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Dialogue: A way of being on mission
Pope Francis’s pastoral visit to Iraq as a Pilgrim Penitent and Pilgrim of Peace amid a worldwide pandemic got me thinking. Age and diminishing health had not stopped him from taking on this...
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3 million Australians living below the poverty line struggling with...
Francis Sullivan, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, said today economic pressures being faced by low income and disadvantaged Australians are at an all-time high and are being force-fed by...
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Tonga blanketed in ash after volcanic eruption
Tonga is coated in a thick blanket of ash after the eruption of undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai on January 15, which triggered tsunamis across the region, destroyed telecommunications and...
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Message of Pope Francis for the 55th World Day of Peace
Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace 1. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace” (Is 52:7). The words of...
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Fr Frank Homily – 23 January 2022
Homily for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-6,8-10; Psalm 18; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4;4:14-21 23 January 2022 On this third Sunday of Ordinary Time in Year C, we...
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Children take the lead caring for the planet
Three young schoolgirls in Spain tell us about their calling to promote care for the environment and the safeguarding of creation in their schools and communities. Everybody today seems to be...
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News & Events Weekly Update
News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond Diocese of Parramatta Notices Positions Vacant: Project Officer – Parramatta Young Christian Workers Pastoral Formation Facilitator –...
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Celebrating the achievements of Aboriginal Elder Miriam-Rose
Each year, the Australian of the Year Awards recognise Australians who have made a significant impact on the lives of others. Now the 2022 recipients have been announced, Catholic Outlook looks back...
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Changing lives through friendship
In celebration of Australia Day, Catholic Outlook shares this article about Rosemary Kariuki, the 2021 Local Hero in the Australian of the Year Awards. Rosemary Kariuki was named Local Hero in the...
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Bishop Vincent: Afghanistan commitment needs to be more generous
Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, chair of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service, says at least 20,000 more humanitarian places are needed for people fleeing Afghanistan....
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Sister Water: we are listening to your cry and we acknowledge your right
At the start, I acknowledge that the sovereignty of the First Nations peoples of the continent now known as Australia was never ceded by treaty nor in any other way. I acknowledge and respect First...
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Building God’s Kingdom in the New Year
The powerful temptation to build earthly kingdoms has been a painful thorn lodged deep within the human psyche from ancient times to the present day. Kingdoms from Babylon to Persia, from Greece to...
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A reflection for the Pope’s Prayer Intention for January
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for January 2022: Religious Discrimination and Persecution – We pray for all those suffering from religious discrimination and persecution; may their own rights and...
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WATAC to host conversation about domestic violence and the Australian church
The February 2022 session of WATAC Presents will be a conversation about domestic violence and the Australian Church. Tracy McEwan, theologian and vice president of WATAC, together with Debra...
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NATSICC statement on Australia Day 2022 – Reflect, Respect, Celebrate, Do
The peak body representing First Nations Catholics has invited fellow Catholics to make 2022 a year of action to “strengthen Australia’s foundations by supporting Australia’s First Peoples”. The...
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News & Events Weekly Update
News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond Diocese of Parramatta Notices Positions Vacant: Project Officer – Parramatta Young Christian Workers Graduate Accountant – Diocesan...
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Cardinal Bo urges Christians to be ‘wounded healers’ on anniversary of...
In light of the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February, the president of Myanmar’s Catholic Bishops speaks to Vatican News to express the feeling of the people and the...
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Cardinal Czerny: Human fraternity makes it possible for all to live with hope
Ahead of the International Day of Human Fraternity celebrated on 4 February, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development reflects on the significance of the “Document on...
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St Bakhita’s example empowering a challenge to slavery today
The year is 1877. Arab slave traders invade the Sudanese village of Olgossa. Their practice of abducting children and forcing them into slavery is feared, and it is for this they have come. Among...
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Jesuit Social Services: Vulnerable people need urgent support to navigate...
The ongoing Omicron crisis, which has seen tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases each day, severe shortages of rapid antigen tests and low-income areas lagging in booster vaccination rates, must...
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