Common Home TV, an apostolate of the Redemptorists of Oceania, has been granted rare access to the Redemptorist community in Chernihiv, Ukraine, bringing the viewer into the reality of the siege with dramatic, never before seen footage of Russia’s invasion.

Representatives from Australia’s Catholic and Jewish communities gathered at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney, on Harmony Day in a spirit of unity amidst religious diversity.

Religious are uniquely placed to lead the way on Pope Francis’ path of synodality, because they are already living a synodal life within their religious communities, Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv told the SVD Provincial Chapter.

Each of us can find ourselves so engaged with the ‘what we do’ that we lose sight of the ‘why we do’. The life of religion is certainly not immune from activity taking over from meaning and focus being lost, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.

For each of us who are engaged with public ministry we are often readily identified by what we do or the roles we have. This is understandable even if at times frustrating because we know that each of us is more than just what we do. We also know from within ourselves that the external face of ministry only has meaning because of what happens at the depth of who we are. Vocation to ministry flows from encounter with Christ. It is that encounter that transforms, writes CRA President Fr Peter Jones OSA.