Catholics across Australia are being invited to participate in a special Refugee Week prayer service that will be streamed online on the evening of Monday, June 20.

Good Samaritan Sister Clare Condon has been awarded an honourary doctorate by Australian Catholic University in recognition of her contribution to social justice and to the Catholic Church in Australia, reports The Good Oil.

In a first for Australia, Majellan Media has partnered with the international Laudato Si’ Movement to inspire Catholic communities to tackle the ecological crisis and climate emergency.

Australia’s Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR says he often “can’t sleep” because of worry for his family and friends in the war-torn country, reports Crux.

Sister of Mercy, Elizabeth Young, is at home with people on the margins. Whether it’s walking alongside men and women in prisons or detention centres or providing pastoral care and support to young or old, the call to serve those on the peripheries is at the heart of her mission, writes Fiona Basile.