Founded by a soon-to-be canonised bishop, the Scalabrinian missionary society is celebrating a major milestone serving those who crossed the world to build a new life in Australia, reports The Catholic Weekly.
Canossian Sister Melissa Dwyer will be leaving Brisbane for Rome in November after she was recently elected during the Canossian Institute’s General Chapter to the congregational leadership team for a term of six years, reports The Catholic Leader.
The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the global Synod on Synodality were key discussion points for Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Pope Francis when they met recently.
Pope Francis has named Australian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart priest Fr Tim Brennan as one of 10 new members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.