Sister of Mercy Therese Masterson is one of the Australians hosting kitchen-table conversations of no more than 10 people in the hope that informed citizens will vote Yes in the Voice referendum, The Guardian reports.

The presence of the Carmelite community in Tasmania has contributed richly to the faith lives of Catholics for 75 years.

Sr Mary Margaret Shanahan RSCJ OAM, the former principal of Sancta Sophia College at the University of Sydney, has been awarded the papal honour of Croce Pro Ecclesia et Pro Pontifice for her seven decades of service to education and social research, reports The Catholic Weekly.

New Zealand-born and Australian based Marist priest, Fr Gerald Arbuckle, who has dedicated his life to the study and practice of anthropology, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Australian Catholic University.

One of the life lessons for which I remain grateful to my parents is precisely that of the importance of gratitude, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.