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For the Diocese of Parramatta, this Jubilee Year of Hope became an invitation to walk together as synodal people and a call to experience God’s mercy through sacramental repentance and spiritual renewal....
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The spirit of synodality has come alive for Year 5 students at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Baulkham Hills, who reflected on what it means to ‘walk together’ as Church – a journey that the people of God in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains are embracing...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Living in vulnerability and trusting in God's transformative power
27 July 2025...
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The Word of God focuses on the mission of the Church as the expression of the living power of the risen Jesus. The Ascension marks a watershed moment for his disciples. There is no idle looking up at the sky as he is withdrawn from them. Rather, as the...
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Deep listening has become a familiar and valued practice across the Diocese of Parramatta, and at St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Springwood, it’s now taking even deeper root. As part of their efforts to shape a new Parish Pastoral Plan, the parish’s Pastoral Council and parish administrator, Fr Chris del Rosario,...
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The annual Commissioning Mass is a moment of recognition, prayer and sending forth for the many laypeople who serve faithfully in their local parishes as Readers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Ministers of the Altar. ...
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This year, the Catholic Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year, a sacred time of renewal and spiritual growth. Pope Francis has chosen the theme "Pilgrims of Hope," calling the faithful to embrace hope amid today’s challenges. ...
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This year, we hear the account of the Passion from the Gospel of St Luke who sees Jesus from the perspective of an outsider. He is at pains to point out that the way Jesus carried out his mission was fundamentally counter-cultural....
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Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the Easter Vigil 2025 at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. Easter empowers us to build a new heaven and a new earth My dear people, It is with profound gratitude and joy that we...