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CHA supports push for urgent aged care reform...
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Progress made by Catholic Religious Institutes to enter National Redress Scheme...
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A Lenten Message from the Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev Vincent Long OFM Conv. My dear people, Lent is an important season for us Catholics insofar as it reminds us of the need for conversion. We cannot live life to the full if we gloss over the inconvenient truths...
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On 6 February 2017, the Royal Commission began a public hearing to inquire into the current policies and procedures of Catholic Church authorities in Australia in relation to child-protection and child-safety standards, including responding to allegations of child sexual abuse. The public hearing is expected to run for three...
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Homily of Most Rev Vincent Long OFM Conv Mass for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, on the occasion of the Royal Commission’s final hearing into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Springwood 5 February 2017 Dear sisters and brothers, “You are...
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Sunday 5 February 2017 Celebrates Pontifical Mass of the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Springwood, at 9.45am. Tuesday 7 February 2017 Attends an Ecumenical Service for the commencement of the Law Term at Leigh Memorial Church, Parramatta, at 9am. Tuesday 7 February 2017 Convenes...
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Dear friends, The final hearing involving the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commences on 6 February 2017. For the victims and survivors, for the Catholic community and for many in the wider Australian community, this hearing may be a difficult and...
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Claire Pirola is the new Manager of the Office for Safeguarding and Professional Standards. She comes to the Diocese of Parramatta from the Catholic Education Office in the Archdiocese of Sydney, where she worked for three years as part of the Safety, Wellbeing and Professional Services Team. Claire’s role...