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Bondi Beach Shooting Day of Mourning 22 January 2026

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National Day of Mourning

Mourning to honour Bondi victims on the 22 of January.

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Feast Day of St Agnes of Rome

Patron saint of young girls, chastity, rape survivors, and the Children of Mary feast day is the 21st of January.

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The Sewing Company

Ukrainians fight frigid winter with the warmth of volunteering.

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Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals

Pope Leo recalls that Christ draws us to follow Him, warning that division in the Church scatters the faithful.

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May Your Light Continue to Shine Brightly

May your light continue to shine brightly in the darkness of the Bondi Beach tragedy.

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Archbishop Christopher Prowse's Christmas and New Year Message

A message of hope for Christmas 2025.

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Blessing of the RAR Memorial

A grant application under Saluting their Service (DVA) was accepted. April 2025 saw the installation of Silent Sentries.

Synod of Bishops on Synodality: Interim Report Released

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Synod of Bishops on Synodality: Report Released

The interim reports, which were made public on November 17, differ in their level of detail and specificity; some organisations list their members and make recommendations.

Soldiers from Puckapunyal Armourment School

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School of Armour's Legacy of Beersheba

Combat training has a long history at our school, and it is still expanding.

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Remembering Persecuted Christians

ACN is the Pontifical Foundation dedicated to supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

remembrance day 2025 at 3 Brigade Townsville QLD

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3 Brigades New Installation

With their most recent installation at 3CSSB on base in Townsville, Queensland, the leadership of three battalions' low-key efforts has paid off.

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Remembrance Day - 11 November 2025

We invite you to join Rev Dr Peter Devenish Meares in a solemn prayer for Remembrance Day.

Military Chaplains in Rome for 2025 Jubilee

Priest serving communion to a service member at the Vatican Jubilee Mass 9 February 2025

Monsignor O'Keefe at an official event in Rome for the Jubilee 2025 during the Armed Forces Jubilee

Chaplains march to the Holy Door in St Peters Basilica

Palm Sunday in Broome Diocese will people standing outside the church with palm leaves held upright on a Sunny morning

Palm Sunday Mass at Lone Pine Chapel in Darwin

Archbishop Christopher Prowse visiting Military Bases in Townsville 2024

Archbishop Prowse and Chaplain Joseph Moloney Inside the chapel at Lavarack Barracks Townsville Queensland

Chaplain Martin Monaghan stand over the altar while saying mass on exercise out at sea

Multi-national Chaplains during Talisman Sabre 2025 with CHAPLAIN Peter Devenish-Meares of the Military Diocese in Australia in the centre of the image

Duntroon Cadets training in Goulburn NSW sitting in the shade at the Catholic Church

CHAP Martin MOnaghan and CHAP Thomas Zaranksi saying mass in the Philippines while on exercise in 2025

Fr Thomas Zaranski saying mass while deployed to the Philippines in 2025

DCN McGoldrick with 7 of the PNG Cadets after mass at Duntroon outside RMC Chapel

Deacon Peter Devenish Meares with some USA Chaplains in Australia for the Exercises occurring around Australia 2025

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Serving Faithfully Newsletters

From 2018 to the end of 2023 Serving Faithfully was the newsletter of the Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services published quarterly.

From 2024 onwards Serving Faithfully has morphed into news items published regularly on this website to be a more contemporary means of sharing events and experiences from across the whole Diocese.

As the Catholic Military Diocese is comprised of members of the Australian Defence Force and their families scattered widely across Australia and overseas, wherever they are serving.

Please contact the Military Ordinariate if you wish to read past published newsletters of Serving Faithfully.