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Fr Dave Callaghan, the new Moderator for the next four years. Photo: Supplied. The Missionaries of God’s Love priests and brothers have elected Fr David Callaghan MGL as their new Moderator, or leader, for the next four years.   Originally from Perth, Fr Callaghan has been a member of the MGL for 26 years. He is […]

Married couples are invited to a Knot So Ordinary Date at Good Shepherd Parish, Hoxton Park, on Sunday 18 October from 12.30pm. Photo: Supplied. The wedding day is only the beginning. At Good Shepherd Parish in Hoxton Park, a grassroots initiative called the Knot So Ordinary Date has been giving married couples what many say […]

Participants of the “Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life” course at St Anne’s Church, Bondi. Photo: Supplied by Giulia Mezzapica. Around 20 women from across the generations gathered at St Anne’s Church in Bondi to explore how their feminine gifts can draw them closer to Christ and bring his grace to the world.  […]

South West Sydney Rosary at Bigge Park, Liverpool. Photo: Supplied. For its fourth year, Australia has joined tens of thousands of men from around the world in reciting the Rosary at Worldwide Men’s Rosary Crusade on the first Saturday of October.  Before hundreds of men gathered at the steps of St Mary’s Cathedral to publicly […]

Our Lady of the Rosary Church in St Mary’s is preparing to launch the St John Paul Life Alliance Inc., their parish-led pro-life group, with a fundraising dinner on Saturday 24 October. Photo: Supplied. Amidst the darkness of an aggressively pro-choice political climate, shines a beacon of light in the form of a new pro-life initiative.   […]

Parish priest Fr Dariusz Basiaga SDS with the relic. Photo: Supplied. A rare piece of cloth connected to one of St Padre Pio’s wounds has found a new home at St Luke’s Parish in Revesby.  Used by Padre Pio to wipe a wound in his side which he bore for 50 years, the relic was […]

St George will be staged at St Peter’s Parish, Surry Hills, from 8–11 October. Photo: Supplied. An original musical exploring the life and modern-day relevance of St George will be staged at St Peter’s Parish, Surry Hills, from 8–11 October.  Courage: The Legend of St George and the Dragon, a collaboration between the parish and […]

The Mauritian Catholic community gathered to celebrate the annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank on 13 September. Photo: Supplied. In a month full of feast days, the Mauritian Catholic community gathered to celebrate the annual Père Laval Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic parish in Moorebank on 13 September.  The Mass in […]

Hundreds gathered for a solemn procession carrying the relic into the cathedral. Photo: www.snapix.com.au The Maronite Eparchy of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania marked a historic moment on 25 September, when the major relic of St Carlo Acutis was welcomed at Our Lady of Lebanon Co‑Cathedral, in Harris Park.   Hundreds gathered for a solemn procession […]

Fr Bijoy Joseph and the Vatican Cricket Team meeting Pope Francis in 2019. Photo: Supplied. Former Vatican cricket captain Fr Bijoy Joseph will lead a new Sri Lankan/Indian Churches team in a short-form competition launching across Sydney this summer. The priest, who has Syro-Malabar heritage, will captain one of three new teams joining the four-team […]