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Kielce Gussie reports from the heart of Assisi at the end of the International Meeting for Peace, with the words of Pope Leo's video message to the participants.
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To celebrate 100 years of World Mission Sunday, Catholic Mission invites you to experience Hope, a unique photography exhibition capturing moments of hope, connection and encounter shared with communities around the world.
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Aspiring and published writers are invited to participate in an in-person workshop in Sydney on 11 November with the theme, The Word Made Fresh: being Inspired, making Connections, building Community. Register closes on 30 October .
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ALT Keynote presenter Judith Valente. Image supplied.
We have been devastated by the evil, intentional attack on Helen Haines, a respected Member of Parliament. Her fellow MP Allegra Spender described her as ‘one of the most outstanding people in the Parliament’ and ‘the best of us’. Frank Brennan SJ homily
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Not even serious surgery can curtail the Pope’s ministry, it seems. News that he had pleaded with Vladimir Putin for peace in Ukraine was greeted with an enthusiasm normally reserved for superheroes.
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Could the prospect of AI displacement increase our moral sympathies toward climate migrants?
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The Good Samaritan Sisters, together with St Scholastica’s College and Good Samaritan Education, gathered on 16 October this year to mark 125 years of presence in Glebe, writes Congregational Leader Sister Catherine McCahill in ‘The Good Oil’.
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ALT Toxteth House, Glebe. Image © Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
The October 2026 edition of ‘The Good Oil’ is now available. There is no cost to subscribe to this e-journal of thought-provoking articles and news about the Good Samaritan Sisters and their ministries.
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The Diocese of Parramatta is hosting an evening of unity & reflection to mark the 40th anniversary of St Pope John Paul II's World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi. St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, 6.30-9pm AEDT. Details: events.humanitix.com/multifa…
Pope Leo has released a personal video message for the centenary of World Mission Sunday on 18 October, recalling how the annual celebration helped shape his missionary vocation.
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Sunday 18 October is a National Day of Sorrow and Promise when we join as one voice in prayer for victims and survivors of sexual abuse and in a united gesture of community recommitment to the safeguarding reforms of the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo has named Sr Mary Teresa Barron OLA from Ireland to lead the Vatican's global network of missionary societies, making her the first woman president of the Pontifical Mission Societies.
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ALT Sr Mary Teresa Barron OLA
Pope Leo underwent thoracic surgery at Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday , as planned, according to a statement from Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora released by the Holy See Press Office.
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Helder Camara Lecture 2026: Kim Daniels on ‘AI, Pope Leo and the future of human dignity' from 5-6.30pm AEDT on 15 October, Newman College, Parkville, VIC. No cost to register:
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In a world that prizes self-interest, is compassion a weakness? Listen to ‘Soul Search’ with Dr Meredith Lake on ABC RN.
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Frank Brennan SJ homily 11.10.26. Listen on SoundCloud:
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A recent NCPR study found many Australian Catholics are deprioritising or negotiating their faith amid personal pressures, disappointments, and what they perceive and experience to be pastoral gaps and episodes of disconnection.
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Social Cohesion is now part of the national discourse. At a time of increasing divisiveness and adversarial methods of debate; discerning what it is that holds our society together is important for the flourishing of all.
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Once each term, across the Good Samaritan Education schools, people in our community gather online to hold a single question open together: how do we respond, as the community of Good Samaritan Education, to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor?
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Join the National Council of Churches in Australia, the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce and Common Grace in a campaign to End the Waiting for people seeking asylum. Further information:
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