12 July 2024

National unity needed to address First Nations challenges

Chair of the Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Bishop Charles Gauci, has called for all Australians to unite in addressing the critical issues faced by the First Nations people. Photo courtesy of ACBC, taken by Giovanni Portelli

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09 July 2024

Bishops welcome release of key Synod document

Australia’s Catholic bishops have welcomed the release of the working tool for members of the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

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09 July 2024

Help us do a Stella job for seafarers

Catholics around Australia are being asked to reflect on and support seafarers over two Sea Sundays this year. “They work tirelessly to bring into our ports products that sustain us and our economy.” The two Sea Sundays – to be held on July 21 and 28 - will give an even greater opportunity for Catholics to pray for and support seafarers.

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28 June 2024

Victorian Catholic Education Authority holds Annual General Meeting

VCEA is the peak body for Catholic school education in Victoria. It provides a number of services and undertakes various functions for Catholic school proprietors and Catholic schools in Victoria, working in close collaboration with proprietors. The services and functions relate to government funding of Catholic schools, school regulation, enterprise bargaining, communications and advocacy, Catholic mission, and research and data analysis.

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17 June 2024

Call to support the Peter’s Pence appeal in 2024

Catholics around Australia are being encouraged to support the Peter’s Pence appeal on June 30, the Sunday after the Feast of St Peter and St Paul.

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14 June 2024

Sport can open the way to Christ

A new document, Open the Way to Christ, published by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, explains how sport is a gift which can draw people closer to Christ.

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07 June 2024

Social outreach leader to become Bishop of Cairns

Pope Francis has this evening appointed the Very Reverend Joe Caddy AM VG, a priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, to be the 12th Bishop of Cairns.

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07 June 2024

Conference to focus on seasonal worker wellbeing

How faith communities can better welcome seasonal workers will be the focus of a national conference in July. The Seventh Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) National Conference will be staged at the Australian Catholic University campus in Melbourne, from July 18-19.

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