Fr Rob Galea performing for the inaugural Empower Night: Towards Eucharist28. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 More than 400 Sydney Catholic Schools staff, parents and community members gathered at Canterbury Leagues Club for an evening of prayer, formation and fellowship inspired by Jesus Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist. Held on 9 September, […]
Peter Enriquez, Janet Rahme, Catherine Ong and Marelene Whitton were honoured for dedicated service during the annual ‘MooreWorthy’ parish dinner held at Liverpool Catholic Club on 5 September. Photo: Mat De Sousa. For over 47 years, Marelene Whitton has dedicated her time and energy towards her parish community of St Joseph’s Moorebank. Whether it is […]
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Mulgoa. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. A thousand Catholics from across Sydney celebrated the hundredth birthday of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Mulgoa on 13 September.  The Schoenstatt movement was founded by Fr Joseph Kentenich in Germany in 1914, and the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters was established in October […]
Macquarie and UNDA students pose with the Archbishop after the Archbishop Debating Cup Final. Photo: Alex Woolnough. The University of Notre Dame Australia triumphed over Macquarie University in the 2026 Archbishop Debating Cup Final, held at St Mary’s Cathedral Chapter Hall on 10 September.  Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP adjudicated the student debate, which centered on […]
rchbishop Anthony Fisher OP presents the Archbishop’s Award for Student Excellence to students from Sydney Catholic secondary schools at St Mary’s Cathedral. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Fifty-two students from across Sydney’s Catholic secondary schools have been presented with the Archbishop’s Award for Student Excellence, recognising their contributions to faith, leadership and service in […]
Mt Schoenstatt Shrine, Mulgoa, 13 September 2026 Twenty-five years ago this week, the September 11 terrorist attacks took the lives of 3,000 people, while the rest of the world looked on in horror. In the days that followed, people rarely seen in church came in droves, looking for somewhere to put their numbness and grief, […]
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 11 September 2026 Most Catholic schools are named for a patron saint, and so the staff, students and wider community can look to a particular life of heroic virtue for inspiration. But what of a college named after an object, the Holy Cross? What does it mean to take your name […]
We can live justly, tenderly, and humbly with our God. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass on Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time (Year 2) at the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., 20 July 2026. It’s one of the most iconic lines in cinematic history. […]
A former convent in Annandale is now a presbytery, parish office and gathering place for the amalgamated parish of St Brendan Annandale and St Michael the Archangel Stanmore and, for the people who worked for it, the clearest sign yet of what happens when two communities decide to become one. The building tells the story. Once an […]
The new Healing and Support Service offers ongoing care to people who have experienced harm within a church context, as well as to family members and others indirectly affected. Photo: Supplied/GIOVANNI PORTELLI 2023 The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Parramatta have joined together to collaborate and provide a healing and support service […]
Called and gifted participants for 2025 Autumn intake. Photo: Supplied. Applications for the Archdiocese’s next Called and Gifted intake close this week. Every baptised Catholic has been given a gift by the Holy Spirit and it was never meant for them alone. That conviction has shaped nearly three decades of work for Sherry Weddell, co-founder of the Catherine […]
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 Fr Matthew Timonera OFM Cap, Sr Mary Immanuel and seminarian Harrison Brady shared their vocation stories with young adults at St Joseph’s Catholic Parish, Moorebank. Photo: Supplied. After six years of formation with the Capuchin Friars, the then-Brother Matthew Timonera sat with his provincial minister, holding a letter that would change the course of his vocation. Written during one of […]
Portrait of Pope Pius V by Palma il Giovane, 1504-1572 AD, Painting, Rome, Italy. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for the Mass on 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., 19 July, 2026. Born in 1504, he was named Antonio Ghislieri in […]
Learning about the Ukrainian Eastern Catholic Church. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Year 6 students from five western Sydney Catholic schools have explored the traditions, spirituality and history of three Eastern Catholic churches during a pilgrimage through Lidcombe and Auburn. Students from St Joseph the Worker Primary School, Auburn South; St John’s Catholic Primary School, […]
