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On the Feast Day of St Augustine, we reflect on the recent International Congress of Lay Augustinians, which saw members of the Diocese of Parramatta visit Rome last July to honour the legacy and mission of a great saint. Eight attendees from Australia embarked on a five-day...
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Fr Alatini Kolofo’ou SM is the main Chaplain of the Tongan Catholic Community in greater Sydney, based at St Joseph’s Parish, Belmore. He had a typically Tongan childhood and discovered his vocation travelling through the island nation. From the age of five, a young Alatini travelled to school by...
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By Jordan Grantham Ben McCabe founded the Augustine Academy, an institute of the Liberal Arts for senior secondary aged students in Razorback, NSW, after the idea came to him while praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament. “I find that I encounter God in a deep way through...
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Did you know Charles Darwin visited Parramatta? On January 27, 1836 Charles Darwin had lunch at ‘The Vineyard’, the home of Hannibal Macarthur in Rydalmere. Darwin’s diary entry for the day reads: “Accompanied by Capt. King rode to Paramatta. Close to the town, his brother in law Mr MacArthur...
On the Feast Day of St Augustine, we reflect on the recent International Congress of Lay Augustinians, which saw members of the Diocese of Parramatta visit Rome last July to honour the legacy and mission of a great saint. Eight attendees from Australia embarked on a five-day...
Fr Alatini Kolofo’ou SM is the main Chaplain of the Tongan Catholic Community in greater Sydney, based at St Joseph’s Parish, Belmore. He had a typically Tongan childhood and discovered his vocation travelling through the island nation. From the age of five, a young Alatini travelled to school by...
By Jordan Grantham Ben McCabe founded the Augustine Academy, an institute of the Liberal Arts for senior secondary aged students in Razorback, NSW, after the idea came to him while praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament. “I find that I encounter God in a deep way through...
Did you know Charles Darwin visited Parramatta? On January 27, 1836 Charles Darwin had lunch at ‘The Vineyard’, the home of Hannibal Macarthur in Rydalmere. Darwin’s diary entry for the day reads: “Accompanied by Capt. King rode to Paramatta. Close to the town, his brother in law Mr MacArthur...