Ash Wednesday

  • Parishioners and office workers gather to mark Ash Wednesday

    Parishioners and office workers gather to mark Ash Wednesday...
  • Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2019

    Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2019...
  • Ash Wednesday at St Patrick’s Cathedral

    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta had Ash Wednesday Masses at 6.45am, 12.30pm and 7.30pm on 1 March 2017. Here are photographs from the 12.30pm Mass, celebrated by Very Rev Fr Robert Bossini, Dean of the Cathedral Parish of St Patrick’s, Parramatta. The Mass was attended...
  • News & Events Weekly Update

    LIFTED Breakfast with the Bishop: 4 March 2017 Catholic Youth Parramatta invites secondary school students (16+), youth and young adults to breakfast with Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv. Join us as we ‘launch into the deep’ this 2017! Cost: $5 donation towards a full buffet breakfast. From 9.00am-11.30am at...
  • Bishop Long’s Diary – February & March 2017

    Sunday 26 February 2017 Celebrates Solemn Pontifical Mass for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time with the commencement of the Seminary Academic Year at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, at 11.00am. Celebrates Pontifical Mass for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time with Tamil Chaplaincy at Sacred Heart Parish, Westmead, at...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary – February and March 2017

    Tuesday 21 February 2017 Appears before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Wednesday 22 February 2017 Concelebrates the Episcopal Ordination of the Most Rev Gregory Homeming OCD as the sixth Bishop of Lismore at St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, at 7.00pm. Sunday 26 February 2017 Celebrates...
  • Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent which is a 40-day period of penance, reflection and fasting. At the end of Lent, Easter is celebrated and will be held on March 27 this year. Click here or below to view images taken from the 2016 Ash Wednesday Mass held at St...
  • Cleanse our Hearts with Your Mercy

    Posted on Wednesday 10 February 2016 By Ben Smith Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, fasting and practising works of mercy, which prepares us for Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday. The ashes marked on people’s...
  • Reconciliation during Lent

    For a listing of Reconciliation times during Lent in parishes across the Diocese of Parramatta click here....