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In The Dioceses

Archbishop Coleridge reinstates Sunday Mass obligation

Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has written a letter to parishes across the archdiocese reinstating the obligation to attend Sunday Mass from May 28. Source: The Catholic Leader.

In The Dioceses Youth

Young people testify to faith on Good Friday Night Walk

Young people from across Parramatta Diocese demonstrated how strongly they value faith and community as they joyfully walked 23 kilometres on the annual Catholic Youth Parramatta Good Friday Night Walk. Source: Catholic Outlook.

In The Dioceses Media

Corpus Christi film traces feast’s history, explores current reality

The Feast of Corpus Christi – its significance, history and ongoing importance – is the focus of a new documentary produced by the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

In The Dioceses Religious Orders

Capuchins to leave two inner-city Brisbane parishes

The Capuchin Friars will withdraw from two inner-city Brisbane parishes in January next year. Source: The Catholic Leader.

In The Dioceses

Archbishop Costelloe announces Diocesan Assembly for Perth

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has announced the convening of a diocesan assembly in September this year. Source: The eRecord.

In The Dioceses

Nuncio receives warm Kimberley welcome

The Apostolic Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Charles Balvo has visited a number of remote communities in the Diocese of Broome, describing his time there as one of “encounter”.

In The Dioceses Prayer

Catholic communities unite for ‘Fiat – A Weekend of Prayer’

Catholic communities across Melbourne Archdiocese, including the Catholic prison population, will unite in prayer over the next three days during “Fiat –  A Weekend of Prayer”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

In The Dioceses Youth

Answering ‘the most asked question in the life of the Church’

In his 2023 Patrick Oration, Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli called on the People of God to “rediscover the young Church”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Appointment In The Dioceses

Armidale Diocese appoints new administrator

Armidale’s College of Consultors has elected Msgr Edward Wilkes as diocesan administrator to lead the regional New South Wales diocese following Bishop Michael Kennedy’s installation as the Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.