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Many regard a cemetery as a thin place, a liminal space where the veil between us and eternity is almost transparent. But while the ground is consecrated, set aside for a sacred purpose, it is not the physical location itself that precipitates such grace....
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Yesterday, Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolences to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, expressing his sadness at the news of his passing, and Pell’s closeness to the Dean and the entire College of Cardinals. Pope Francis recalled Pell’s “consistent and committed witness, his...
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The Why & the How...
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St John XXIII Parish Columbarium Blessed...
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Photographs from Fr Timothy Crowley’s Funeral: Click Here. The Funeral Mass for Fr Tim Crowley, a much-loved priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, was celebrated at St Bernadette’s Parish, Lalor Park, on Friday 17 February 2017. Fr Tim died in retirement in Victoria on Tuesday 7 February 2017, aged...
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This story originally appeared in the Catholic Weekly. Fr Frank Martin died on 7 March at Sutherland Hospital. He was honoured last October with a papal honour, the Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontiface, for his “outstanding and very long and lasting devotion to the priesthood and to the archdiocese...
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View photos from the Funeral Mass here: Flickr A retired priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, Fr Brian Larkey, died on Monday 7 December in Concord Hospital. He was 83. The son of Clement and Mary Larkey, he grew up in the Sydney suburb of Belmore with his sisters...
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16 March 1926 – 8 November 2015 A retired priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, Rev Fr David Scott, died on Sunday 8 November at Holy Family Services Retirement Village. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am on Thursday 12 November at St Paul the Apostle...
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, When I was about 12 years old I remember my mother telling me that there were certain topics that I should never bring up in conversation with people I didn’t know very well. Those topics were religion, politics and sex! In the late 1950s and...
Many regard a cemetery as a thin place, a liminal space where the veil between us and eternity is almost transparent. But while the ground is consecrated, set aside for a sacred purpose, it is not the physical location itself that precipitates such grace....
Yesterday, Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolences to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, expressing his sadness at the news of his passing, and Pell’s closeness to the Dean and the entire College of Cardinals. Pope Francis recalled Pell’s “consistent and committed witness, his...
The Why & the How...
St John XXIII Parish Columbarium Blessed...
Photographs from Fr Timothy Crowley’s Funeral: Click Here. The Funeral Mass for Fr Tim Crowley, a much-loved priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, was celebrated at St Bernadette’s Parish, Lalor Park, on Friday 17 February 2017. Fr Tim died in retirement in Victoria on Tuesday 7 February 2017, aged...
This story originally appeared in the Catholic Weekly. Fr Frank Martin died on 7 March at Sutherland Hospital. He was honoured last October with a papal honour, the Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontiface, for his “outstanding and very long and lasting devotion to the priesthood and to the archdiocese...
View photos from the Funeral Mass here: Flickr A retired priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, Fr Brian Larkey, died on Monday 7 December in Concord Hospital. He was 83. The son of Clement and Mary Larkey, he grew up in the Sydney suburb of Belmore with his sisters...
16 March 1926 – 8 November 2015 A retired priest of the Diocese of Parramatta, Rev Fr David Scott, died on Sunday 8 November at Holy Family Services Retirement Village. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am on Thursday 12 November at St Paul the Apostle...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, When I was about 12 years old I remember my mother telling me that there were certain topics that I should never bring up in conversation with people I didn’t know very well. Those topics were religion, politics and sex! In the late 1950s and...