Sr Norah O’Hara OP is not one to talk about herself and thinks celebrating her 70th anniversary as a Dominican Sister is “no big deal”. But the 91-year-old has an enviable attitude to life as she lives each day “in the present” and thankful for all God has given her, reports The Southern Cross.

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools, the largest national network of alternative schools in Australia, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Waanyi-Gangalidda and Wankamadla woman, Elizabeth (Liz) Kupsch, as its inaugural Director of First Nations Education.

The religious conviction that it is a glorious destiny to be called to consecrated life was firmly communicated as the Sisters of Mary Queen of Peace in Canberra renewed their vows during the Mass of the Presentation of the Lord, their Feast Day this month.

The 2024 Highways and Byways Small Grants Program, an initiative of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS) is open for applications, with the focus theme of ‘Valuing Community Connections in an Ancient Land’. 

Fr Arturo Sosa SJ, the Venezuelan-born Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, visited Australia and Timor-Leste during January and February, with his Australian trip taking in Jesuit communities in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.