In an age of gender and body dysphoria, the Eucharistic sacrifice is a reminder of “the great redemption of our bodies, and of Christ who gives all that he is through his body”, The Catholic Weekly reports British Dominican Fr Timothy Radcliffe saying in Sydney this week.

In the front room of her Strathfield convent Sr Maria Lalamea Vaohea folds her hands loosely in her lap and sings a Tongan hymn, reports The Catholic Weekly.

As we celebrate the feast of St Joseph (19 March) – Patron of the Universal Church and the Sisters of Saint Joseph – in this year dedicated to prayer and the synodal pathway, we are called to live and respond with a contemplative heart to what the Spirit is asking of us in the midst of the reality of our lives, says Sr Monica Cavanagh RSJ.

In a spirit of great joy and anticipation, Sr Corrie van den Bosch MSS launched her new book, Graced Beyond Telling – A Soul’s Dark Journey in Melbourne this month. 

Good Samaritan Sister Ursula O’Rourke numbered among the first cohort of Australian women after the Second Vatican Council to hold leadership roles traditionally held by ordained men in the Church, reports the Catholic Leader in an article to mark International Women’s Day this month.