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Have you ever sat in church on Sunday listening to a reading from one of the Gospels and thought that you’d like to know more about what that reading meant? Or how it fits in with other passages from the same text? You might even want to know...
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For most of us, returning to work after the Christmas holidays involves little more than reconnecting with colleagues, trying to remember your computer password and picking up where you left off the year before. But not for the legal profession. They mark the beginning of the judicial year...
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The number of people attending Mass on weekdays is on the rise in many parishes across the Diocese of Parramatta, a trend that is in marked contrast to the reported long-term decline in Sunday Mass attendance at Catholic churches across the country....
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During this Jubilee year when all Catholics are being encouraged to take at least one pilgrimage, often the biggest decision will be which ones to take. In the Parramatta Diocese, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv is encouraging pilgrims to visit the three designated shrines within the Diocese –...
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The parish of St Monica’s North Parramatta has been going strong for 130 years, and for 100 of those years Peter Handcock’s family has been a big part of it. ...
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Charles Hyson is the newest Deacon in the Diocese of Parramatta, following his ordination at St Patrick’s Cathedral on the Feast of St Ambrose, in a Mass that was attended by hundreds of well-wishers. ...
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Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Diaconal Ordination: Ordained to dispense God’s unstinting goodness to all people. Readings: Eph 3:8-12; Timothy 3:8-10, 12-13; John 5:1-12 Dear Friends, Today, we gather to commend Charles Philip Hyson for the ministry of diaconate...
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When Deacon Tony Hoban and his wife Annette Hoban finish up at the end of this year as leaders of the parochial district of St Luke’s at Marsden Park, they will do so after nearly seven years building the community to the point where it will be decreed a...
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It was after an encounter with pilgrims walking the famous Camino trail in Spain in 2011 that Jesse and Briony Mowbray and a group of their friends - who were all at World Youth Day in Madrid at the time - came back to Sydney with a desire for...