Two Religious Sisters enjoyed significant birthday celebrations recently, with Sr Patricia Kingsley PBVM from Tasmania turning 100 and Sr Florence Kinsela RSM from Parkes, NSW, receiving a diocesan medal upon the occasion of turning 102.

Ministry leaders in healthcare, aged care, community services and education gathered from across Australia and New Zealand for two days of talks and workshops at the fourth annual Mercy Ministry Companions conference last month, reports The Catholic Leader.

Caritas Australia says Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te on poverty is a “forceful reminder of the priority of the excluded and those on the lowest ranks of society” in the theology and practice of the Church.

Young Gabriel Williams always knew she would become a religious sister – even as a 10-year-old.e recalled her dad’s words from a conversation back then, reports The Catholic Leader.

Respected scholar and educator Brother Michael Green fms has received Australian Catholic University’s highest honour.