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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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        Latin American Church leader coming to Parramatta

        Belinda Gadd
        18/06/2025
        One of Latin America’s most influential lay leaders, Mauricio López Oropeza, will visit Parramatta’s St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall on 23 July for a public talk offering powerful insights on synodality, justice, and the Church’s mission in a changing world. ...
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        Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Pentecost Sunday

        Belinda Gadd
        08/06/2025
        We must explore new ways of being together and living with one another and with the planet so that we can be a source of hope for the world. This is our Pentecostal mandate....
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: The Ascension 2025

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        02/06/2025
        The Word of God focuses on the mission of the Church as the expression of the living power of the risen Jesus. The Ascension marks a watershed moment for his disciples. There is no idle looking up at the sky as he is withdrawn from them. Rather, as the...
      • Bishop Vincent Homily at Our Lady of Czestochowa Chapel, Marayong. Image: Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta.

        Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Mass for Consecrated Life

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        18/05/2025
        All followers of Christ are called to exchange everything for that advantage or the pearl of a great prize. But religious visualise the radicalness of Christian discipleship by the witness of their vowed and consecrated life....
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        Bishop Vincent’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter 2025

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        18/05/2025
        Under the leadership of Pope Leo XIV, may we be the living witnesses of the Gospel for today's fragmented and self-preoccupied world, writes Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta....
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: 2nd Sunday of Easter 2025

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        27/04/2025
        Pope Francis asked us to be signs of hope for others, as he himself has been an outstanding embodiment of Christian hope even in times of sickness, fragility and death. As we remember him in a spirit of thanksgiving and trust, let us endeavour to be the Church that...
      • The Diocese of Parramatta mourns the death of Pope Francis, aged 88.

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        21/04/2025
        The death of Pope Francis on Monday 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 has been met with profound grief and sorrow across the Diocese of Parramatta. The Catholic church has lost a fearless and prophetic pastor who has unhesitatingly preached the Gospel and reminded the church that it...
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily for Easter Sunday 2025

        Gelina Montierro
        20/04/2025
        This year, we hear the account of the Passion from the Gospel of St Luke who sees Jesus from the perspective of an outsider. He is at pains to point out that the way Jesus carried out his mission was fundamentally counter-cultural....
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