Renewed for Mission Day attendees from Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mt Pritchard 2025. Photo: Supplied. The parish community of Our Lady of Mt Carmel in Mt Pritchard gathered for a transformative “Renewed for Mission Day” on 11 October – a faith-filled event designed to inspire, equip, and unite parishioners in their shared mission to […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving his talk, ‘God-Obsessed’ to those present at the Thomistic Institute Sydney chapter at the University of Sydney. Photo: University Catholic Chaplaincy/Supplied The Thomistic Institute Sydney wrapped the year up with an evening event for students and alumni of University Catholic Chaplaincy. They heard Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP deliver a thought-provoking […]
Bishop Michael Gielen on a recent trip to Europe. Photo: Supplied. Excitement is building across Sydney as parishioners prepare to step into their calling at “The Way of Hope”, the Catholic conference designed to ignite faith, equip leaders, and renew hearts, hosted by Alpha Australia in partnership with the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Whether hoping […]
The statue of St Luke. Photo: Supplied. St Luke’s parish in Revesby, in Sydney’s south, has unveiled six new statues to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the primary school. Four of the statues join two already in place outside: St Luke, at the church’s entrance, and St Charbel, the first statue to be built. Both […]
Christopher West speaking at Seymour Centre in Chippendale in 2016. Photo: Giovanni Portelli In a world with over 80 gender options, where parents can often feel like they’re paddling against the current, struggling to fight the good fight in the spiritual battle at home, Dr Christopher West’s message on the theology of the body (TOB) […]
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 […]
