Pets receiving a blessing at St Patrick’s in Mortlake. Photo: Supplied. Sydney’s furry friends have made a welcome addition at parishes across the city as pet owners line up for blessings in honour of the feast of St Francis of Assisi. Churches in Bondi and Mortlake were among those commemorating the day and allowing animals […]
Marvin Do’s path to Catholicism began in an unlikely place – his home gym in Western Sydney. Born into a Buddhist family in New Caledonia and raised in Australia, Marvin had never given much thought to Christianity, let alone Catholicism. In his early 20s, Marvin’s life revolved around his career and fitness routine. Twice a […]
Conference on “Aquinas and the Vita Contemplativa” Campion College Toongabbie, 11 October 2025 Introduction: St John XXIII on the authority of St Thomas Even if St Thomas Aquinas thought we rise with the bodies of 33-year-olds, the fact is that he’s eight hundred years old this year, at least in earthly time. I’m delighted that […]
Stunning View of Interstellar Nebula in Deep Space. Photo: Pexels.com/Yihan Wang. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass at the ARC Conference, Tuesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, St Margaret’s and All Saints London, 18 February 2025 (Feast of Blessed Fra Angelico). In December of last year, NASA telescopes in […]
Annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank. Photo: Supplied. Amidst joyful songs of devotion, the Mauritian Catholic community gathered to celebrate the annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank on 28 September. The Mass in honour of Blessed Jacques-Désiré Laval, known as Père Laval, was celebrated in […]
Fr Corrado Maggioni SMM, president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, with Bishop Richard Umbers. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. “This is My Body, Given for You” has been chosen by Pope Leo XIV as the theme for the International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Sydney in 2028 (IEC2028). Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP announced […]
Fr Yacub Barkat with parishioners at St Gabriel’s church in Bexley, part of St Mary MacKillop Parish, Rockdale City. Photo: Alphonsus Fok St Gabriel’s church in Bexley is one of Sydney’s prettiest churches, and its people among the happiest following its amalgamation with St Mary MacKillop parish in Rockdale City. The long-awaited change, decreed by […]
Sr Elena Marie Piteo OP will be delivering the keynote address at the upcoming ‘Way of Hope’ Alpha Catholic conference. Photo: Supplied. As the ‘Way of Hope’ Alpha Catholic Conference approaches on 31 October and 1 November at the Liverpool Catholic Club, anticipation is building for the keynote address by Sr Elena Marie Piteo OP, […]
Nearly 20 years after people filled Royal Randwick Racecourse for Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, nearly 1000 Catholic women met there again to be refreshed in their work of transforming the world. The inaugural conference hosted by the Catholic Women’s Network (CWN) of the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation drew together 950 women to sing, pray, […]
Fr Chris Ryan MGL, parish priest at St Declan’s in Penshurst. Photo: Supplied. As the parish priest at St Declan’s in Penshurst, Fr Chris Ryan MGL has been more than a compassionate shepherd – he’s a keen judge of leadership potential within his community. While not all priests are naturally equipped to be a ‘parish […]
St Pier Giorgio Frassati. Photo: Luciana Frassati/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain This is the edited text for the Homily for the Solemn Mass of Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C) St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 28 September 2025. Sixty-seven episodes were screened of the reality TV series The Secret Millionaire in the UK (2006-12), 25 in America, eight in Ireland and eight more […]
Fr John Burns and Sr Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, leading the day of renewal for religious sisters. Photo: Supplied. The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has hosted religious from across the city and beyond for a day of renewal, encouragement, and healing. Organised by Sr Cecilia Joseph OP and vocations director Fr Daniele Russo, the day provided […]
Parish priest of Ryde-Gladesville Parish Fr Greg Morgan with the Herring family. Their son’s terminal condition has united the parish in faith and service while a food van on the grounds of the St Charles Borromeo church is the family’s way to give back to the community. Photo: Alphonsus Fok On the evening of 18 […]
Gymea parishioners experience how food and faith come together at Alpha. Photo: Supplied. Fr Greg Morgan from St Catherine Labouré Gymea is candid when he speaks about his relationship with Alpha, the wildly successful global evangelisation tool. “I was an Alpha sceptic. I’ve always thought that we could do our own program, take our own […]
Jacinta with her daughter Madison Blake and grandaughter Sophia Crewther. Photo: Supplied. The National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) is on the search for Jacinta Collins’ successor after almost a decade of leading Australian Catholic education through a period of uncertainty to one of confidence in its future and mission. The executive secretary to the Bishops Commission for Education and chief executive officer of the NCEC is looking forward to focusing more on […]
