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      • Applications invited for Good Samaritan study program for Catholic women

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        Applications are invited for the 2026 Study, Accompaniment and Mentoring (SAM) Program for Catholic women, an initiative of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Core components include financial assistance for women undertaking tertiary studies, spiritual direction and mentoring....
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          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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        Ursuline Sisters of the Asia-Pacific respond to the Call of the Jubilee Year 

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        The Australian Ursuline sisters recently hosted a Conference for the sisters from the Provinces in the Asia-Pacific region....
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        Parramatta Catholic schools embrace new Vinnies service medallion 

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        20/06/2025
        Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Parramatta are leading the way in championing a new initiative from the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, designed to deepen students’ engagement with service and social justice. ...
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        What does a new pope mean for the Church today? For Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar of Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta – it means hope, humility, and a Church continuing its journey of renewal. ...
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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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        Belinda Gadd
        17/06/2025
        At St John XXIII Catholic College in Stanhope Gardens, students are turning their hopes for the environment into real action. With the help of creative problem-solving called ‘design thinking’, they’ve worked together to come up with real ways to help the environment, using what they’ve learned to care for our...
      • 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...
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