August marks the 50th anniversary of the Carmelite Sisters’ arrival in the ACT – and their farewell, as they are called back to the monastery in Melbourne, reports Catholic Voice. 

The Good Samaritan Refugee and Asylum Seeker Network held an online conference to mark Refugee Week last month, with guest speaker Julie Macken urging participants to make a stand for change and outlining the case for a royal commission into Australia’s policies on immigration detention, reports The Good Oil.

The call to prophetic witness, whether it emerges from a religious vocation, our baptismal commitment as disciples of Christ, or our common human vocation to goodness is held in frailty ( the earthen vessels image)., writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.  

A book by Sarah Gilbert, telling the story of the last Blessed Sacrament Sisters in Australia, was launched this month in Melbourne.

The Canossian Daughters of Charity are always ready to “go where God sends us”, Australian delegation leader Sr Mel Dwyer said in The Catholic Leader.