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In 1985, a wizened and diminutive Brazilian archbishop arrived in Australia for a number of speaking engagements that fired up the public imagination and set in motion an annual lecture series that continues to this day. Called the Hélder Câmara lectures after that Brazilian, Dom Hélder Câmara, OFS,...
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The parish of St Andrew the Apostle, Marayong, is by no means the oldest in the Diocese but it is definitely one of the largest and most multicultural....
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The usual rhythm of midweek masses was interrupted for several days in May as all priests and deacons in the Diocese gathered for a conference on the Central Coast – the first of its kind in almost a decade. ...
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As a young girl growing up in Bondi just after the Second World War, there were two things that loomed large in Sr Ailsa Mackinnon’s life – her tight-knit Catholic family and the beach....
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A new Catholic Church has been built in Uganda with money donated by a parish in the Diocese of Parramatta – and a priest from the parish was there to help celebrate its blessing. ...
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This article is the first in our series on religious communities that minister in the Diocese of Parramatta. These communities – whether they are running a parish, or a school, or an aged care facility, or a youth centre – give our Diocese a richness of faith experience...
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The pioneering work of religious congregations who came to Parramatta in the early days of the colony – and who contributed to the area being known as the ‘cradle of Catholicism’ – has been recognised with the unveiling of a new heritage trail and website. Sponsored by the...
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Fr Chris del Rosario has always loved the way Catholic Mass was celebrated. But it wasn’t until he joined the seminary and started learning about the history and meaning behind the different parts of the Mass that he developed a real passion for liturgy. “Fr Peter Williams was...
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A leading safeguarding advocate from the Diocese of Parramatta is heading to Rome to take part in the annual International Safeguarding Conference (ISC) in June, which this year will have a strengths-based focus on the safety of women, “Women of Faith, Women of Strength”. Ballina Gee, a founding...
In 1985, a wizened and diminutive Brazilian archbishop arrived in Australia for a number of speaking engagements that fired up the public imagination and set in motion an annual lecture series that continues to this day. Called the Hélder Câmara lectures after that Brazilian, Dom Hélder Câmara, OFS,...
The parish of St Andrew the Apostle, Marayong, is by no means the oldest in the Diocese but it is definitely one of the largest and most multicultural....
The usual rhythm of midweek masses was interrupted for several days in May as all priests and deacons in the Diocese gathered for a conference on the Central Coast – the first of its kind in almost a decade. ...
As a young girl growing up in Bondi just after the Second World War, there were two things that loomed large in Sr Ailsa Mackinnon’s life – her tight-knit Catholic family and the beach....
A new Catholic Church has been built in Uganda with money donated by a parish in the Diocese of Parramatta – and a priest from the parish was there to help celebrate its blessing. ...
This article is the first in our series on religious communities that minister in the Diocese of Parramatta. These communities – whether they are running a parish, or a school, or an aged care facility, or a youth centre – give our Diocese a richness of faith experience...
The pioneering work of religious congregations who came to Parramatta in the early days of the colony – and who contributed to the area being known as the ‘cradle of Catholicism’ – has been recognised with the unveiling of a new heritage trail and website. Sponsored by the...
Fr Chris del Rosario has always loved the way Catholic Mass was celebrated. But it wasn’t until he joined the seminary and started learning about the history and meaning behind the different parts of the Mass that he developed a real passion for liturgy. “Fr Peter Williams was...
A leading safeguarding advocate from the Diocese of Parramatta is heading to Rome to take part in the annual International Safeguarding Conference (ISC) in June, which this year will have a strengths-based focus on the safety of women, “Women of Faith, Women of Strength”. Ballina Gee, a founding...