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Working in a hospital and prison, one of the key characteristics patients and inmates require is waiting. Waiting for results, waiting for court hearings, waiting for treatment, waiting for a visit and the list goes on....
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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...
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“It’s not about religion – it's about supporting their relationship with God.” This sentiment is shared by former school principal Br Cyril Bosco and actuary-turned-theologian Richard Korkor: two prison chaplains who work in the Diocese of Parramatta. ...
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They might not all be as familiar with the liturgy as regular churchgoers, but the inmates of John Moroney Correctional Centre who attended Mass on Holy Thursday were no less thankful to be receiving communion. Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, visited the prison to celebrate...
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Indian Bishop calls for social reintegration of prisoners...