14 Jan 2025

Fringe pipe organ recitals

Free pipe organ concerts in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral will again feature in the Adelaide Fringe during February and March.

12 Jan 2025

The gift of inspiring stories | Jenny Brinkworth

When I look back on the hundreds of stories we have published this year, three stand out for me not only in terms of newsworthiness but because they represent who we are as a people of faith...

02 Jan 2025

Heritage project worth the wait

For 10 years James Henry has been waiting to finish re-slating the roof of St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, using slate sourced from the same Welsh mine as the original roof slate.

02 Jan 2025

Preparing for Jubilee

Up to 33 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome next year for the Jubilee, a Catholic tradition held every 25 years to provide an opportunity for celebration, spiritual renewal and forgiveness.

14 Dec 2024

Bringing Jesus back to Christmas

Fr Fred Farrugia isn’t one to turn his back on a creative challenge. In the lead-up to Christmas, the Adelaide Hills parish priest spent months meticulously restoring a nativity set to its former glory.

14 Dec 2024

Javale’s homecoming makes perfect present

Javale Morato, the victim of a freak hammer-throwing accident in September, has exceeded all expectations and will spend Christmas at home with his family.

26 Nov 2024

Ensuring a fitting farewell

Few people are comfortable discussing funeral plans with loved ones. What happens if you want Catholic ritual as part of your final farewell but children, partners or family members are disconnected from the Church?

26 Nov 2024

Jubilee pilgrimage of hope

The 2025 Jubilee Year will officially open on December 24 at 7pm with a Mass presided over by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, followed by the rite of the Opening of the Holy Door.

11 Nov 2024

Miracles really do happen

The parents of a young boy who was the victim of a hammer-throwing accident have spoken publicly for the first time of their anguish as they watched him fight for his life,...

11 Nov 2024

A fair innings by long-serving sacristan

...Bernard Dowd could easily have spent his whole life working in retail if it were not for his decision to start worshipping at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

21 Oct 2024

Embracing the value of human life

The Adelaide Archdiocese has introduced a new initiative aimed at upholding the sanctity of life. Fr Dean Marin and James Lloyd explain the rationale behind the project.

14 Oct 2024

Grateful to be in a good place

Carmen O’Brien moves through the world with a spring in her step and a twinkle in her eye. The grandmother of four counts every day as a blessing and isn’t about to waste a minute.

14 Oct 2024

Lighting up a room with music

Jesse Frick was barely 18 when a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis pulled the proverbial rug from under his feet. It was one month before embarking on Year 12 exams and his studies and future plans ground to a halt.

08 Oct 2024

Half time in the main game

At the end of October last year the siren sounded on the first half of the Synod of Bishops, Synod on Synodality in Rome. 

08 Oct 2024

The communion hymn – when does it start?

The entrance hymn at Mass starts as the entrance procession begins and continues for as long as needed to allow the congregation to gather and prepare for the celebration...

23 Sep 2024

Sisters united in family and faith

When Bev Garton and her twin sister ‘Bronny’ gathered their loved ones to celebrate eight decades of sisterhood, the siblings were on top of the world.

23 Sep 2024

A contemporary approach

When he’s not travelling the world researching the history and culture of Christianity, Fr Michael Trainor’s focus is firmly on the future.

12 Sep 2024

Kenyan priests finding their feet Down Under

For Passionist priests Fr Joash and Fr Julius, accepting an offer from their Superior to come to Australia was a lot easier than saying goodbye to communities they served in Kenya.

12 Sep 2024

Who needs religion?

It’s funny the off-hand conversations you have in the strangest places that stick in your memory for some reason.

01 Sep 2024

Drawing near to those from afar

As Pope Francis appeals for people to “walk together, with the most vulnerable,” in his message...a local initiative has been launched by the Adelaide Archdiocese to foster inclusion, acceptance and social cohesion.

01 Sep 2024

Cultivating the next generation of ecologists

There’s a certain kind of magic about orchids. Kildare College teacher and environmental stewardship advocate Paul Beltrame knows just how much we can learn from nature’s tiny works of art.

29 Aug 2024

Gallery gets to the art of it

An art gallery dedicated to showcasing work by South Australian artists living with disability or mental health barriers adds a splash of colour and positivity to Adelaide’s CBD.

29 Aug 2024

Support for educators on offer

The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) is offering Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) for several of its postgraduate education programs for students...

15 Aug 2024

Mother nature’s creature comforts

When Liz Sparks enters a room, it lights up with smiles, thanks largely to the menagerie of animals accompanying her.

15 Aug 2024

Program bridges generational gap

There were heartwarming interactions when Sacred Heart College students gathered...catch up with older members of the community during intergenerational high school program Rite Now!

05 Aug 2024

Freedom to prisoners

I have been to prison a few times. Sometimes in my capacity as either chaplain or bishop, or as friend. Sometimes maximum security, sometimes minimum security or even ‘prison’ farms.

05 Aug 2024

Vocations Week - August 4-11

‘Hearing the divine call, which is far from being an imposed duty – even in the name of a religious ideal – is the surest way for us to fulfil our deepest desire for happiness.’

31 Jul 2024

SA woman runs lifeline to Gaza

Jodie Clark has quite possibly the toughest job in the world. As head of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, she is responsible for getting...supplies to more than two million Palestinians.

31 Jul 2024

Global effort to eliminate slavery

Two young Catholic women from Adelaide joined 140 delegates at the Talitha Kum General Assembly in Rome in May to forge a five-year plan to combat modern slavery.

24 Jul 2024

Pope Francis calls for ‘tender love’ of elderly

Parishes are being asked to mark the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on Sunday July 28. 

23 Jul 2024

Preparing for a lifelong commitment

Clare Bowyer and Adriana Loro have a combined 52 years’ experience in preparing couples for marriage.

09 Jul 2024

When love goes the distance

Ahead of their 70th wedding anniversary on July 24, Peter and Rosemarie Collyer talk about their journey to Australia, the life they built here, and their secret to a devoted and enduring partnership.

09 Jul 2024

Josephite recognised in Kings’ Birthday Honours

Josephite Sister Pauline Morgan has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List for service to the Catholic Church and education.

01 Jul 2024

Committed to building communion

The invited attendees came from parishes, schools, religious congregations, communities, chaplaincies, diocesan ministries and Catholic agencies in the Archdiocese of Adelaide.

01 Jul 2024

Ringing in talent, new and old

A joyful peal of bells rang through the streets of Adelaide on Friday June 7, causing busy city workers to stop in their tracks to look up at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

19 Jun 2024

Silver linings

January 3 will always be a special day on Jim and Reeva’s calendar. It was the day their daughter Rebecca was born; a day Jim almost didn’t live to see.

13 Jun 2024

Historic North Adelaide college celebrates 140 years

The skills, courage and resourcefulness of a small group of Dominican nuns who arrived in Australia from England in 1883 will be honoured when St Dominic’s holds its 140th anniversary dinner this month.

04 Jun 2024

Long road back to school

The Bakhtiari family made headlines around the world in 2004 when they were deported in the early hours of the morning by Australian immigration officials after fleeing Afghanistan four years earlier.

04 Jun 2024

Mass to mark Hutt St Centre anniversary

The most selfless acts of kindness and generosity often go unrecognised but on June 22 the Hutt St Centre Commemorative Mass will acknowledge seven decades of assisting Adelaide’s homeless.