Mother Mary Gonzaga Barry IBVM, the Irish religious sister who introduced the Loreto order to Australia 150 years ago, has been named a Trailblazer on the 2025 Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her contribution to education.

The University of Notre Dame Australia has awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters to Sr Patricia Rhatigan SSJG for her dedicated service to the Church and tireless commitment to education.

The Our Lady of Sion convent and school campus site in Sale in regional Victoria is set to be revitalised after plans were approved for a $40 million investment in one of the largest education projects ever undertaken in the Sale Diocese. Source: Catholic Education Sale.

St Patrick’s Church Hill is everyone’s second parish, Bishop Daniel Meagher told people at a farewell Mass for the Marist fathers who have looked after the church for 157 years, the Catholic Weekly reports.  

Amid the distressing news that confronts us daily on social media, it is becoming evident that a seismic shift is occurring in the world order. Alliances are being formed between nations disaffected by democracy and its seeming imposition on their politics. What is driving such a move and what will be its implications for the way things will be done in the future? asks CRA President Br Gerard Brady CFC.