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      • Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv delivers 2016 Ann D Clark Lecture

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      • Bishop Vincent and seminarians hit the streets for City2Surf to inspire vocations

        Anita Sulentic
        08/08/2026
        #Active4Vocations is a chance to show that bishops, priests and seminarians are ordinary men who have responded to an extraordinary call, inspiring vocational awareness in others....
      • ‘Heart connects to heart’: how Sr Louise McKeogh was called to the vocation of consecrated life

        Antony Lawes
        07/08/2026
        I just knew in my heart that I connected with the Salesian Charism, which I had been introduced to through my friendship with the sisters in our parish youth group....
      • The death of our Blue Mountains Hermit, Fr Eugene Stockton

        Anita Sulentic
        06/08/2026
        Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, the Bishop of Parramatta along with the family, clergy and the people of the Diocese of Parramatta mourn the death of Fr Eugene Stockton, who died peacefully yesterday, Wednesday 5 August 2026.  ...
      • The vocation of marriage is a call to love beyond one’s endurance and ego. Meet Nerissa and Arts for National Vocations Awareness Week

        Gelina Montierro
        06/08/2026
        “My married life is living life in the Catholic Church – a call to unity, a call to faithfulness, a call to love beyond the limits of one's endurance and ego, truly living for the good of the other," says Arts Calub....
      • From Good Shepherd to good host: Opening a café was never just about the food

        Gelina Montierro
        05/08/2026
        Hospitality is a Catholic instinct – the belief that every person who walks through the door carries a dignity worth honouring....
      • The “joy and privilege” of the often-misunderstood vocation of a permanent deacon

        Anita Sulentic
        05/08/2026
        As we enter National Vocations Awareness Week, we speak to our new Director of Diaconate Vocations, Deacon David Dowling about his calling and vocation.  ...
      • Fr Jolly Chacko’s Homily for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

        Outlook Contributor
        04/08/2026
        The Gospel of this Sunday presents to us the amazing story of the multiplication of bread and Jesus feeding 5ooo men and probably equal number of women and children. This story occurs in all four gospels and there are six versions of it....
      • A Good Place to Lose Your Mind

        Outlook Contributor
        04/08/2026
        Grace works through vulnerability; “Power is made perfect in weakness". As a caregiver for elderly Trappist monks, I’ve experienced this deeply, over and over....
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        03/08/2026
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