Southern Cross’ special Connect09 edition is set to go to press, and parishes need to email orders by Monday if they want to ensure additional free copies.

List of parishes & provisional parishes, vacant or becoming vacant as at 13 October 2008.

Thousands of Iraqi Christians are homeless after fleeing their native Mosul, home to the largest Christian community in Iraq, after Baghdad.

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

Maia’s life is a patchwork quilt of appointments, research and therapies for her developmentally delayed son, but every square of time represents a labour of love.

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

List of Parishes & Provisional Parishes, vacant or becoming vacant as at 13 August 2008.

Deborah Lovely is making history as the first female weightlifter to represent Australia at two Olympic Games. But the committed Christian is adamant she is not there “to win medals for myself”.

List of Parishes & Provisional Parishes, vacant or becoming vacant as at 11 July 2008.

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

This month will see blanket media coverage of World Youth Day in Sydney as well as implications of the Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem. Both events raise questions about what it means to be an ‘Anglican’ Christian, and how this differs from being Roman Catholic. We asked our panel to answer five frequently asked questions about the difference between Catholics and Protestants, and if these still matter today.

There has been no significant division in Melbourne Diocese after the consecration of the Diocese’s first woman bishop, Barbara Darling, on May 31.

List of parishes and provisional parishes, vacant or becoming vacant as at 23 June 2008.