Grade 3 student at St Joseph’s Benalla, Mia Lawley, has been presented with a Young Australian Best Book Award (YABBA) award for story writing.  Mia entered her story, One Sad Little Boy, and was presented with her prize at Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne.  At the prize ceremony, she met several famous Australian authors and illustrators, including Morris Gleitzman, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, and was able to collect autographs after having morning tea. At the school’s assembly, Mia presented part of her prize, a huge box of books, to the school librarian, Rachel Heywood. Mia also won a box of books for herself.  
Read Mia's story here.

On Wednesday, October 19, visiting Maltese Bishop of Gozo, Mario Grech, celebrated Mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, to honour his friend and countryman, Bishop Joe Grech.

In August this year the Sandhurst Diocese lost one of its much-loved priests, Father Paul Ly. A man who fled Communist China to take refuge in Australia, and where we were lucky to enjoy his ministry for more than 50 years, writes Sue Bier.

Sr Maurus Dullard CSB was described as a ‘human dynamo’ for her lifetime of work in Australia and PNG.  The following is her eulogy by long-time friend Sr Martin Jones.