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115 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from four Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) schools have come together at Bede Polding College Windsor for a memorable Hawkesbury Cultural Immersion Day, helping them better understand and identify with their cultural background....
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Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are attending an international Catholic gathering in Washington D.C. this week, along with indigenous people from the United States, Canada and New Zealand....
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The heart of the Bishops’ message lies in an engagement with Indigenous Australians that is based not on distance nor the desire to help but on a love that will permeate and bring change to society and its politics....
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Fr Frank Brennan's Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
17 September 2023...
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I believe this coming Referendum draws a line in the sand for our nation. It is much more than a Voice to Parliament. It is about our willingness to recognise that from the very beginning of colonisation we have struggled to listen....
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As Christians, we are called to love our neighbours (Mark 12:31) and to be peacemakers (Matt. 5:9). Voting for a Voice to Parliament (VP) that will more than likely cause division between Indigenous Australians and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and whose complexity is likely to make it more...
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Following the announcement of 14 October as the date of the national referendum on the Voice to Parlaiment, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) wish to reiterate their stance contained within the Australian Catholic Bishop Conference's 2023-24 Social Justice Statement 'Listen, Learn, Love – A...
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Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 62; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 3 September 2023 I’m back on air after a month away. Approaching the biblical three score and ten, I have always enjoyed good health. A few months ago I went...
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It is confronting that opposition to the First Peoples’ Voice in the Australian Constitution relies on levels of disinformation. Two questions pose themselves: why is there so much untruthfulness abroad in the current public discussion, and what does it say about Australian society?...