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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024
Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the 110th World Day Of Migrants And Refugees 2024 29 September 2024 Readings: Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 18; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 In his...
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A reflection for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
29 September is the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees In Australia, as in many other nations today, many people are hostile to refugees and migrants. That is not surprising. People who...
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Providing dignity, purpose and peace
We spoke with new Executive Director of Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains (WSBM) Helen Emmerson about her vision for the long-standing social services charity and her hopes for its...
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NSW Ecumenical Council calls for prayers for peace
NSW Ecumenical Council calls for prayers for peace after one year of war in the Holy Land 6 October 2024 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 As we...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024
Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 6 October 2024 Readings: Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 127; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 There’s a lot going on in the Church and in the world this week. You...
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Pet blessings a ‘paw-fect’ reminder of the spirit of St Francis
Local pet owners had the delightful opportunity to have their heavenly hounds and faithful felines blessed at St Anthony of Padua, Toongabbie and St Canice’s Church Katoomba in celebration of the...
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New leaders called to serve schools through Mission
Three faith-filled local teachers have recently taken on the leadership of the Mission Directorate within Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD), continuing in their commitment to foster vibrant...
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Caritas Australia welcomes the Australian Government taking a leading role in...
Overnight at the UN Summit of the Future in New York the Australian Government has announced it will be taking a leading role in the development of a new Declaration for the Protection of...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024
Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 13 October 2024 Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 89; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark:17-30 Listen to the full Homily on SoundCloud In today’s Gospel, Jesus encounters...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024
Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 20 October 2024 Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalm 33; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 In today’s gospel, Jesus tells the disciples: ‘You know that those who...
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Caritas Australia spotlights the Africa food crisis
Instituted in 1979, World Food Day promotes global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger, and to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for all. This year it focuses on “Right to...
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Jesuit Mission launches urgent appeal to help refugees in limbo in Indonesia
Over 13,000 “de facto” refugees in Indonesia, not recognised under UN Law, who have been surviving in the most desperate circumstances and meagre existence, have been dealt a massive blow. The United...
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Catholic Care WSBM supports new refugee families to settle in Australia
Three refugee families – including a large family of six – are receiving vital settlement and integration support in Australia, with many more are receiving advocacy support, as part of a holistic...
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Season of Creation celebrated with joyful spring Mass in the Blue Mountains
The Season of Creation was in ushered in on a fresh and sunny spring day in the Blue Mountains, as Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv concelebrated Mass with Fr John McSweeny at Sacred Heart Parish,...
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Crossing over to the other side: commitment to justice and compassion with...
The recent Josephite Justice Network gathering at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney from 20-22 September was a profound experience of connection and renewal. As members arrived, the atmosphere...
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Emergency campaign launched to help the Church face crisis in Lebanon
The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced an international emergency campaign to raise at least 1 million Euro (1.6 million AUD) to assist the Catholic Church in Lebanon,...
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Students committed to ‘truth and peace’
Hundreds of students, teachers and staff from Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) came together at West HQ Rooty Hill recently for the 2024-2025 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s (ACBC)...
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Pope appeals for protection of Yanomami people’s rights in Amazon rainforest
Pope Francis urges the political and civil authorities of countries in the Amazonia to safeguard the fundamental rights of the indigenous Yanomami people, who live on the border between Venezuela and...
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Modern-day Martyrs: The victims of blood minerals in Africa
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo has told a hybrid webinar organised on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the canonization of the Uganda Martyrs that victims of the exploitation of Africa’s mineral...
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Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo: ‘Peace is possible, dialogue is the only way’
Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, speaks of how tens of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in Myanmar, are either hiding in the jungle or crossing the borders in search of work as...
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