Tag: Religious Life

The Archdiocese of Sydney has held its annual Mass for Consecrated Life, celebrating those who have decided to dedicate their lives to the church.

Prayers, fasting, Eucharistic adoration and a return to the basics of Catholic faith are among the ways the faithful can encourage priestly and religious vocations in the church.

The largest organisation of women and men religious in Latin America called for the "respect of life" of women and men religious in Nicaragua 29 January, following online reports overnight that a group of Poor Clares has been expelled from the country.

Pope Francis welcomed the leaders of four religious congregations who travelled to Rome for their General Chapter meetings, opening his address with thoughts on the value of discernment and the needs of the world.

You have written about St Frances Xavier Cabrini, who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Is her institute related in any way to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart founded by Fr Jules Chevalier?

The Lord is always calling young men and women to join him in the work of sanctifying the world, some of them as priests or religious sisters or brothers.

This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass for Consecrated Life at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 21 May 2024.

The Discalced Carmelite nuns in Mathoura in country New South Wales are building their new monastery using a little-known method called rammed earth, a gentle and ancient method proven to stand the test of time.

Five years since five Carmelite nuns from the US founded a strictly enclosed convent in a NSW Riverina town, the convent is celebrating its first fully home-grown vocation—with hundreds travelling from around Australia for the veiling ceremony.

When 34-year-old Sr Maria Lalamea Vaohea first joined religious life, she never thought she would leave Tonga. Now she’s the latest in a growing number of religious from former “missionary outposts” bolstering orders in the West, writes Marilyn Rodrigues

The 12 women—including Sydneysider Sr Moana Grace Taufa'ao—made their final vows for the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation following eight years of formation on 25 July

Next Saturday, five Sydney men will be ordained as diocesan priests at St Mary’s Cathedral. Find out who they are and what led them to their vocation.