St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 8 August 2028 In the Hebrew of the Old Testament the way to say very was simply to repeat the word. So, the greatest song is “the Song of Songs”, complete futility is “vanity of vanities” and the most sacred place is “the Holy of Holies”.[1] יוֹם Yom is day and […]
: Elizabeth Brooks is commissioned as principal of Santa Sabina College during the school’s Feast of St Dominic celebrations. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Santa Sabina College has formally commissioned Elizabeth Brooks as its new principal during the school’s annual Feast of St Dominic celebrations, marking a new chapter in the leadership of […]
Ask the women from all over Sydney who filled St Jerome’s church, Punchbowl on 1 August what they had been taught about their own bodies, and the answer came back the same from teenagers, mothers and grandmothers alike. Almost nothing. “When I was a young lady getting married, I never knew any of this,” said Joanne Webb, a mother of four. “It was something you […]
Three evening workshops across the Archdiocese of Sydney this August will help parish pastoral councils make the most of what they have and reach the people who aren’t yet in the pews. Parish pastoral councils meet on weeknights after work, often in a parish hall carrying a responsibility that shapes the life of a whole community. They are among the quietest and most consequential […]
Members Tony Agostino and Frank Rando were awarded life memberships on the day recognition of their years of dedicated service to the association. Photo: Patrick J Lee. Long before multiculturalism formed part of Australia’s identity, Italian Catholic migrants in Sydney were finding ways to preserve the faith and traditions they had brought with them. One of them was Giuseppina Palise from Salina in Italy’s Aeolian […]
A man praying the rosary during the St Joseph Camino 2025. Photo: GIOVANNI PORTELLI 2025 Two schoolmates will shoulder the statue of St Joseph across Sydney next month. Their friendship is the reason they are walking. Cam McAuley was the new boy at Redfield College, Dural, when he met Michael Badaoui in Year 5. Twenty years on, there’s not much […]
Georgio and Luigi. Photo: Callum Hussein Around 100 men of different ages and backgrounds gathered at St Michael the Archangel, Belfield, in Sydney as a new Catholic men’s association seeks to respond to what its founders see as a growing hunger for friendship, purpose and faith. The Italian Knights of the Sacred Heart Australia joined with Catholic men’s group […]
Two Sydney Catholics received a papal award in St Mary’s Cathedral House on 29 July for service to the church. Photo: Alphonsus Fok Two Sydney Catholics received a papal award in St Mary’s Cathedral House on 29 July for service to the church. Michael King supports retired priests as the Priest’s Retirement Care Coordinator under the Priests’ Retirement Foundation, […]
St Joachim’s Catholic Church celebrated 100 years of faith and community. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 St Joachim’s Catholic Church, Lidcombe, celebrated 100 years of faith and community on 26 July, marking both the parish’s centenary and the feast day of its patron with a day of prayer, thanksgiving and festivities. The celebrations began with […]
Deacons Lukasz Golab, Peter Van Khuơng Tran. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Three men preparing to be ordained priests for the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney on 8 August at St Mary’s Cathedral have reflected on the faith, formation and moments of grace that led them to answer God’s call. For Deacons Lukasz Golab, Peter Van […]
Jubilarian Group with Mother Anna Grace. Photo: Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Congregation. The principal of St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School in Sydney has celebrated 25 years of religious profession as a Dominican Sister of St Cecilia, with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP telling jubilarians their lives are “living proof of what the divine Sower […]
Families gather in the parish hall for enjoy a day of celebration. Photo: Supplied. All Saints Parish in Liverpool put its grandparents and elderly parishioners front and centre this past weekend, marking World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly with a full program of celebration, music and connection. Parish priest Fr Paul Monkerud said the day gave the parish […]
For Catholics it’s a unique experience: Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP carries the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of Sydney. Photo: Giovanni Portelli Should those who advocate freedom of speech and oppose cancel culture defend freedom of artistic expression, no matter how offensive? Support for freedom of speech does not mean that every form of expression is […]
Fr Eduardo Orilla is running this year’s City2Surf to raise funds for a perpetual Eucharistic adoration chapel at St Patrick’s parish, Kogarah. Photo: Supplied. When thousands of runners set off from Hyde Park for this year’s City2Surf on 9 August, Fr Eduardo Orilla will be running with a purpose that stretches far beyond the finish line […]
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville Tn., July 25, 2026 A comedy about several young singles sharing accommodation, coffee, a couch, and their twenties. Sounds like the Nashville Dominican Sisters’ novitiate, but I have in mind the sitcom Friends, that ran for 236 episodes. In its final season, its six actors were drawing even bigger crowds […]
