Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv
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Like Jesus, today is also the day we commit ourselves to our personal manifesto, that is, our fundamental purpose and mission in life. We may have different roles to play, as St Paul tells us in the second reading, but we are all united in one purpose and mission:...
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With you, Annette and Tony have fostered a strong sense of community and spiritual family. We are no longer strangers but brothers and sisters with a common identity and mission. I can paraphrase St Paul in saying that by the grace of God, Annette and Tony have laid a...
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We are on the eve of the new year and Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be the Jubilee Year. Encouraging us to use this milestone occasion to work towards a new world where peace and justice reign, he spoke of "a jubilee for our Mother Earth, disfigured by...
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This Christmas, as we contemplate the Christ child in the manger, let us commit ourselves to pray and work for justice in all its manifestations so that God’s reign will come in our world....
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This Christmas, as we contemplate the Christ child in the manger, let us commit ourselves to pray and work for justice in all its manifestations so that God’s reign will come in our world....
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This Christmas, as we contemplate the Christ child in the manger, let us commit ourselves to pray and work for justice in all its manifestations so that God’s reign will come in our world....
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Pope Francis has declared 2025 a Jubilee Year for our Church, themed 'Pilgrims of Hope'. In this letter, Bishop of Parramatta, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv invites everyone to participate in the many events that will be taking place in the Diocese of Parramatta, including taking a pilgrimage to...
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Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service chair, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, said the International Day of People with Disability – to be marked on Tuesday, December 3 - is an important time of the year....
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The pews of St Patrick’s Cathedral were brimming with family, friends, clergy, and members of the community; all gathered in joyful witness to the ordination of Menard Gaspi on 22 November 2024, the newest priest of the Diocese of Parramatta. ...