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 […]
Fr Paul Van Chi, Parish administrator of St Therese’s parish in Lakemba. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. The Little Flower has got her mojo back. After many humdrum years, St Therese’s parish in Lakemba celebrated her feast day last weekend (28 September) with a vibrantly multicultural parish Mass and fete. It was also the 90th anniversary of the church, dedicated to the 19th century Carmelite, St Thérèse of Lisieux, in 1935. The new parish administrator, Fr Paul Van Chi, told The Catholic Weekly that the day’s festivities symbolised the revitalisation of his parish. He was […]
Fr John Burns speaking at the Fidelis event at Canterbury Leagues Club. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Beloved Catholic author and speaker Fr John Burns, from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, is currently inspiring hearts and renewing faith across the Archdiocese of Sydney. He is here with Sr Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, both guests of the archdiocese on mission to inspire and transform young and […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2025 67 episodes were screened of the reality TV series The Secret Millionaire in the UK (2006-12), 25 in America, 8 in Ireland and 8 more in Australia, ours voiced over by Russell Crowe. The show invited self-made entrepreneurs and other wealthy people to step out of their comfort […]
On 20 September, the Cathedral Hall at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney echoed with the sound of more than 300 men reciting the rosary at the opening of the third annual ‘Be Not Afraid’ men’s conference. With the theme ‘Thorn in the flesh, finding strength in weakness’, the conference, hosted by the Sydney Centre for […]
As many of the 2.5 million men who live in Sydney settled in for a night of footy, beers and the couch, more than 1200 Catholic men chose something totally different – formation, faith and sacrifice. In a powerful testament to faith and brotherhood, they came from across the city for a transformative pilgrimage honouring […]
The Synod consultation for All Saints, Liverpool will be on Thursday, 16 October 2025. Photo: Supplied/Dani. Douglas Colbran, the newly-appointed youth and young adults coordinator at All Saints Liverpool, is ‘hyped’ as he prepares to bring up to 50 young people to the upcoming Synod consultation that will be held there next month. “I’m very […]
Joan and Declan with Dr Christopher West. Photo: Supplied. For Joan and Declan Sally, Theology of the Body is more than a course – it’s been a wellspring of truth that continues to shape their marriage, their parenting, and their work as educators. Having attended two retreats and eagerly anticipating the third in January next […]
A portrait of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for Evening Mass of the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 10 August 2025. A hundred years ago this year, a 2,000 seat open-air arena was constructed at Balmoral Beach at the considerable cost of […]
On 20 September, the Cathedral Hall at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney echoed with the sound of more than 300 men reciting the rosary at the opening of the third annual ‘Be Not Afraid’ men’s conference. With the theme ‘Thorn in the flesh, finding strength in weakness’, the conference, hosted by the Sydney Centre for […]
Bishop Michael Gielen with his parish family in Christchurch. Photo: Supplied. Bishop Michael Gielen from Christchurch, New Zealand, is bringing a message of hope and practical evangelisation when he speaks at the upcoming conference for parishes, ‘The Way of Hope’ conference in late October. His message is clear: “Transformation is possible. It can be done.” […]
