This week |
| Flowers for memory of the Irish Orphan Girls 5 September, 2010 |
A YOUNG descendant of the Irish Orphan Girls places flowers at the Irish Famine Memorial at Sydney’s Hyde Park barracks.
About 300 people attended the 11th annual commemoration of the site last Sunday. [More] |
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| ‘Grave concerns’ at same sex adoption 5 September, 2010 |
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THE ARCHBISHOP of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, this week restated the Church’s “grave concerns” about proposed legislation due to be debated in State parliament this month that would allow same-sex couples the right to adopt children. [More] |
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Previous Weeks |
| Caritas Australia says a big ‘thank you’ 29 August, 2010 |
From Lakemba to Chatswood and from Glebe to Coogee, Catholic schools and parishes in metropolitan Sydney have outdone themselves again this year by giving millions of dollars to the 2010 Caritas Australia Project Compassion campaign. [More] |
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| New Mass text set for mid-2011 start 29 August, 2010 |
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THE long-awaited new English translation of the Roman Missal is expected to be implemented in Australia in mid-2011. [More] |
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| WYD Madrid - just one year out! 29 August, 2010 |
SINGER Garry Pinto entertains more than 650 students from Catholic secondary schools across Sydney at Holy Cross College, Ryde, on August 19 to prepare for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. [More] |
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| Govt ‘must embrace role of technology in schools’ 29 August, 2010 |
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Whoever leads the country will need to embrace the role that technology plays in the modern classroom, and ensure that every student will have the necessary tools they need to equip them for life in the 21st century, says Dr Dan White, executive director of Catholic schools in the Sydney archdiocese. [More] |
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| Celebration of consecrated life 29 August, 2010 |
The Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, thanked members of consecrated life for their years of personal witness and service to the Church in a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on August 21. [More] |
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| Call for new body to ensure govt benefits are adequate 29 August, 2010 |
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Catholic Social Services Australia has called for an Independent Entitlements Commission to recommend the level of payments that provide a basic income. [More] |
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| David can ‘hear’ choir sing his St Mary Mass 29 August, 2010 |
COMPOSER and organist David Drury can hear his new and yet to be performed choral composition – in his head. [More] |
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| Maestro takes MacKillop baton 29 August, 2010 |
Artes Christi has been fortunate to secure the services of Timothy Chung as musical director and conductor of MacKillop, the new musical on the life of Australia’s first saint, which will have its premiere season in Sydney from October 1-9 with performances to follow in Melbourne from October 23-24. [More] |
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| Poet’s home may not be ‘rooned’ 29 August, 2010 |
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Australians who grew up learning the poetry of John O’Brien have rallied to save the former Narrandera home of the late poet and priest. [More] |
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| Harbour parish farewells popular assistant priest 29 August, 2010 |
ABOUT 300 parishioners of the Sydney Harbour North parish said goodbye to assistant priest Fr Danai Pennolar at a Mass and reception at Sactred Heart, Mosman, last Sunday night. [More] |
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