The Eileen O’Connor Centre has opened in Coogee in Sydney’s east honouring the life’s work and legacy of the co-founder of the Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, reports The Catholic Weekly.

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are marking their 150th Jubilee Year with a range of celebrations, both at the local and international level.

Australia’s Sr Oonah O’Shea NDS, has been elected as the new President of The International Union of Superiors General (UISG).

Two Sisters of St Joseph featured on the King’s Birthday Honours List this month, with Sr Carmel Moore RSJ and Sr Mary Ryan RSJ each receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for their service to the Catholic Church.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the representative organisation of Leaders of 150 Religious Institutes in Australia, has launched “10,000 for 10”, a project to encourage members and their local communities to plant and/or protect 10,000 trees, to celebrate the 10th anniversary year of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’.