It was with the rich timbres of a didgeridoo that Sydney’s annual Mass to commence NAIDOC Week began, as dozens of Sydneysiders gathered at La Perouse’s Reconciliation Church for a celebration and commemoration of Australia’s Indigenous community, reports The Catholic Weekly.

The Josephite Mission and History Centre at New Town in Hobart has entered a new era as a Mary MacKillop Spirituality Centre.

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.