With the help of generous donors and partners in mission, the Divine Word Missionaries have finally taken delivery of a small campervan which will allow the missionaries in Central Australia to stay with outlying Aboriginal communities for longer periods.

The Discalced Carmelite Community at Nedlands in Perth have recently celebrated the solemn profession Sr Marie Chrissie OCD of the Holy Trinity, reports The Record.

Sr Norah O’Hara OP is not one to talk about herself and thinks celebrating her 70th anniversary as a Dominican Sister is “no big deal”. But the 91-year-old has an enviable attitude to life as she lives each day “in the present” and thankful for all God has given her, reports The Southern Cross.

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools, the largest national network of alternative schools in Australia, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Waanyi-Gangalidda and Wankamadla woman, Elizabeth (Liz) Kupsch, as its inaugural Director of First Nations Education.

The religious conviction that it is a glorious destiny to be called to consecrated life was firmly communicated as the Sisters of Mary Queen of Peace in Canberra renewed their vows during the Mass of the Presentation of the Lord, their Feast Day this month.