Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv
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More than 700 people gathered at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta to honour the life and legacy of Pope Francis on Sunday 27 April 2025. The steady rain outside echoed the tears of millions worldwide mourning the loss of a beloved and compassionate leader whose message of hope, mercy, and...
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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...
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Bishop Vincent's 2025 Easter Message...
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Bishop Vincent's 2025 Easter Message...
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Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, and Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) have officially welcomed more than 100 teachers, new school principals, and leaders into their new roles at the 2025 Commissioning Mass held at St Patrick's Catholic Church Blacktown. ...
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Today, we owe it to the prophetic spirit of our founders and forebears in catalysing humanity to greater justice, inclusion and emancipation. When we stand in solidarity with those without hope and act together, we can be channels of hope. In opening our eyes and hearts to the sufferings...
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On 16 March 2025, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, shared a deeply personal reflection on the Vietnam War during a talk at the Crypt of St Patrick’s at Church Hill in Sydney, as part of the Australian Catholic Historical Society’s (ACHS) series to mark the 50th...
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50 years after, I still think the Vietnam War was a tragedy. There were lives lost, deep scars of physical and mental wounds, memories that still wait to be healed, on both sides of the conflict. Unless those wounds and memories, including those on the losing side, are acknowledged,...
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The turning of the first sod for the new parish building at St Luke’s Catholic Parish in Marsden Park marks the start of an exciting project for the growing Catholic community in Sydney’s northwest....
More than 700 people gathered at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta to honour the life and legacy of Pope Francis on Sunday 27 April 2025. The steady rain outside echoed the tears of millions worldwide mourning the loss of a beloved and compassionate leader whose message of hope, mercy, and...
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...
Bishop Vincent's 2025 Easter Message...
Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, and Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) have officially welcomed more than 100 teachers, new school principals, and leaders into their new roles at the 2025 Commissioning Mass held at St Patrick's Catholic Church Blacktown. ...
Today, we owe it to the prophetic spirit of our founders and forebears in catalysing humanity to greater justice, inclusion and emancipation. When we stand in solidarity with those without hope and act together, we can be channels of hope. In opening our eyes and hearts to the sufferings...
On 16 March 2025, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, shared a deeply personal reflection on the Vietnam War during a talk at the Crypt of St Patrick’s at Church Hill in Sydney, as part of the Australian Catholic Historical Society’s (ACHS) series to mark the 50th...
50 years after, I still think the Vietnam War was a tragedy. There were lives lost, deep scars of physical and mental wounds, memories that still wait to be healed, on both sides of the conflict. Unless those wounds and memories, including those on the losing side, are acknowledged,...
The turning of the first sod for the new parish building at St Luke’s Catholic Parish in Marsden Park marks the start of an exciting project for the growing Catholic community in Sydney’s northwest....