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The Iftar dinner, held during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, coincided with Lent this year, allowing both Christian and Muslim attendees to reflect together....
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Deacons in the Catholic Church are challenged to look at what they do in life and ministry and ask: “What am I doing and how and I doing it?” They are also challenged to ask: are they building up or tearing down? So said Deacon Bill Ditewig, of America, a...
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The Schoenstatt Shrine in Mulgoa has been nominated as one such pilgrimage site within the Diocese of Parramatta. This special privilege invites us all to experience hope and spiritual renewal as we encounter God’s mercy and Mary’s transforming power of grace from the Shrine. ...
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Deacons in the Catholic Church are challenged to look at what they do in life and ministry and ask: “What am I doing and how and I doing it?” They are also challenged to ask: are they building up or tearing down? So said Deacon Bill Ditewig, of America, a...
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Several Indonesian Bishops release their 2025 Lenten message and invite the faithful to embrace Pope Francis' call for an ecological conversion and justice for the poor.
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Deacons from the Diocese of Parramatta were prominent at this year’s National Deacons Conference, which brought together deacons, aspirants and their wives from around Australia to learn, grow in fraternity and engage in ongoing formation. ...
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The Vatican published the latest official statistics of the Catholic Church. The increase in the number of baptized is mainly explained by the dynamism of the African continent, where one in five Catholics in the world lives....
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The latest Religious Education Curriculum released by Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) in partnership with Bishop of Parramatta, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv in August 2024 has received express commendation from Archbishop Rino Fisichella of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, by letter to Bishop Vincent dated 21 January 2025....
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Signs of the times. As Trumpism distorts truth and history, Catholics face a critical choice. The church must resist this assault on facts and morality, reclaiming its role as a truth-telling institution amid rising authoritarianism....