His ministry has taken him to several, often dangerous, countries around the world, but 50 years after joining the Jesuits Fr Peter Hosking SJ now finds himself back serving where it all began, reports The Southern Cross.

Greetings to you from Rome where CRA Vice President Philippa Murphy FDNSC, National Executive Director Anne Walker and I have been engaged in meeting with various Vatican Departments (Dicasteries) in the past week, writes CRA President Br Gerard Brady CFC. Being my first experience, I was unsure what would occur and what might be the benefit of such an opportunity. 

Br Noel Hickey celebrated his 100th birthday last month, becoming just the second Marist Brother in the Star of the Sea Province to do so after Br Vincent Shekleton.

The Sisters of the Congregation of Mary Queen of Peace renewed their vows at their community house chapel in Canberra on February 2 , the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, and World Day of Consecrated Life.

In 2011, a 27-year-old Bernadette Toohey stepped into the Missionaries of God’s Love (MGL) sisters’ home in Varroville for a Consecrated Life Weekend, not knowing how these three days would change the course of her life, reports The Catholic Weekly.