- Singing Priests Compose Christmas Classic 22 Dec 2009
The Priests, the three Irish clerics who have taken the music industry by storm, are also composers and in a labour of love have set the words of St Colmcille to music. ...
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- Christmas Hamper Shortfall 18 Dec 2009
For most of us, Christmas is a joyous time. But for many young people and young families in Sydney, it can be tough. ...
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- St Mary's Choirs Combine for Christmas Carols 16 Dec 2009
Director of Music at St Mary's Cathedral, Elizabeth Swain admits it is not always easy organising rehearsals for three choirs and singers at Christmas and one of the busiest times of the year. ...
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- Perth Cathedral Opens on Feast Day 9 Dec 2009
After six years planning and refurbishing and $33 million Perth's St Mary's Cathedral has been officially opened and rededicated. ...
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- Vatican Midnight Mass will now be at 10pm 9 Dec 2009
The Mass for the Solemnity of the Lord's Nativity in St Peter's Basilica, Rome will, for the first time, be celebrated at 10pm on Christmas Eve and not midnight. ...
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- Pope's First Ever Album in Time for Christmas 7 Dec 2009
Alma Mater - Music from the Vatican, an album featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI in a superb series of Gregorian chants, Laurentan litanies, prayers and specially-commissioned classical music is now available at music stores across Australia. ...
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- The Disabled of Lebanon Inspire Sydney Priest 4 Dec 2009
Thursday, December 3 marked the 18th World Day of the Sick and held special significance for Fr James McCarthy, the Archdiocese of Sydney's youngest priest who is currently studying at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, ZENIT reports. ...
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- Special Tribute To Cardinal Cassidy 4 Dec 2009
As the Parliament of World Religions began in Melbourne, members of the Archdiocese of Sydney's Commission for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations paid tribute to Cardinal Cassidy whose work to at building relations between different faiths spanned more than three and a half decades. ...
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- Sydney's Young Art Winners 3 Dec 2009
An artwork in coloured pencil by 12-year-old Olivia Calabio, a Year 6 student at St Kevin's Primary School, Eastwood scooped the pool at the 2009 "Christmas Story" Competition, winning the covetted Cardinal's Choice Trophy for her art work and written reflections on Christmas. ...
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- Susan Boyle's Album a Sell Out in Oz 3 Dec 2009
After just two weeks' on release, "I dreamed a Dream," the first album by Susan Boyle, has rocketted to number one on the Australia's Aria charts. ...
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- Cardinal Gilroy Society Established 2 Dec 2009
A society named after Cardinal Gilroy, the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals, has been established by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell to acknowledge and thank those who have made bequests to the Archdiocese of Sydney in their wills. ...
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- Plan to Create a Better Sydney 2 Dec 2009
More than 200 members from 21 Sydney organisations including the Archdiocese of Sydney, Unions NSW, the Jewish Board of Deputies, the Arab Council Australia and the United Muslim Women Association will meet tonight at the first public assembly of the Sydney Alliance. ...
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- Pope Offers Prayers on World Aids Day 1 Dec 2009
As Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers for an end of the Aids Epidemic on the eve of World AIDs Day on December 1, the Lowy Institute released figures showing the number of Australians newly-diagnosed with HIV has risen 40 percent over the past four years. ...
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- Five Ordained as Deacons Appointed to Sydney Parishes 1 Dec 2009
The five young men from the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush, who were ordained deacons by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell at St Mary's Cathedral on Saturday, November 28, will take up their positions at Archdiocese parishes later this week. ...
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