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A loud collective sigh of relief can be heard around the country. After two-years of on-again off-again lockdowns and restrictions because of the pandemic Australia is at last opening up.

The theme for World Day of Social Justice on Sunday is Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment. One Australian school student, with the help of friends has raised money to improve the education and employment opportunities for the poor in Uganda.

The story of the Majellan magazine began in 18th century Italy and the work of St Alphonsus Liguori and St Gerard Majella. St Alphonsus, the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer was, among other things, a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet and lawyer. But unlike St Alphonsus who was a priest, St Gerard was a lay brother. What they had in common was a devotion to the poor.

Move forward two centuries and in the small Victorian city of Ballarat, the Redemptorist Fathers started a quarterly magazine which they named after St Gerard Majella. The magazine’s origins began as a bulletin, the League of St Gerard. The first editorial in 1949 said the Majellan was for Catholic mothers and St Gerard is their special patron – the mother’s saint.

Thus began The Majellan Magazine. We invite you to share our journey over the decades as we evolved to be who we are today – Majellan Media. Because Family still matters most!

Friday is the World Day of the Sick where we pay tribute to the great work of Catholic health institutions in Australia and around the world.

Sickness is not just a disorder of the body, but affects the mind, heart, attitudes and emotions as well. It brings people face to face with personal limitations and the frustration of their longings for endless life, meaning and well-being. It also tends to disrupt relationships, including one’s connection with God. Sickness, then, is wide-ranging in its effects, both on the sick themselves and on all others who make up their social world.

Friday February 4 is World Cancer Day. There aren’t many people who don’t know of a loved one or a friend who hasn’t suffered from cancer. This is a story about a cancer experience shared between friends.