The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Commission has named Sister Cecilia Prest MFIC as one of the winners of the 2025 NATSICC non-Indigenous Service to Community Award for her ministry in the Queensland community of Woorabinda.

Good Samaritan Sister Sarah Puls has been appointed as the new National Executive Officer for ACRATH, one of Australia’s leading grassroots organisations working to end human trafficking and slavery, reports The Good Oil.

Registrations are now open for the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council’s National Assembly, to be held on Wonnarua Country in the NSW Hunter Valley.

This year marks the extraordinary milestone of 100 years of work and selfless contributions to society across health, education, aged care and community care by the Sisters of Charity in Brisbane and south-east Queensland.

I have been ruminating and praying on “hope” as I prepare myself to guide reflection days on the 2025 Jubilee Year, Pilgrims of Hope, here at Mary MacKillop Place over the next few months, writes Sr Virginia Bourke RSJ in the Mary MacKillop News.