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      • Bishop Vincent’s pastoral statement on the 2019 Australian federal election

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      • Bishop Vincent’s homily: Resetting the Church with the Trinitarian model

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        27/05/2024
        Bishop Vincent’s homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Year B and the 50th anniversary celebrations at Our Lady of the Way Parish, Emu Plains 'Resetting the Church with the Trinitarian model' 26 May 2024...
      • Celebrating Jubilee: gathering pays tribute to those in Consecrated life

        Outlook Contributor
        27/05/2024
          It was a special moment in time on the evening of 16 May when 88 men and women from Consecrated life in the Diocese of Parramatta met at Our Lady of Czestochowa Queen of Poland Church, Marayong, to share in the Eucharist followed by a special meal. The...
      • Bishop Vincent’s homily: The Church as the living testament of the risen Jesus

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        21/05/2024
        Bishop Vincent's Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Year B and the Ordination to the Diaconate of Menard Gaspi at St John XXIII Parish, Glenwood Stanhope Gardens. "The Church as the living testament of the risen Jesus". 11 April 2024....
      • Welcome Deacon Menard Gaspi

        Outlook Contributor
        21/05/2024
        It was standing room only at St John XXIII Parish, Glenwood-Stanhope Gardens, for Menard Gaspard’s ordination to the diaconate in front of his home parish. ...
      • Bishop Vincent’s homily for the funeral of Tony Bleasdale OAM, Mayor of Blacktown

        Outlook Contributor
        21/05/2024
        Bishop Vincent's homily Homily for the funeral of Hon. Anthony "Tony" John Bleasdale OAM, Mayor of Blacktown, at Our Lady of Victories Church, Horsley Park 20 May 2024...
      • Labor luminaries join hundreds of mourners at funeral of Tony Bleasdale 

        Antony Lawes
        21/05/2024
        The life of Tony Bleasdale OAM, the much-loved mayor of Blacktown who was known as a passionate advocate for the people of his area of Western Sydney, was celebrated at his funeral on Monday 20 May. ...
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: ‘The Holy Spirit moves us as we nurture a new way of being Church’, Pentecost 2024

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        19/05/2024
        At Pentecost, the motley crew was transformed, and the Church was born. The Holy Spirit emboldened and launched them forward as a leavening force in the world....
      • Bishop Vincent’s homily: The Church as the living testament of Jesus

        Outlook Contributor
        13/05/2024
          Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Year B Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 46(47):2-3, 6-9; Ephesians 1:17-23; Mark 16:15-20 12 May 2024   The Church as the living testament of Jesus  ...
      • Menard Gaspi: Holiness of life must precede priesthood

        Mary Brazell
        08/05/2024
        On Saturday 11 May, Menard Gaspi will be ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, in front of family, friends and supporters at St John XXIII Parish, Glenwood-Stanhope Gardens. Ahead of his ordination, he spoke to Catholic Outlook about his journey towards ordination and what...
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