I’m grateful to be invited to appear before the Committee today on behalf of more than 20 Catholic and Orthodox Bishops of NSW, to express our concerns & those of our people in relation to this bill…
I’m grateful to be invited to appear before the Committee today on behalf of more than 20 Catholic and Orthodox Bishops of NSW, to express our concerns & those of our people in relation to this bill…
Children from the Little Saints Ministry at All Saints parish in Liverpool, filled the church hall with song, prayer and dance. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 They are some of the youngest evangelists in the Archdiocese of Sydney, and on 5 October they stole the show. Children from the Little Saints Ministry at […]
Members of St Joan’s Guild at the Walk with Christ. Photo: Alphonsus Fok With six weeks to go until Walk with Christ, parishes across the Archdiocese of Sydney are preparing for the procession with growing anticipation. On Sunday 22 November, the feast of Christ the King, Catholics from every corner of the city will gather […]
The relic of St. Carlo Acutis’ pericardium on display at St Benedict’s Catholic Church in Chippendale. Photo: Natalie Cox. More than a hundred parishioners, university students and Sydneysiders crowded into St Benedict’s Catholic Church in at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Chippendale campus to venerate and pray before the relics of St Carlo Acutis. […]
A new video from the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation (SCE) captures the night five south-west Sydney parishes decided to stop going it alone and launched a young adults network of their own. Stronger Together: A New Young Adults Leaders Network in the South-Western Suburbs is the sixth in the Parish Renewal Team’s video series exploring […]
Catechists honoured at the annual Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Just over four decades ago Marianne Barbara was on her way to hospital to have a baby when a drunk driver ploughed into her car door. “I landed underneath the car,” she […]
Basilica of St Francis, Assisi, 11th October 2026 It’s quite the story (Mt 22:1-14). A rom-com with a difference. After the usual complexities of courtship, the happy couple are ready to tie the knot. They pick a date, secure a celebrant and venue, settle the guest list. So far, so good. But when they send […]
Jesus the Good Shepherd. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of a homily for the feast of St Mary Magdalene, Apostola Apostolorum and co-patroness of the Dominican Order. It was given on 22 July during a retreat for the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia at their motherhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. Forty years ago, I went […]
Fr Dave Callaghan, the new Moderator for the next four years. Photo: Supplied. The Missionaries of God’s Love priests and brothers have elected Fr David Callaghan MGL as their new Moderator, or leader, for the next four years. Originally from Perth, Fr Callaghan has been a member of the MGL for 26 years. He is […]
Married couples are invited to a Knot So Ordinary Date at Good Shepherd Parish, Hoxton Park, on Sunday 18 October from 12.30pm. Photo: Supplied. The wedding day is only the beginning. At Good Shepherd Parish in Hoxton Park, a grassroots initiative called the Knot So Ordinary Date has been giving married couples what many say […]
Participants of the “Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life” course at St Anne’s Church, Bondi. Photo: Supplied by Giulia Mezzapica. Around 20 women from across the generations gathered at St Anne’s Church in Bondi to explore how their feminine gifts can draw them closer to Christ and bring his grace to the world. […]
South West Sydney Rosary at Bigge Park, Liverpool. Photo: Supplied. For its fourth year, Australia has joined tens of thousands of men from around the world in reciting the Rosary at Worldwide Men’s Rosary Crusade on the first Saturday of October. Before hundreds of men gathered at the steps of St Mary’s Cathedral to publicly […]
Our Lady of the Rosary Church in St Mary’s is preparing to launch the St John Paul Life Alliance Inc., their parish-led pro-life group, with a fundraising dinner on Saturday 24 October. Photo: Supplied. Amidst the darkness of an aggressively pro-choice political climate, shines a beacon of light in the form of a new pro-life initiative. […]
Parish priest Fr Dariusz Basiaga SDS with the relic. Photo: Supplied. A rare piece of cloth connected to one of St Padre Pio’s wounds has found a new home at St Luke’s Parish in Revesby. Used by Padre Pio to wipe a wound in his side which he bore for 50 years, the relic was […]
St George will be staged at St Peter’s Parish, Surry Hills, from 8–11 October. Photo: Supplied. An original musical exploring the life and modern-day relevance of St George will be staged at St Peter’s Parish, Surry Hills, from 8–11 October. Courage: The Legend of St George and the Dragon, a collaboration between the parish and […]
The Mauritian Catholic community gathered to celebrate the annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank on 13 September. Photo: Supplied. In a month full of feast days, the Mauritian Catholic community gathered to celebrate the annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank on 13 September. The Mass in […]