23 Jun 2025
Retreat inspires parish pastoral council members with spiritual renewal and clarity

Retreat inspires parish pastoral council members with spiritual renewal and clarity

The retreat was organised by the Parish Renewal Team (PRT), within the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation to assist Parish priests and Administrators, Assistant priests, Members of Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), PPC Chairpersons and PPC Secretaries. Photo: Supplied. The recent Parish Pastoral Council Retreat proved to be a transformative experience for participants, offering much-needed spiritual nourishment and clarity of […]

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22 Jun 2025
Record numbers make Walk with Christ an awe-inspiring display of faith and unity

Record numbers make Walk with Christ an awe-inspiring display of faith and unity

The Walk with Christ procession drew an unprecedented crowd of Catholics celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Under blue skies and despite a winter chill, Sydney witnessed an awe-inspiring display of faith, unity, and devotion as the Walk with Christ procession drew an unprecedented crowd of an estimated 20,000 Catholics celebrating the feast […]

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21 Jun 2025
UNSW Catholics come together for Eucharistic procession in celebration of Corpus Christi

UNSW Catholics come together for Eucharistic procession in celebration of Corpus Christi

UNSW students, staff and visitors came together to celebrate Corpus Christi with a Eucharistic procession. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. On a chilly Thursday morning, UNSW students, staff and visitors came together to celebrate Corpus Christi with a Eucharistic procession that grabbed the attention of bystanders across the university campus.   People even stopped admiringly to film the […]

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20 Jun 2025
Sydney’s Urdu-Hindi community going strong one year after inaugural Mass in native language

Sydney’s Urdu-Hindi community going strong one year after inaugural Mass in native language

The Urdu-Hindi community celebrated the one-year anniversary of their inaugural Mass. Photo: Supplied/Elliot. Sydney’s Urdu-Hindi community celebrated the one-year anniversary of Mass celebrated in its native language, capping a remarkable year of community and formational growth.     More than 100 attendees celebrated the Mass on 1 June, with all readings including the Gospel, prayers and […]

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19 Jun 2025
Archbishop Fisher’s homily: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me

Archbishop Fisher’s homily: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at the ordination of his Dominican brothers in Washington DC. Photo: Supplied. Homily for the Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood of Brs Louis Mary Bethea, Gregory Marie Santy, Bertrand Marie Herbert, Basil Mary Burroughs, Titus Mary Sanchez, Nicodemus Maria Thomas and Linus Mary Martz of the Order of Preachers at […]

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19 Jun 2025
How Disciple Diaries series sparked Danial’s Catholic conversion

How Disciple Diaries series sparked Danial’s Catholic conversion

At the recent Paschal Eucharist Mass, as the church in Sydney welcomed a cathedral full of proud new Catholics, one Campbelltown father of three stood proudest. Danial Fardon’s conversion to the Catholic faith began when he was a curious but hyperactive child, not baptised into the faith, but with a deep desire to encounter Jesus […]

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18 Jun 2025
Fr Gregory Pine to inspire Young Catholics at Purpose Fest

Fr Gregory Pine to inspire Young Catholics at Purpose Fest

Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2023 When asked what message he would share with the young Catholics gearing up for his appearance at Purpose Fest, Fr Gregory Pine OP, the renowned Dominican scholar based in the US, responded with two words: “let’s go!” Excitement is building ahead of Fr Gregory’s inspiring talks at Purpose […]

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18 Jun 2025
“The chapel is the heart of our home”: Dominican Sisters’ chapel open for worship after renovation

“The chapel is the heart of our home”: Dominican Sisters’ chapel open for worship after renovation

The Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia’s newly renovated chapel. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 At St Joseph’s Convent in Regents Park, the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia come together in their chapel at least four times a day for communal meditation and prayer, personal devotion and vocational discernment.   It is no wonder, then, […]

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17 Jun 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS OF TUESDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR I)

HOMILY FOR MASS OF TUESDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR I)

ST MARTHA’S CHAPEL, LEICHHARDT, 17 JUNE 2025 ‘Demanding,’ ‘a perfectionist,’ ‘hard to work for’—these were the descriptions recently given by those who work for Jensen Huang, the Taiwanese-American CEO of tech giant Nvidia. Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993, as a niche producer of computer chips for graphics and gaming. Now it’s a $3.5 trillion behemoth, […]

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