The Sisters of Saint Joseph have elected a new congregational leadership team to carry forward the congregation’s vision and directions over the next five years.

Good Samaritan Sister Meg Kahler was elected President of the Benedictine Union of East Asia and Oceania (BEAO) during its biennial gathering, which took place in Vietnam earlier this month.

The Divine Word Missionaries Australia Province has celebrated the culmination of the Jubilee Year marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Society of the Divine Word with a Thanksgiving Mass earlier this month, reports In the Word.

The Marist Brothers’ Star of the Sea Province has appointed Br Darren Burge FMS as its new Provincial, succeeding Br Peter Carroll FMS, who was elected Superior General of the Marist Brothers on September 30.

As the Jubilee Year of Hope draws to a close, what has been its impact in the Church from a global perspective? To look back over this year can be disheartening and can even lead to disillusionment as we watch the carnage of global warfare and the despicable arms trade that maliciously feeds these conflicts. How can our global community not rise up in horror at such atrocities and cry out for justice? Yet it seems those voices are muted these days, and in some places deliberately silenced.