Staff attending Reconciliation Action launch. Photo: Sydney Catholic Schools.  On Thursday 5 November, the Archdiocese of Sydney launched its Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at St Martha’s, marking the second stage of its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Australians.   The event was headed by Fr Peter Smith, Promoter of Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese, […]

Bill Donaghy in Sydney in 2025. He will be returning next January to lead Theology of the Body and Art: The Way of Beauty. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 When did you last really stop in front of something beautiful? Not scroll past it, but let it hold you? A painting, a piece […]

Students, parishioners, and local community members in attendance at centenary celebrations. Photo: Supplied. The Archdiocese of Sydney has seen one parish and one school celebrate their centenaries in recent weeks: St Finbar’s Catholic Primary School in Sans Souci, and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Kensington.   On Friday 25 September, festivities overtook St Finbar’s […]

Teachers from St John Bosco College during Alpha. Photo: Supplied. When Moira Loader floated the idea of running Alpha for staff at St John Bosco College, Engadine, she wasn’t entirely sure why she was doing it.  The college’s religious education coordinator had just helped lead a second round of Alpha at her parish and felt […]

Kellie Bryce knows what it feels like to belong somewhere. For most of her adult life, that place was the gym.  “I guess the gym is like church,” she says. “You get the same kind of feeling. It’s a place you go for that community feeling.”  The Albury-born mother of two grew up in an […]

Damage caused by the attack on St Joseph’s Primary School, Rockdale. Photo: Supplied. Despite the shock of a vandalism attack on Monday 2 November, the church and school community at St Joseph’s Primary School in Rockdale is drawing strength from an outpouring of prayers and support.   The school on Watkin Street was locked down as […]