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      • The lightbulb moment that set Fr Chris del Rosario on a course for Rome

        Antony Lawes
        23/06/2025
          Fr Chris del Rosario has always loved the way Catholic Mass was celebrated. But it wasn’t until he joined the seminary and started learning about the history and meaning behind the different parts of the Mass that he developed a real passion for liturgy.  “Fr Peter Williams was...
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        Tri-Diocesan Social Justice Evening to Explore Gospel Response to Violence

        Outlook Contributor
        19/06/2025
        You are invited to a powerful evening of dialogue, food, and fellowship at the annual Tri-Diocesan Social Justice Evening, to be held on Wednesday 25 June 2025, from 6-9pm at St Monica’s Parish Hall, North Parramatta. ...
      • The risk of global conflict

        Outlook Contributor
        19/06/2025
        Amid the escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel, the possibility of a spillover of war beyond regional borders raises fears of disastrous consequences....
      • Diocese to send safeguarding advocate to Rome conference

        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...
      • Impeachment rally in the Philppines. Image: Kej Andrés (Ryomaandres) via Wikimedia Commons.

        The Philippine Church must be on the side of accountability

        Belinda Gadd
        15/06/2025
        The entire Christian community, not only its leadership, ought to play a significant part in stamping out corruption The Philippines’ House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Feb. 5. That same day, it transmitted the Articles of Impeachment to the Philippine Senate, which is mandated by the constitution...
      • ‘If One Part Suffers’

        Outlook Contributor
        14/06/2025
        Mass deportations will inflict serious wounds on the U.S. Church....
      • Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati are to be Canonised on 7 September 2025. Images: Wikimedia Commons.

        Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonised together

        Belinda Gadd
        13/06/2025
        Pope Leo XIV held the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate on Friday morning, with Cardinals giving their formal approval for the canonizations of eight Blesseds. During the ceremony, the Holy Father announced that Bd Pier Giorgio Frassati and Bd Carlo Acutis will be canonized together on 7...
      • St Aidan’s Rooty Hill farewells retiring Parish Priest Fr Alan Layt

        Antony Lawes
        13/06/2025
          Fr Alan Layt is savouring his final days of active ministry in the Parish of Rooty Hill before he starts his new season of life. The beloved Parish Priest of St Aidan’s Catholic Parish is retiring with a heavy but extremely grateful heart, after celebrating 29 years since...
      • A missionary pope: What Pope Leo XIV’s years in Peru tell us about how he’ll lead the church

        Outlook Contributor
        13/06/2025
        “I know the new pope, Leo XIV, very well,” Bishop Turley says, speaking from Chicago where he has “retired” to work with Augustinian pre-novices and assist with the archdiocese’s confirmation program. “He’s just a wonderful person…. If you commission him in something, you delegate something to him, you know...
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