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        Legacy of faith, strength, and courage: A tribute to Bishop Vincent’s mother 

        Belinda Gadd
        18/06/2025
        In the quiet early hours of Friday, 13 June 2025, in the comfort of her family home in Springvale, Victoria, Maria Mung Thi Nguyen – the beloved mother of Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta – passed away peacefully at the age of 98, surrounded by the...
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        Antony Lawes
        16/06/2025
          A leading safeguarding advocate from the Diocese of Parramatta is heading to Rome to take part in the annual International Safeguarding Conference (ISC) in June, which this year will have a strengths-based focus on the safety of women, “Women of Faith, Women of Strength”.  Ballina Gee, a founding...
      • Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: Trinity Sunday, 15 June 2025

        Gelina Montierro
        14/06/2025
        On this feast of the Ascension, we hear both the conclusion of Luke’s gospel and the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles. Written by the same author, these two passages provide us with the link between the two books. It’s the moment when the apostles are asked, ‘Why...
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        Outlook Contributor
        14/06/2025
        In an interview marking the Jubilee of the Holy See and an upcoming audience with Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin describes Apostolic Nuncios as bridges that link the Pope with local Churches, the Church with States, and the world’s wounds with the hope of the...
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        Outlook Contributor
        12/06/2025
        No longer relying on the Mexican government or police to find their missing loved ones, more than 200 groups of mothers and fathers, known as searchers, now dig with their own hands in vacant lots across Mexico....
      • 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...
      • Mt Druitt Parish celebrates 60 years of faith, family, and fraternity with First Nations peoples   

        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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      • Listening with love: Parishes host morning teas to safeguard the elderly 

        Belinda Gadd
        07/06/2025
        As the Diocese of Parramatta marks Safe Parishes Week 2025, parishes across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains are celebrating initiatives that put safeguarding into action. One such initiative is the ongoing series of Morning Teas for Safeguarding the Elderly – a listening-focused approach that invites older parishioners and...
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