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      • Heritage Trail highlights pioneering religious who helped make Parramatta the ‘cradle of Catholicism’

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        Antony Lawes
        08/07/2025
        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. ...
      • Heritage Trail highlights pioneering religious who helped make Parramatta the ‘cradle of Catholicism’

        Antony Lawes
        04/07/2025
          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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        Outlook Contributor
        30/06/2025
        At a special Refugee Week event hosted on 20 June 2025 by the Mount Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency (MECA) at Blacktown City Council’s Civic Centre, the story of one Syrian family stood out as a powerful reminder of what true welcome looks like. ...
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        The FaithFeed ECHO: Empowering youth leaders in today’s Church 

        Outlook Contributor
        26/06/2025
        Where are all the young people? On Friday, 30 May, over 30 young adults led The FaithFeed ECHO at Good Shepherd Parish, Plumpton, uniting a packed hall of parishioners, seminarians, and priests in a powerful night of prayer and worship....
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        Parramatta Catholic schools embrace new Vinnies service medallion 

        Outlook Contributor
        20/06/2025
        Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Parramatta are leading the way in championing a new initiative from the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, designed to deepen students’ engagement with service and social justice. ...
      • Pentecost Sunday at St Andrew the Apostle Marayong. Image: Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta.

        Wind and Spirit stir Sydney’s west for Pentecost Sunday  

        Belinda Gadd
        12/06/2025
        The strongest winds of 2025 whipped Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains over the weekend – an uncanny echo of the first Pentecost, when a “sound like the rush of a violent wind” filled the house where the disciples were gathered (Acts 2:2). That same Spirit stirred across 47 parishes...
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        Belinda Gadd
        11/06/2025
        The 60th Jubilee of Holy Family Catholic Church, Mt Druitt, was a powerful celebration of six decades of faith, community, and enduring trust with Aboriginal families in one of Greater Sydney’s most diverse suburbs. ...
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