St Josephine Bakhita with the staff and pupils of St John Fisher Secondary School in Peterborough. Photo: Flickr.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass for the feast of St Josephine Bakhita at the Chapel of our Lady of the Rosary and St Peter Chanel, Domus Australia, Rome, Tuesday 8 February 2022. […]
Our Lady of Good Success Marian procession 2025. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Catholics across Sydney are being invited to once again to take to the streets of Lidcombe in prayer, as organiser Bridget Sakr prepares for the third annual Marian procession in honour of the 2 February feast of Our Lady of […]
Members of Mandarin speaking community doing Alpha Coaching Day. Photo: Supplied. Over the weekend of 31 January and 1 February, parishioners from across Sydney and beyond, gathered for Alpha Coaching Days, designed to prepare the next wave of Alpha leaders as missionary disciples at the heart of parish renewal. “Each time a parish prepares to run Alpha, […]
Front cover of the Lenten resource for 2026. Photo: Archdiocese of Sydney. As we prepare to enter Lent this year, the Parish Renewal Team within the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation is delighted to release their new Lenten Companion, themed around the powerful words of Jesus at the Last Supper: “This is my body, given for you.” “Taken from the words […]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General Hugh McDermott, Bishop Anthony Percy and Senior Vice President Giles Tabeteau. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. St Mary’s Cathedral has hosted the 95th Red Mass commemorating the beginning of the law term, a tradition dating back beyond 1245 in Paris. Attended by law students, politicians, and members of the legal fraternity, it reminds lawyers of […]
Fr Bernie Thomas with the replica icon of the St Damiano Cross. Photo: Tara Kennedy. In a worldwide jubilee year commemorating the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis, Mary Immaculate church in Waverley has unveiled a replica of the famous San Damiano Cross. The original, which hangs in the Basilica of St Clare in […]
When exploring the revolutionary teachings of St John Paul II in his Theology of the Body (TOB), few would expect references to the film Titanic or the song “The Glory of Love.” Yet popular-culture touchstones such as these are one method Dr Christopher West, president of the Theology of the Body (TOB) Institute in the United […]
Young couple dating. Photo: Pexels.com. For years, Alison De Sousa has experienced and heard countless stories about how bleak the dating scene is in Sydney and wanted to do something to fix the culture. She wanted dating to return to the way it once was and the way as Catholics are called to date – […]
In late 2024, a Synod Working Party, commissioned by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP and led by Bishop Daniel Meagher, recommended a diocesan Synod be held in response to three significant and repeated longings: that our liturgies be more prayerful, that our parishes and other church communities be Christ-centred and that our church be mission-oriented. These longings emerged after extensive […]
Moe Turaga with Jessa Royupa and Alison Rahill. Photo: Supplied. The first inquest in Australia into a death linked to modern slavery has highlighted a web of exploitative practices. In her report, which was handed down on 16 January, NSW deputy coroner Rebecca Hosking left no doubt that modern slavery is a reality in […]
Official website for Eucharist28 is now live. Photo: Screenshot of Eucharist28 website. The official website for the International Eucharistic Congress 2028 (Eucharist28) is now live at eucharist28.org. Every parish in the country will be receiving a “Eucharist28 Starter Pack” in the coming weeks, containing a letter from the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, […]
Flag of Australia. Photo: Supplied. This is the edited text of the homily for the Mass of Australia Day, at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Domus Australia, 26 January 2026. The Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, was written by Scotsman Peter Dodds McCormick under the pen name Amicus. First performed by […]
Professor Hayden Ramsay, recently appointed President of the Catholic Institute of Sydney. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Professor Hayden Ramsay was recently appointed President of the Catholic Institute of Sydney, bringing with him decades of experience in philosophy, Catholic higher education, and ecclesial leadership in Australia and abroad. He now joins The Catholic Weekly as a new regular columnist, to tackle life, faith, reason […]
The Eucharistic procession through the streets of Punchbowl to welcome the installation of the St Charbel statue. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Thousands of faithful gathered on Thursday evening, 22 January, for a major public expression of Catholic faith as a solemn Eucharistic procession accompanied the arrival of a huge bronze sculpture depicting […]
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, DOMUS AUSTRALIA, 26 JANUARY 2026 The Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, was written by Scotsman Peter Dodds McCormick under the pen name Amicus. First performed by the Highland Society on St Andrew’s Day 1878, it was instantly a hit. 23 years later it was sung by a […]
