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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Luke, a Saint Ignatius’ College old scholar who lives in Adelaide, has collected a fascinating range of Australian toys made between the 1880s and the 1960s.

On a sunny Saturday morning, a group of 35 nature enthusiasts from across Adelaide gathered for a tour of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to celebrate native flora for Laudato Si’ Week.

Lorraine Muir is the kind of person who likes to stop and smell the roses (all flowers for that matter). She believes there’s no better time to do so than in the second half of life.

Last month was a particularly busy one for Passionist priest Fr Jeff as he celebrated, not only his 91st birthday but the launch of a book at the Vietnamese Catholic Community – a project he worked on for nine years.

...Numbers of catechumen were up this year...Expectant hearts thirsting for the living God beamed as the living waters of baptism cascaded over them, welling up to eternal life.

After almost five years ministering in Adelaide, Fr Lancy D’Silva CSC says he feels “really blessed” to be part of the Archdiocese and the Catholic community here.

As the 75th annual Marian Procession approaches thousands of Catholics from throughout SA are preparing to march together...in a public display of their faith and to honour Mary.

Outback SA priest Fr Paul Crotty is one of two priests selected by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference currently attending a global gathering at the Vatican.

When carer Gaylia Johns read the poem ‘I Spoke to You in Whispers’ to Wallaroo’s Star of the Sea Home for the Aged residents during an in-house Anzac Day service in 2021, it brought tears to their eyes.

Fr Mark Sexton has lived a life comprised of many chapters; the most interesting lives often are. It is a life the Northern Light parish priest will never take for granted.

From listening to her immigrant parents and their friends sing Lithuanian songs late into the night to playing the organ every Sunday at St Casimir Chapel, music has been a big part of Nemira Stapleton’s life.

The annual Marian Procession in Adelaide’s CBD again this year has a new route. The 75th procession celebrated on Pentecost Sunday (May 19), will begin at Victoria Park (Wakefield Rd) and end at Victoria Square.

Recently it seemed that Australia had a ‘Swift’ mania moment, with the visit of the American singer Taylor Swift. While knowing nothing about her music, the effects of her visit on so many are extraordinary.

Easter is a time of transformation for all Christians but especially for those men and women being baptised into the Catholic Church.

Caritas Australia has joined its counterparts in Canada and New Zealand in calling for their government heads to act on earlier calls for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza.

Catechumens in the Adelaide Archdiocese have been welcomed and encouraged in their faith journey as they prepare to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter.

Relationship education is an important part of preparation for marriage and perhaps even more so for people who meet on dating apps.

If Lent has become routine or hollow for you, consider these ten forms of penance from the tradition and what they might look like for you today.

More than 350 people celebrated the feast of St Josephine Bakhita in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral on Sunday February 11.

The future of church organ music in Adelaide is looking bright thanks to a new youth tuition program based at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

Adelaide Archdiocese will host Caritas Australia’s 60th anniversary celebrations this month, in recognition of the international aid and development agency’s long and vibrant connection with SA.

An Olympics featuring board games, a Scrabble championship and even carpet bowls, is just one of the many events being planned to bring together residents in Calvary’s 7 aged care homes in Adelaide.

Adelaide Catholic youth leader Maddy Forde recently had the privilege of meeting Pope Francis and presenting him with a gift from Catholic Education South Australia.

Ten graduates from Catholic colleges in SA will be acknow-ledged for their commitment to both their studies and their local communities at the presentation this month of the 2023 Governor of SA Commendations...

Overcoming leukaemia and losing her mum to cancer when she was in Year 12 has only served to strengthen Mia Eliseo’s goal to study medicine.

There is something refreshing that happens when a new year begins. It presents the opportunity to participate more deeply in God’s mercy as we set the counters back to zero and begin again. 

An increasing number of people are struggling with cost of living rises and reaching out for assistance from Vinnies for the first time, according to one of the leaders of the St Vincent de Paul Society in SA.

In her golden anniversary year as a Sister of Mercy, Meredith Evans is showing no signs of slowing down as she continues the work that earned her the title of 2024 Senior South Australian of the Year.

With his friends calling him ‘small Father’ when he was in high school, it’s little wonder that George Ochola Oluoch ended up becoming a priest in the Kenyan diocese of Homa Bay.

Despite the referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution not succeeding, Australia needs to find a way to address the inequalities many First Nations people face, Bishop Charles Gauci has said.

Mission is supporting missionaries around the world to change lives. Aligning with the Salesian Sisters’ mission, Sr Carolina set out to be of service to her people...

One of the most significant events in the life of the Catholic Church since Vatican II will kick off on October 4 when the opening Mass of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod is held in St Peter’s Square.

Caritas Turkey and other Caritas agencies are responding to a series of powerful earthquakes in southeast Turkey and Syria, where thousands of lives have been lost already and the death toll increases by the hour.

'Listening with the ear of your heart' is the theme of Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day being celebrated in Australia on May 22 this year.

Pope Francis has given his apostolic blessing to the Australian Catholic bishops and encouraged them to explore new ways of being missionary in Australia at this time. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

The Plenary Council 2020 has moved into its next phase of preparation with the announcement on Pentecost Sunday of the National Themes for Discernment that emerged from a historic process of listening to the voices of more than 222,000 people.

View a full list of Mass and Reconciliation times for the Adelaide Cathedral parish churches.

Australian Catholic Youth Festival has announced first round of homegrown speakers and presenters for December Adelaide event.

The Congress being held in Philadelphia, Sept 22-25, will address real life challenges that families go through as a couple and as parents.

Preparations are gearing up for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival being held in Adelaide December 3-5.

Southern Cross celebrates vocations week with stories of people who have responded to the call in our diocese and beyond, starting with Fr Tru.