A new book by Good Samaritan Sister Carmel Posa, which uses the ancient method of hagiography to recover the missing life and voice of St Scholastica of Nursia, proposes that the sister of St Benedict was a Good Samaritan whose capacity for love shaped her growth in holiness and wisdom, reports The Good Oil.

The ‘Our Lady of Peace and St Therese’ community in Wurrumiyanga (Bathurst Island) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) congregation recently, writes Fr Niran Veigas SVD.

The Benedictine Sisters of Jamberoo Abbey on the south coast of New South Wales are appealing for help to fund urgent repairs and restoration works on their property, reports The Catholic Leader.

The month of August gives us a special opportunity to focus on the life of Saint Mary MacKillop as we celebrate her feast day on 8 August, writes Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, Sr Monica Cavanagh RSJ.

Sr Moira Lynch FDNSC, who in her 70s left Sydney to serve the poorest of the poor in war-torn southern Sudan, has been recognised in her regional hometown’s walk of fame, reports The Catholic Weekly.