The Southern Cross newspaper - Adelaide

29/07/2025

Star of the Sea School students making the news.

An algal bloom off the coast of Adelaide is continuing to affect ocean life.

09/07/2025

Friday July 04, 2025 Teenage saint inspires all ages News The story of Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager who used technology to promote the Eucharist and his love for God, has captured the imagination of young people around the globe. Jenny Brinkworth Friday July 04, 2025 Kate Hobbs wit...

07/07/2025

Thank you for sharing.

Legacy of sacrifice

As shared in The Southern Cross newspaper - Adelaide, "Nine years ago I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview Sr Maryanne Welsh rsj, then a sprightly 88 year old with a twinkle in her eye and a soft Irish lilt."

"She told me how she’d 'followed her heart' and left her home in County Kerry in 1947 at the age of 19 and followed her sister to Australia to join the Sisters of St Joseph. She didn’t return home for 24 years and by then her parents were dead."

"At Sr Maryanne’s funeral last month, her fellow Sisters acknowledged the great sacrifice made by the 840 courageous young women recruited to Australia and New Zealand by the order (as documented in the book The Letter under the Pillow). The last of the Irish-born Josephite Sisters in SA, Sr Maryanne was a connection to an important part of the story of the Sisters and their founders, Saint Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods."

We invite you to continue reading the article by Jenny Brinkworth here: https://thesoutherncross.org.au/opinion/2025/07/04/legacy-of-sacrifice

📸 Cover of the book 'The Letter under the Pillow' by Clare Aherne

Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide

02/05/2025

Today we attended a beautiful memorial service for the 50th anniversary of the Operation Babylift tragedy. The event, held at St Aloysius College Adelaide, remembered Margaret Moses and Gyoparka Makk who died in the plane crash while evacuating babies and adults during the fall of Saigon.

02/05/2025

The Chrism Mass was an important moment to reflect during Holy Week. The Mass included a procession of the oils. We dived a little deeper into what it all means.

Friday May 02, 2025 Chrism Mass symbol of unity Events The Chrism Mass is an important moment to reflect during Holy Week. Katie Spain / The Southern Cross Friday May 02, 2025 During the Chrism Mass, representatives from throughout the archdiocese collect oils to be taken to their parishes and commu...

28/04/2025

Archbishop Patrick O’Regan's homily at the Memorial Mass for Pope Francis in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Sunday can be read in full here. ♥️

https://thesoutherncross.org.au/news/local/2025/04/28/homily-for-the-memorial-mass-for-pope-francis/

24/04/2025

Paying respects to Pope Francis in Rome and South Australia this weekend ♥️

Thursday April 24, 2025 Paying respects to Pope Francis in Rome and South Australia this weekend Events The Pope’s funeral will be held at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Saturday at 10am local time (5.30pm ACT) and is expected to last about two and a half hours. Richard Evans Thursday April 24, ...

16/04/2025

Adelaide’s Sisters of Mercy are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the deaths of two Catholic women who were on board an aircraft that crashed while evacuating babies and adults during the fall of Saigon. Source: The Southern Cross.

16/04/2025