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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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The Word of God today encourages us in our mission to make present God's enduring love. It speaks of the invitation to resist the security of the status quo, to rise to a new level of consciousness and to be the force of leaven for the world....
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The Word of God today encourages us in our mission to make present God's enduring love. It speaks of the invitation to resist the security of the status quo, to rise to a new level of consciousness and to be the force of leaven for the world....
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One of the most senior Catholic church leaders in Asia will be visiting Parramatta in May, as part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series of public talks in Sydney and Melbourne. ...
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As we recognise our own need of repentance and conversion, let us be the Church that reaches out to embrace, accompany, encourage, and engage with people’s struggles, wounds and failings. Let us model a different way of being together, grounded in justice, animated by mercy, and sustained by hope....
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Scriptures on this second Sunday of Lent give us a poignant lesson in overcoming our fears and in living our lives with courage, vision and hope....
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The latest Religious Education Curriculum released by Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) in partnership with Bishop of Parramatta, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv in August 2024 has received express commendation from Archbishop Rino Fisichella of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, by letter to Bishop Vincent dated 21 January 2025....
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In a time of global uncertainty and turmoil such as the time we are living at the moment, it is easy for us individually and collectively to withdraw into a default position of self-interest and isolationism. This preoccupation with domestic and personal agenda can come at a great cost...
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The start of the academic year has been marked by both reflection and action for the five seminarians of the Holy Spirit Seminary in Harris Park....