Meet Fr William Challenor The willingness of Priests’ to serve and give their life has often been the hallmark of their ministry, which was also the case with retired priest, Fr William Challenor. Fr William was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He started his priestly ministry at Dee Why where he was baptised…

The HOPE program has helped hundreds of vulnerable young mothers overcome adversity, like *Sarah through the help and support of Caseworkers like *Diana. Here, we’ll hear from both Sarah and Diana about how the program has transformed Sarah as well as her son, *Isaac. (*Names were changed)   Sarah, Mother and Student I’m Sarah, I’m…

How has the Catholic Faith Impacted your life? Like many others, my Catholic faith was nurtured by my mother who was a very good practising Catholic. My father was not a Catholic at that time but he did become a convert through the good work that my mother did. The only thing with my father…

Meet Paul Pinel My parents lived through the depression in a room in Newtown. Dad was out of work, mum was out of work, and in 1935 I was born. The only food we had was from the Good Samaritan Nuns from around the corner with their big buckets of soup. After some years, realising…

At 91 years old (although she certainly does not look it – and is even younger at heart), Mrs. South is a loyal supporter of the Priests’ Retirement Foundation. Marie married Frank South when she was 20 years old and has six children. She was married for 52 years – Frank passed away at 74.…