School funding key topic at PM meeting
Archbishops from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference have met with Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull in Sydney to discuss school funding. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the conference, Sydney Archbishop Anthony […]
A match made in heaven at Manly’s Cerretti Chapel
Charmian Frize gets goose-bumps when she talks about that moment when a bride takes her father’s arm at the door of the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in Manly and prepares to […]
Revamp sheds light on parish
People who live in Lurnea are used to having their south-western Sydney suburb confused with Leumeah or lumped in with Liverpool. But there is no mistaking their stunning Catholic church and […]
Missionary priest predicts a Christian future for China
He had to say Mass in secret during his 10 years in China, but Fr Greg McEnnally MSC predicts that within a short time China could become the largest Christian nation […]
Matching Sydney’s iconic architecture
Retired carpenter Norm Grundy has the patience of a saint. He has spent more than 1700 hours constructing a scale model of St Mary’s Cathedral completely out of matchsticks. The mini-masterpiece […]
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Fury at new abortion law
Laws that would make abortion legal – up to birth – will be put before Queensland Parliament next month. While abortion is techn...
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Call to end “inhumane” policy on Manus anniversary
Five years after Manus Island was designated as a processing centre for asylum seekers Fr Maurizio Pettena CS has called for an end ...
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Calls for Religious Discrimination Act
Calls for new legislation to protect people of faith are rapidly escalating across the country. Parliamentarians, a former Human Rig...
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Philosopher’s lecture draws largest crowd to Scholarship in the Cathedral
Scottish Professor John Haldane has drawn the largest crowd ever to the Scholarship in the Cathedral lecture series with his in-dept...
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Andrew Brazier completes solo Pacific sail for Indigenous literacy
Sydney parishioner Andrew Brazier has braved injury and inclement weather to complete a 15,000km solo trip across the Pacific Ocean ...
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300 years old and still inspiring
They may be a little frail and say they are more than a little forgetful, but what Ken Harris, Jean Roberts and Jack Potts lack in e...
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Dynamic day lifts young spirits
The Holy Spirit’s presence was evident when Sydney Catholic School students gathered for a high-energy day of music, prayer, and p...
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Marriage Mass recalls life-times of love and learning
Antonetta Tagliapietra lost her husband a few months ago after 60 years of marriage, but she still attended the annual Marriage Mass...
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Columbans celebrate 100 years with Mass at Mary MacKillop Chapel
A “deep and earthy spirituality” of inclusiveness and hospitality marks the Missionary Society of St Columban, said auxiliary Bi...
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Values draw Danny to new role
DANNY CASEY is someone who gets things done. The 58-year-old newly appointed Chair of Catholic Super’s Board is not one to boast, ...
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OSV: ‘Rosary priest’ gave it all for Mary
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Crux: Conference highlights role of laity in addressing challenges
“Even before the (Second) Vatican Council, the conviction of the Church was that lay involvement in certain spheres of life, particularly political and social, was abso... -
Why not join a pilgrimage to the heart of the Church?
It has been said that after a trip to Rome you are never quite the same. For many Catholics here in Australia, travelling to the Eternal City can feel like visiting their... -
When Success Leads to Failure
I’ve known the mother sitting in front of me at this parent-teacher conference for years, and we have been through a lot together. I have taught three of her children, ...
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The Real Problem with the Vatican Nativity Scene
Far be it from me to join the Catholic prudes who are being negative about the Vatican nativity scene. People are grumbling about the naked man who is being clothed as an... -
Welcoming Stranger Things Without Baptising Them Too
In the past year, many writers in the Catholic blogosphere have commented on the theological richness of Stranger Things. One writer recently went so far as to claim tha... -
The Return to Ancient Traditions After the Death of God
The “traditionalists” among conservative Christians are surprised when we show them how relatively modern and extremely limited is the form of Christianity that they ... -
In Good Hands: Caryll Houselander and the Single Vocation
Caryll Houselander (1901‒1954) was a British Catholic writer and artist who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. She was also a mystic. As a single wom...
