Today we give thanks for the gift of Mary’s life. I also give thanks for her commitment to live from the heart, reflects Sr Monica Cavanagh RSJ in a video message for St Mary MacKillop’s feast day.

People at risk of homelessness who have multiple and complex needs, including cognitive impairments, must have better access to supported housing that is tailored to their needs to prevent them falling through service gaps and into homelessness, said Jesuit Social Services during Homelessness Week, this month.

In his Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be celebrated on September 1, Pope Francis chose the theme “Let Justice and Peace Flow," inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: “Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.”

I was recently visiting our Sisters in the Philippines and they recalled living in terror, some years ago, when people from around the world came night after night digging in areas surrounding their home looking for the Yamashita Treasure, writes CRA National Council member, Sister Philippa Murphy FDNSC. This name was given to the alleged war loot worth billions of dollars, stolen by imperial Japanese forces during WW2, and supposedly hidden in various cities in the Philippines.

Emma Llewellyn takes great delight in saying her ‘Mercy story’ started when she was born at the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne. Having taken first vows with the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) in January 2020, the 37-year-old marked her second significant milestone in November last year, when she renewed her vows, reports Melbourne Catholic.