CRA’s members – more than 180 congregations of Sisters, Brothers and Religious Priests – are involved in a range of ministries in Australia and overseas. Their ministries include working in parishes, with asylum seekers and refugees, indigenous Australians, caring for creation, aged care, supporting victims of domestic violence, prison ministries, with people with a mental illness, homeless people, and in a range of ministries with people on the margins of society. Some of those ministries are highlighted here.
Taking away an Indigenous community’s self-determination and choices will not lead to long term solutions, says Sister Cecilia Prest mfic, who has lived in the Central Queensland town of Woorabinda for the past nine years.
Father Paul McCormack will never be bored. The Missionary of the Sacred Heart (MSC) priest is a teacher, musician, sports coach, and in more recent years has added painting and drawing to his portfolio.
At Mum’s Cottage in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Holmesville near Newcastle, Sister Helen-Anne Johnson rsj offers mothers support, mentoring, respite and friendship, writes Aurora editor Tracey Edstein.
It’s nearly a year since Good Samaritan Sister Lal Smith began her new ministry among the Aboriginal people of Palm Island. As she looks back over the last 10 months, a memory that stands out is her first ferry trip to the Island from Townsville, writes Stephanie Thomas*.
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