The Columbans from Oceania – priests, Lay Missionaries, and lay co-workers – have gathered together for an inspiring time of prayer, reflection, and planning as they looked ahead to the next five years of mission in the region.

The former Sisters of Mercy convent site in Singleton has now been formally transferred to the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, reports Aurora. 

The General Superior of the Congregation of Jesus visited Australia and Timor Leste recently, meeting with Sisters, staff and school communities at a significant moment in the Congregation’s story, following the merger of two branches of the Mary Ward family.

For the first time in 140 years, the Victorian border town of Echuca is without a Brigidine Sister, with Sr Cecilia Merrigan’s transfer to Melbourne, the Sandpiper reports.

At a Mass celebrating those in religious life, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP said that when Catholics think of ‘shepherds’ they usually think of bishops and priests, yet there is a broader shepherding in which all the faithful share, particularly the religious sisters, brothers and priests who have built much of Australia’s religious and social infrastructure, reports The Catholic Weekly.