Franciscan

  • Save the Holy Land: Good Friday Collection

    13/04/2017
    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook   For 130 years, the global Good Friday Collection has supported the Holy Land.  This is your chance, in the Diocese of Parramatta, to preserve the holiest places and ancient Catholic communities. Most parishes across the Diocese of Parramatta will dedicate a collection to...

  • It’s a long way to the top if you want a priest for all

    13/05/2016
    It has been one week since Pope Francis announced Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, 54, as the fourth Bishop of Parramatta. Having ministered as a Conventual Franciscan priest in Australia since 1989 and as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne since 2011, Bishop Vincent said he was humbled...