The Sisters of the Good Samaritan have warmly welcomed members of their community to a liturgy marking the Blessing and Opening of renovations to St Scholastica’s Congregational Centre in Glebe – a space they hope will be a place of gathering, learning, conversation and hospitality well into the future, The Good Oil reports.

Two Religious - Sr Mary Comer RSJ and Br Anthony Boyd FMS – were among Catholics to have their service to the Church and the community recognised with Australia Day honours this year, The Catholic Weekly reports.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2) marked the Church’s Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. Another way of looking at it is a day on which the Church celebrates our way of life - not as a separate object of curiosity but as integral to the life of the whole ecclesial community, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.

CRA draws your attention to the Message of Pope Francis for the celebration of the World Day of Peace (1 January 2023).

At Christmas we celebrate of one of our faith’s core beliefs - the Incarnation, writes CRA President Fr Peter Jones OSA. God has intimately shared life with us in Christ by taking on the fullness of our humanity. Mary, Mother of Christ, witnesses to the fullest expression of Christian discipleship with her welcoming of Christ in her person and her heart.