicly thanked the Marist Fathers for more than 150 years of service at the oldest continuous Church still in use in NSW, reports The Catholic Weekly.