Staff attending Reconciliation Action launch. Photo: Sydney Catholic Schools.  On Thursday 5 November, the Archdiocese of Sydney launched its Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at St Martha’s, marking the second stage of its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Australians.   The event was headed by Fr Peter Smith, Promoter of Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese, […]

Bill Donaghy in Sydney in 2025. He will be returning next January to lead Theology of the Body and Art: The Way of Beauty. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 When did you last really stop in front of something beautiful? Not scroll past it, but let it hold you? A painting, a piece […]

Students, parishioners, and local community members in attendance at centenary celebrations. Photo: Supplied. The Archdiocese of Sydney has seen one parish and one school celebrate their centenaries in recent weeks: St Finbar’s Catholic Primary School in Sans Souci, and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Kensington.   On Friday 25 September, festivities overtook St Finbar’s […]

Teachers from St John Bosco College during Alpha. Photo: Supplied. When Moira Loader floated the idea of running Alpha for staff at St John Bosco College, Engadine, she wasn’t entirely sure why she was doing it.  The college’s religious education coordinator had just helped lead a second round of Alpha at her parish and felt […]

Kellie Bryce knows what it feels like to belong somewhere. For most of her adult life, that place was the gym.  “I guess the gym is like church,” she says. “You get the same kind of feeling. It’s a place you go for that community feeling.”  The Albury-born mother of two grew up in an […]

Damage caused by the attack on St Joseph’s Primary School, Rockdale. Photo: Supplied. Despite the shock of a vandalism attack on Monday 2 November, the church and school community at St Joseph’s Primary School in Rockdale is drawing strength from an outpouring of prayers and support.   The school on Watkin Street was locked down as […]

Parents and children of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Villawood at the procession last year. Photo: Supplied. From a primary school in Villawood to a college that bears the name of the Body of Christ, Sydney’s young Catholics are getting ready to carry the Eucharist into the heart of the city on the Feast of […]

Hospitality was a priority raised through the archdiocese’s Sydney Synod 2026, with many submissions calling for parishes to become more welcoming, both in their own community life and in how they present to those who come to them. Photo: Supplied. More people are finding their way to the doors of Sydney’s Catholic churches, some returning after […]

more than 360 student ambassadors gathered in Marrickville to begin a mission – bringing their school communities closer to Christ ahead of the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 A joyful and bright-eyed congregation filled St Brigid’s Church in Marrickville for a commissioning Mass for more than 360 student ambassadors […]

25 students gathered at St Kevin’s Church, Eastwood, on 20 August to receive the sacraments of Christian initiation, supported by families, teachers and parishioners. Photo: Patrick J Lee. For Holy Cross College Ryde student Hugo Welfare, baptism brought a sense of new life he could feel.  “When I got baptised I felt weight being lifted off […]

This year, for the first time, the archdiocese of Sydney’s LMF Sunday, was celebrated in local parishes, bringing the annual day honouring marriage and family life to the communities where couples live, worship and raise their children. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 For the first time, Life, Marriage and Family Sunday was celebrated […]