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News & Events Weekly Update
News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond Diocese of Parramatta Notices Positions Vacant: Claims and Legal Officer – Diocese of Parramatta – Applications close 10pm Monday 5...
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A place where everyone can belong
When Bundjalung Elder Aunty Rhonda steps inside the Aboriginal Catholic Care drop-in centre at Emerton she instantly feels at ease. It’s a place she yearns for, a place she belongs— a second home....
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Australian Indigenous leader in the Vatican for week-long visit
Dr Ungunmerr Baumann, one of Australia’s most respect Aboriginal leaders, will meet with Pope Francis and other senior Vatican figures, and unveil a new artwork at the Vatican Museums. Dr Miriam Rose...
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Caritas Australia expresses support for Voice to Parliament
With compassion in our hearts, Caritas Australia embraces and supports the creation of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution. Christine Rhazi, a proud Yamatji Widi woman from Geraldton,...
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A Person of Hope
“Is your father a person of faith?” I have been asked that question several times since my father, Daniel Ellsberg, announced in February that he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. I...
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Bishops Conference launches Laudato Si’ Action Plan
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched its Laudato Si’ Action Plan on World Environment Day, outlining practical responses to Pope Francis’ landmark 2015 encyclical letter. When it...
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Pope’s June prayer intention: for an abolition of torture
The Pope Video message, entrusted to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, is an appeal for “the abolition of torture in all of its forms throughout the world.” Pope...
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NATSICC launches new website on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) has launched a new website called “One Journey, Together” for Catholics to learn about the Indigenous Voice to...
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Neroli drawn back to Aboriginal Catholic Care: A very helpful, happy place to be
When Neroli Stratti retired from her work as a counsellor at Aboriginal Catholic Care, something drew her back. “In our ministry as human beings, we are here to share and care and help each other…and...
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Dr Miriam-Rose discusses integral ecology during Reconciliation Week in Rome
On Thursday 1 June, at the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) Headquarters in Rome, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann provided an Indigenous perspective on integral ecology: the concept...
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‘A strategy of peace’
There is no shortage of those who speak and act as though war is inevitable. In ancient history, in recent history, and in our own day, war has, and continues to have, its unholy heel on the neck of...
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Fr Frank’s Homily: Let us feast on the bread of life
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3. 14-16; Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 11 June 2023 In...
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Sacramento Bishop: Migrants are not fodder for political propaganda.
Unexpectedly, neighbors came knocking at the door of the Diocese of Sacramento Pastoral Center last Friday, June 2. Young women and men, mostly from Venezuela and Colombia, had been picked up in El...
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How Aboriginal Catholic Care found Adam a home
A friendly presence by a qualified social worker at the Aboriginal Catholic Care Centre at Emerton in Western Sydney provided just the link Adam* needed to reach out for support and end his long-term...
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Pope’s World Day of the Poor message: Don’t look away!
Pope Francis pens a message for the annual World Day of the Poor, stressing that “whenever we encounter a poor person, we cannot look away, for that would prevent us from encountering the face of the...
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Remembering those who have died on the streets of Sydney
For the first time, the annual Homeless Memorial Service will be celebrated at a special ceremony in the heart of Sydney’s community at 6pm in Martin Place on Wednesday 21 June. 21 June is the...
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Mercenaries, migrants and morals in Ukraine: What Catholic theology has to say
In my weekly newsletter yesterday (if you have not signed up to get it, you can do so by clicking here), I mentioned attending the College Theology Society meeting last week at Sacred Heart...
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A reflection for the International Day for Countering Hate Speech
18 June is the United Nation’s International Day for Countering Hate Speech The International Day for Countering Hate Speech is very recent. It was first celebrated in 2022 in response to the recent...
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Refugee Week highlights urgent need for food drives in the Diocese of Parramatta
This Refugee Week, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, has launched a new campaign for local food drives to feed people who have fled their country in fear of their lives but, because...
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A reflection for Refugee Week
18-24 June is the Refugee Council of Australia’s Refugee Week The theme of Refugee Week in 2023 is ‘Finding Freedom.’ The theme reminds us of the freedom that refugees have lost in being forced from...
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