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Holy Thursday marks a liturgical threshold—a moment suspended between love and betrayal, intimacy and abandonment, service and sacrifice. This year, I crossed that threshold in an unexpected place: a prison chapel, where I accompanied Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, as he celebrated a Holy Thursday...
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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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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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Bishop Vincent's 2025 Easter Message...
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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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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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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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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...