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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Lent 2026

We long to be set free. We long for life, peace and security in our broken world. But how can we be set free?  Who can set us free? Continue reading Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Lent 2026 at Catholic Outlook. [Read More]

Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent 2026

Fr Frank Brennan's Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent 2026. In our second reading from the Letter to the Ephesians today, we read: Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Continue reading Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent 2026 at Catholic Outlook. [Read More]

Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 3rd Sunday of Lent 2026

  Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-8; John 4:5-42 Listen at soundcloud.com It’s been a long week. Continue reading Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 3rd Sunday of Lent 2026 at Catholic Outlook. [Read More]

‘Will the bell ever ring again?’ 30-year anniversary of the historic Cathedral fire in Parramatta  

On 19 February 1996, an arsonist lit a fire that ripped through St Patrick’s Cathedral, causing $8 million in damage and leaving a community of more than 5,000 parishioners in shock.  Continue reading ‘Will the bell ever ring again?’ 30-year anniversary of the historic Cathedral fire in Parramatta   at Catholic Outlook. [Read More]