The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart gathered on Sunday, February 1, at the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in North Sydney to celebrate a Mass for Handing on Leadership.

The Laudato Si’ Movement is marking Lent 2026 by offering prayer resources for individuals and communities seeking to live Lent as a contemplative journey rooted in faith and care for our common home.

Religious communities, consecrated people and Dioceses around Australia celebrated the World Day of Consecrated Life earlier this month, coming together to give thanks for lives lived as ‘a light to the nations’.

Ahead of the start of Lent, Pope Leo XIV has invited Catholics to open themselves to listening, fasting, and community, urging them to abstain from words of hatred in order to make space for words of hope and peace, reports Vatican News.

Caritas Australia is calling on individuals, schools, parishes and community groups across the country to sign up for The Long Walk for Water challenge ahead of Lent and walk in solidarity with the 703 million people worldwide who still live without safe drinking water.