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The most senior laywoman in the Vatican in the 20th century was a little known woman from Parramatta, Rosemary Goldie. The story of this personal friend of multiple Popes, Jacques Maritain and Cardinal Cardijn has an unlikely beginning, when she was raised by her devout grandmother, who sent Rosemary...
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Bishop Vincent launches Catholic Bishops of Australia’s 2018-2019 Social Justice Statement The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has today released its 2018-2019 Social Justice Statement at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. A Place to Call Home: Making a Home for Everyone in Our Land, was launched by Bishop Vincent Long and...
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Fr Eric Burton, Emeritus Parish Priest of Christ the King, North Rocks died this afternoon at Rosary Village, Yennora aged 92. Funeral details will be announced in due course. Born on 24 October 1925 and ordained 24 July 1950, Fr Eric was a priest for over 68 years. He...
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On August 29, Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta hosted its annual Women in Leadership Forum. A panel of inspiring women shared their experiences of the challenges they faced along their pathway to success. Mercy Girls and their families, Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, students from other schools and OLMC...
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Andrzej Duda shot to prominence in Catholic news when he rescued a host of Holy Communion that had fallen to the ground during a national pilgrimage, while he was President-Elect of Poland. On Monday 20 August 2018 President Duda and First Lady Kornhauser-Duda visited the Shrine of Our...
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The first comprehensive survey of people’s experience of the Catholic media landscape in Australia has revealed that users value Catholic media for the different perspective it provides and, in most cases, it has played a role in their personal faith development. The Australian Catholic Media User Survey was conducted...
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Sunday 6th May 2018 – Thursday 10th May 2018 Attends the Plenary Meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Saturday 12th May 2018 at 9:00am Attends the Lifted Live Breakfast with Catholic Youth Parramatta at Rooty Hill RSL. Saturday 12th May 2018 at 5:30pm Celebrates Pontifical Vigil Mass of...
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has today elected Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane as president of the Conference. Archbishop Coleridge was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in 2002 and later became Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn. Since 2012, he has served as Archbishop of Brisbane. “With few illusions about myself or...
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have established a new advisory group that will play a crucial role in influencing and monitoring the Catholic Church’s ongoing response to the child sexual abuse scandal. Archbishop Denis Hart, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, explained that the...
The most senior laywoman in the Vatican in the 20th century was a little known woman from Parramatta, Rosemary Goldie. The story of this personal friend of multiple Popes, Jacques Maritain and Cardinal Cardijn has an unlikely beginning, when she was raised by her devout grandmother, who sent Rosemary...
Bishop Vincent launches Catholic Bishops of Australia’s 2018-2019 Social Justice Statement The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has today released its 2018-2019 Social Justice Statement at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. A Place to Call Home: Making a Home for Everyone in Our Land, was launched by Bishop Vincent Long and...
Fr Eric Burton, Emeritus Parish Priest of Christ the King, North Rocks died this afternoon at Rosary Village, Yennora aged 92. Funeral details will be announced in due course. Born on 24 October 1925 and ordained 24 July 1950, Fr Eric was a priest for over 68 years. He...
On August 29, Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta hosted its annual Women in Leadership Forum. A panel of inspiring women shared their experiences of the challenges they faced along their pathway to success. Mercy Girls and their families, Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, students from other schools and OLMC...
Andrzej Duda shot to prominence in Catholic news when he rescued a host of Holy Communion that had fallen to the ground during a national pilgrimage, while he was President-Elect of Poland. On Monday 20 August 2018 President Duda and First Lady Kornhauser-Duda visited the Shrine of Our...
The first comprehensive survey of people’s experience of the Catholic media landscape in Australia has revealed that users value Catholic media for the different perspective it provides and, in most cases, it has played a role in their personal faith development. The Australian Catholic Media User Survey was conducted...
Sunday 6th May 2018 – Thursday 10th May 2018 Attends the Plenary Meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Saturday 12th May 2018 at 9:00am Attends the Lifted Live Breakfast with Catholic Youth Parramatta at Rooty Hill RSL. Saturday 12th May 2018 at 5:30pm Celebrates Pontifical Vigil Mass of...
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has today elected Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane as president of the Conference. Archbishop Coleridge was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in 2002 and later became Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn. Since 2012, he has served as Archbishop of Brisbane. “With few illusions about myself or...
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have established a new advisory group that will play a crucial role in influencing and monitoring the Catholic Church’s ongoing response to the child sexual abuse scandal. Archbishop Denis Hart, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, explained that the...