When his first appointment as assistant priest of Tea Tree Gully and Dernancourt parishes was announced following his ordination last year, Fr Joshua Nash OMI soon realised that while he was “heading home” he would still be fulfilling the Oblate charism to serve as missionaries around the world, reports The Southern Cross.

Sister Mary Jeanne Shoecraft, a beloved religious sister, has marked her 105th birthday surrounded by family, friends and the nursing and support staff at Mercy Community’s Bethesda Aged Care residence in the Brisbane suburb of Nudgee, The Catholic Leader reports.

Majellan Media, a ministry of the Redemptorists of Oceania, has developed a new Artificial Intelligence-inspired (AI) app that delivers quick and reliable answers to people’s questions about the Catholic Church and its teachings.

Internationally respected Catholic educator Professor Br David Hall FMS has been awarded the prestigious Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal by the NSW Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL).

Fr Denis Travers CP has been elected as the new Provincial Superior of the Passionists Holy Spirit Province, The Southern Cross reports.