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This joyful celebration of faith and trade was a fitting celebration for the patron saint of workers, St Joseph....
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On this feast of the Ascension, we stand, looking into the sky, devastated but hopeful. May the Spirit fill our hearts as we commit to no more war....
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Jesus ascended into Heaven. He has brought ‘flesh’ into the realm where we thought only spirits and angels could dwell—into the realm where God lives. From now on, we all ‘belong there’....
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That image we all know so well of St Oscar with blood streaming from his nose and ears is of a man transfigured, transfigured by justice. Of course, he’d seen it coming: ‘In El Salvador, the sky has turned red,’ he had said....
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St Patrick’s Day might be a day to celebrate Irish culture, but it has an added significance in the Diocese of Parramatta, where our cathedral, two of our parish churches at Blacktown and Guildford, and several schools are named after the famous saint. And as the Diocese celebrates...
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Pope John’s life was given to make peace and to make the Gospel come alive in trying situations. He opened doors for the Popes who would follow him. ...
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Local permanent deacons and their wives joined Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, at Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Druitt South, for a special Mass and celebration of the diaconate on the feast of St Lawrence – the patron saint of deacons. ...
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrates Mass on the feast of the Assumption at the Benedictine monastery of Abu Gosh, saying the Christian's task is to sow life while remaining under God's protective mantle so that evil does not have the final word....
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The Feast of our Father, Saint Maroun, is an annual occasion to reflect on the legacy of holiness in our Church, renew our faith, and reaffirm our Maronite identity...