As we look back on the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2025 , held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 30 to December 2, our hearts are filled with gratitude. Over three days, thousands of young people walked together as Pilgrims of Hope , celebrating faith, friendship, and the joy of being part of the wider Church. Walking together from St Patrick’s Cathedral  to the festival venue, they felt the weight of tradition in the World Youth Day Cross and

Every year, in November, the parish community of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Payneham, gathers to commemorate the anniversary of the death of our Founder, Blessed James Alberione. This year’s celebration, held on 21 st November, was combined with the 70 th  anniversary of the Pastorelle Sisters' arrival in Australia. The first three Pastorelle arrived in Port Melbourne on 14 November 1955. Fr Michael Romeo, parish priest of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Payneham, where the Sisters h

Together with our local parishes, Loyola College Watsonia invites families and students to be part of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Sacramental Program—a shared journey of faith and community. In conjunction with local parishes, the program helps prepare participants to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, and Confirmation. At Loyola College, we warmly embrace each student’s unique faith journey. Some may have already been baptise

Our community at Bundoora joined the Vocation Awareness, which is usually celebrated annually in Australia during the feast of Mary MacKillop. The event was dedicated to promoting vocations to religious life and the priesthood through prayer. Young people from different youth organisations in St Francis of Assisi Parish were invited, and 10 young men and women from Assisi Young Adult, Life Teen, and Jesus Youth accepted the invitation. The half-day gathering began with a “cup

St Martin’s parish, Greenacres-Walkerville   St Martin’s parish, Greenacres-Walkerville, joined the universal Church in celebrating the Jubilee of Migrants this year, organising two events that brought together the community, made up of people from different nationalities who now call Australia home. On Sunday, 28 September, we had a multicultural Mass with Readings, Prayers, and songs in different languages. People came wearing their traditional clothes. During the Mass, a g

On Sunday, 29 June, in communion with the universal Church, we gathered in our chapel to celebrate the solemnity of Saints Peter and...

Our pastoral vocation is expressed in the name by which the Church recognizes us in; “Sisters of Jesus Good Shepherd” This name is for us...

Celebration of the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees in Greenacres Walkerville   “God walks with His people”  was the theme chosen...

A few weeks before Good Shepherd Sunday a flyer was prepared inviting Pauline Cooperators, parishioners and friends to an afternoon of...

It was a great joy for the Pastorelle Sisters to mark the feast of Jesus Good Shepherd and Word Day of Prayer for Vocations in our chapel...

The Pastorelle Sisters in Australia had the joy of welcoming our Provincial, Sr Purisima Tañedo, from the Philippines for her fraternal...

A dream became a reality, early 1980, when Sr. Doreen and Sr Rita came to South Australia to examine the possibility of a new opening....

Our apostolic mission in the local Church is characterized by the service of the Word in evangelization and catechesis, liturgical...

The Catholic Church in Australia celebrates National Vocations Awareness Week in August, coinciding with the feast of our country's first...

a three-day Retreat with Parish Collaborators Sharing the experience of our eight day retreat in the beautiful wine growing area of the...