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

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

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

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

In Australia, military chaplains are essential in offering pastoral and spiritual support.

The Australian Defence Force is mourning one of its own. A young Queenslander known as a leader of troops has been killed in a training exercise near Townsville.

We pray for the repose of Pat’s immortal soul; Requiem Mass is to be celebrated at St. Jude’s Holder on Thursday 16 October 2025.

May you rest in peace, good and faithful servant.

Religious traditions exploring how to integrate or react to this technology, with some using AI in worship and others offering guidance on its use. Should we allow ourselves to assimilate to t

The 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).

Social cohesion is a central part of what makes Australia a good place.

 

Catholics across the globe will unite to pray the Rosary for peace in war-torn lands, especially during the month of October, which the Church dedicates to the Holy Rosary.

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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. 

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Sacramental News

Fr Abboud christening at baby at RMC Chapel Duntroon ACTgroup phot of christening at RMC Chapel held on November 2025 by Fr Abboud

RMC Christening

 

DATE: August 2025

PLACE: ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul

Royal Military College, Duntroon, ACT

Chaplain: Raphael Abboud

 

Congratulations