After a 40-year history of regular relocations and of generous hospitality from unexpected people and places, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart’s Heart of Life ministry now has a permanent home in Melbourne’s suburbs.

More than 25 years ago, Therese Mills signed up to the bone marrow registry in a spur of the moment decision while donating blood with a friend. This year, the Missionaries of God’s Love sister received the call, reports Catholic Voice.

Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, Chiara Porro, chaired the opening panel of the two-day International Union of Superiors General Advocacy Forum in Rome last month, speaking on the theme: “Religious women: leadership and development”, reports Vatican News. 

The Loreto Sisters have appointed Sr Mary Wright IBVM as the new leader of the Loreto Province of Australia and South East Asia for a three-year term commencing this week.

I am conscious as I write of the heaviness of heart many are experiencing in these days, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.