Clearly a significant event in the life of the universal Church in these days is the first period of the Synod on Synodality, writes CRA President Fr Peter Jones OSA. Along with other groupings in the Church , religious have been actively engaged in the preceding consultations. The themes of communion , participation and mission have been embedded in our reflections, discussions and contributions.

One hundred and forty leaders of Religious Institutes from around Australia converged on Parramatta last month for the ‘Daring to Dream’ National Assembly of Catholic Religious Australia.

This month, the Catholic Church in Australia marked Safeguarding Sunday, on which the faith community prayed for those who have been abused, their families and supporters.

With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese having announced October 14 as the day Australians will be asked to vote on the ‘Voice’, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council reiterated its stance contained within the 2023 Social Justice Statement, Listen, Learn, Love – A New Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.  

There’s plenty of dark sky around Cowra, a town of 9000 people in the Central West of New South Wales. So as a child travelling home from barbecues, bonfires or bush dances, I would often look out the car window at the starry sky, writes Matthew Pinson SJ.