Media releases
17 May 2013
64th Annual Marian Procession Embraces Youth
The biggest annual event on the Catholic calendar in South Australia, the Marian Procession, is expected to attract more than 3000 people to Pilgrim Peace Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Marian Procession involves thousands of Catholics from diverse cultural backgrounds in traditional costumes and carrying colourful banners while reciting the rosary. Students from the Adelaide Academy of Irish Dancing will welcome the statue of the Blessed Mother in traditional dance.
The procession has been held every year since 1949, making it the longest, running religious event in the State.
To read more, please download pdf below.
Jenny Brinkworth talks about the Marian Procession on Arch D Radio, click on the link below to listen.
Marian Procession2013.pdf17 May 2013
Jenny Brinkworth talks about the Marian Procession on Arch D Radio, click on the link below to listen.
14 Mar 2013
Statement from Archbishop Wilson on Pope Francis I
Archbishop Philip Wilson has welcomed the "wonderful news" of the election of Pope Francis I in Rome this morning.
He described the former Cardinal of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio SJ, as a man of simplicity with great compassion for others and a strong advocate for social justice.
For further information please download the PDF of the Media Release below.
01 Mar 2013
Media awards revamped
Members of the public are being invited to nominate outstanding work by South Australian journalists for the 2013 Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Media Citations.
To read the media release in full, download file below.
To find out more about the media awards, make a nomination and to check the guidelines - click here.
12 Dec 2012
Chair and CEO announced
Re Royal Commission
Announcement of Chair and CEO of the Catholic Church Council for the Royal Commission
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) and Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) support the establishment of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia.
To read the media release download pdf below.
