Fr Toan Nguyen’s passport may soon be running out of pages, thanks to his work for God. The parish priest at St Brendan’s Catholic Church in Bankstown recently returned from his missionary trip to Vietnam, where he helps disabled orphans from the province of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu. He makes the trip annually (and sometimes more […]
Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2023 More than a century after Our Lady asked three Portuguese shepherd children to “pray the rosary every day in honour of Our Lady of the rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world,” thousands of Sydney’s faithful are expected to gather at St Mary’s Cathedral to live out her […]
Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2024 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine in Waterloo is a jewel in the crown of the Archdiocese of Sydney, now restored to its former glory after the renovation of its stunning sanctuary. Part of the Sydney City South parish, which also includes Rosebery and Redfern churches, the former […]
“Prayer is good and fruitful when it is an act of faith, an act of hope, and an act of love.” With this keen insight, renowned French author and priest Fr Jacques Philippe set the tone for an enriching evening that resonated deeply with attendees at Campion College and Sydney Catholic Youth’s recent Zoom event. […]
Photo credit: Alphonsus Fok At the Paschal Eucharist mass on 21 April, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP joyfully described the “bumper crop” of 250 new Catholics as “international stars,” relaying news that this year’s record number of new Catholics had made global headlines. In what Archbishop Fisher called “great news for our city”, the Archdiocese of […]
In today’s Gospel Jesus is in the Temple on the winter Feast of the Dedication or ‘Hannukah’ (Jn 10:22-30). Just as it is today, it was celebrated around the time of His birthday. Jewish holy days are Scriptural in origin: Shabbat, the Saturday day of rest and weekly observance of God’s completion of creation; Rosh Hashanah…
Your Excellency, the Hon. Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales; Hon. Justice Stephen Gageler AC, Chief Justice of Australia with other members of the Federal and State judiciaries…
The Washington Post calls him “Britain’s rock-star shepherd”.[1] The “shepherd-author-influencer” with over a hundred thousand social media followers, James Rebanks rose to prominence off the back of his autobiography, The Shepherd’s Life (2015)…
In The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls the nineteenth-century American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a contemporary of John Bede Polding, used the imagery of an adventurer like Polding crossing oceans and lands to visit various communities, as a way to reflect on time and mortality…
In the crypt beneath St Mary’s Cathedral, the silence of adoration is broken by the sudden, shocking rumble of scattering chairs and echoed gasps. A woman has fainted. From the back of the chapel, Sr Marie Veritas SV, from the touring Sisters of Life, springs into action, offering water and comfort. In her arms, the […]