Reflecting broadly on the experience of being part of the Synod of Bishops for a Synodal Church, First Session, in Rome last month, the Provincial of the Divine Word Missionaries Australia Province, Fr Asaeli Rass SVD, writes that for him, the Synod was a “conversion experience”.

The Church, and in particular religious life, is living in a reformation time, characterised by both great upheaval and an opportunity to draw deeply from the roots of faith, tap into the inner joy of the Holy Spirit and await the unfolding, said American Benedictine Sister Laura Swan during a visit to Australia, reports The Good Oil.

Sister of Mercy Meredith Evans has been named the 2024 South Australian Senior Australian of the Year., reports The Advertiser. 

Teacher, author, photographer, ecologist, student, farmer, and a Sister of Saint Joseph for almost 40 years - these are just some of the professions held by Sr Mary-Ann Casanova PhD.

A new lecture series celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, got underway last week, with the first presentation exploring the reality of the Mass being the “source and summit” of our Christian life, reports The Catholic Weekly.