Here we have five great saints celebrated in November, beginning with St Charles Borromeo whose feast day is today!
Category: Special Interest
Dilexi te – Pope Leo XVI’s First Apostolic Exhortation
Pope Leo XIV has issued his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi te, which builds on the teachings from Pope Francis’ final encyclical, Dilexit nos. The messages throughout the Exhortation overall shares the love for the poor and the sick, and further, opposing slavery, defending women from exclusion and violence, education accessible for all, accompanying migrants, being charitable and continually working towards equality for all.
Month of the Rosary
The month of October is dedicated to one of the best known Catholic devotions, the Holy Rosary, with the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on the 7th. This was introduced by Pope St Pius V in 1571.
Doctor of the Church
Born in 1801, John Henry Newman was an English theologian, writer, poet, at first an Anglican priest then later a Catholic priest, and cardinal. On Sunday the 28th of September, Pope Leo XIV announced that Saint John Henry Newman would be proclaimed as a doctor of the Church, on the solemnity of All Saints (1st of November).
Saints Celebrated in September
On September 7th, the Church will celebrate the canonisation of two new saints: Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati.
ACEC 2025 Cairns Conference Live Blog
The Australian Catholic Education Conference has kicked off today, Wednesday 20th August 2025, with more than 1,450 delegates from across Australia and overseas. The conference is taking place in the beautiful location of Tropical Cairns FNQ.
The conference theme is Hope, Anchored in Faith
Saints Celebrated in August
For the month of August, not only are we looking at four of our saints whose Feast days are approaching, but also commemorate a significant event – the Assumption of Mary.
50 Years of NAIDOC Week
Saints Celebrated in July
There are many empowering saints whose Feast Days we celebrate in July. In this month’s blog, we cover saints as young as 11 to the elderly parents of Mary, grandparents of Jesus.
Reconciliation Week 2025
We are currently in the middle of Reconciliation Week for 2025, with this year’s theme of Bridging Now to Next, which reflects the connection between the past, the present and the future.