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Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Pentecost Sunday

We must explore new ways of being together and living with one another and with the planet so that we can be a source of hope for the world. This is our Pentecostal mandate. [Read More]

Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: Pentecost Sunday, 8 June 2025

Wishing you a blessed Pentecost. On Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the time after the Resurrection of Jesus when Jews from anywhere and everywhere were gathered together, able to understand each other, despite their national, cultural and linguistic differences. [Read More]

Listening with love: Parishes host morning teas to safeguard the elderly 

As the Diocese of Parramatta marks Safe Parishes Week 2025, parishes across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains are celebrating initiatives that put safeguarding into action. One such initiative is the ongoing series of Morning Teas for Safeguarding the Elderly – a listening-focused approach that invites older parishioners and ministry leaders to come together in conversation, reflection, and care.  [Read More]

The gift of faith in our public schools: Catechists unite in Parramatta to “Make a World of Difference”

The presence of volunteer Catechists in public schools is a gift to the Church and to the families of Catholic children enrolled in them. This was Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv’s message to the 35 delegates from 11 dioceses gathered at St Joseph’s Spirituality Centre in Baulkham Hills, at the recent CCRESS Conference on May 15 and 16.    [Read More]