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Posted on 7 November 2016 “The announcement by the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the Minister for Immigration, Peter Dutton, that the Government will introduce proposed legislation banning those who have arrived in Australia by boat from 19 July 2013 onwards from ever being able to apply for a...
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By Sr Louise McKeogh FMA, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 Social Justice Sunday on 25 September 2016 saw a most significant and meaningful launch of this year’s Australian Catholic Bishops Social Justice Statement at Sacred Heart Parish, Blackheath. To view a gallery of photos from the launch, click here. the...
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Prison chaplains across Australia are delivering a special ‘Message for Prisoners’ from the Catholic Church about love and hope from the Australian Catholic Prisoners Pastoral Care Council. This message marks the Jubilee for Prisoners chosen by Pope Francis to be celebrated on 6 November 2016 during the Year of...
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About 500 priests and male religious in Australia are now registered on a new national Catholic database, which lets bishops and leaders of religious congregations check the background of clerics and brothers visiting or moving to their region. The Australian Catholic Ministry Register (ACMR) will, for the first time,...
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed a new document from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published on 25 October 2016 regarding burying the deceased and conserving ashes when cremation is chosen. Titled, Ad resurgendum cum Christo meaning To rise with Christ, the document provides...
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Friday 21 October 11am: Celebrates Holy Mass for the Special Religious Educators of the Diocese followed by presentation. 7.30pm: Celebrates Holy Mass for the conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation at Holy Name of Mary Parish, Rydalmere. Sunday 23 October 11am: Celebrates Holy Mass of the 30th Sunday in...
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Address by Most Rev Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, given at the diocesan launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops 2016-17 Social Justice Statement, Sacred Heart Parish, Blackheath, on Sunday 25 September. Friends, Welcome to the diocesan launch of this year’s Social Justice Statement by the Australian Catholic...
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the Federal Parliament’s decision to change plans to cut the energy supplement to welfare recipients. Plans to place the burden of budget repair on those who can least afford it were wrong morally and economically. The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference,...
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His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl has provided an engaging blueprint for parish renewal, encouraging Australian Catholics to “build up the faith in your heart”, as the starting point of the New Evangelisation. Cardinal Wuerl charismatically discussed practical steps for parish renewal in an interview at the PROCLAIM 2016 Conference in Chatswood, Sydney....
Posted on 7 November 2016 “The announcement by the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the Minister for Immigration, Peter Dutton, that the Government will introduce proposed legislation banning those who have arrived in Australia by boat from 19 July 2013 onwards from ever being able to apply for a...
By Sr Louise McKeogh FMA, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 Social Justice Sunday on 25 September 2016 saw a most significant and meaningful launch of this year’s Australian Catholic Bishops Social Justice Statement at Sacred Heart Parish, Blackheath. To view a gallery of photos from the launch, click here. the...
Prison chaplains across Australia are delivering a special ‘Message for Prisoners’ from the Catholic Church about love and hope from the Australian Catholic Prisoners Pastoral Care Council. This message marks the Jubilee for Prisoners chosen by Pope Francis to be celebrated on 6 November 2016 during the Year of...
About 500 priests and male religious in Australia are now registered on a new national Catholic database, which lets bishops and leaders of religious congregations check the background of clerics and brothers visiting or moving to their region. The Australian Catholic Ministry Register (ACMR) will, for the first time,...
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed a new document from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published on 25 October 2016 regarding burying the deceased and conserving ashes when cremation is chosen. Titled, Ad resurgendum cum Christo meaning To rise with Christ, the document provides...
Friday 21 October 11am: Celebrates Holy Mass for the Special Religious Educators of the Diocese followed by presentation. 7.30pm: Celebrates Holy Mass for the conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation at Holy Name of Mary Parish, Rydalmere. Sunday 23 October 11am: Celebrates Holy Mass of the 30th Sunday in...
Address by Most Rev Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, given at the diocesan launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops 2016-17 Social Justice Statement, Sacred Heart Parish, Blackheath, on Sunday 25 September. Friends, Welcome to the diocesan launch of this year’s Social Justice Statement by the Australian Catholic...
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the Federal Parliament’s decision to change plans to cut the energy supplement to welfare recipients. Plans to place the burden of budget repair on those who can least afford it were wrong morally and economically. The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference,...
His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl has provided an engaging blueprint for parish renewal, encouraging Australian Catholics to “build up the faith in your heart”, as the starting point of the New Evangelisation. Cardinal Wuerl charismatically discussed practical steps for parish renewal in an interview at the PROCLAIM 2016 Conference in Chatswood, Sydney....