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In The Dioceses

Parramatta Diocese announces its newest parish

St Luke’s, Marsden Park, will be formally recognised as the newest parish of the Parramatta Diocese on January 1, 2025. Source: Catholic Outlook. 

In The Dioceses Ordination

You choose a career but a vocation chooses you, Archbishop Fisher tells new priests

“Thanks be to God for the gift of the Catholic priesthood,” newly ordained Fr Adrian Suyanto said on behalf of himself, Fr Charbel Boustany FFI and Fr Likisone Tominiko at their ordination ceremony at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral last week. Source: The Catholic Weekly. 

In The Dioceses

New home for Sydney’s Syriac Catholics a step closer

A new home for thousands of years of Christian tradition is a step closer, after the Syriac Catholic Church blessed the foundation stone for a new parish and pastoral centre in south-west Sydney. Source: Catholic Weekly. 

In The Dioceses

Perth Catholic community prays for success of Archdiocesan Assembly

Parishes across the Perth Archdiocese were invited at the weekend to pray for the Archdiocesan Assembly to be held on Saturday, July 13. Source: The Record.

Evangelisation In The Dioceses

Bringing Christ to the world ‘For Such a Time as This’

A quiet but determined spirit of renewal is taking root within the heart of the Church in Sydney, as it grapples with a post-COVID exodus of parishioners and a secular society that no longer prioritises worship. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

In The Dioceses Safeguarding

Ballarat cathedral’s LOUD fence to return

Ribbons will be tied to the fence at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Ballarat this weekend, while discussions for a long-term memorial for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse continue. Source: Ballarat Diocese.

In The Dioceses

Faith communities called to become ‘schools of communion’

Nearly 300 people gathered for the Archdiocese of Adelaide’s 2024 Diocesan Assembly, with Archbishop Patrick O’Regan calling for local faith communities to become “schools of communion”. Source: The Southern Cross.

In The Dioceses Liturgy

Young Catholics choose ‘divine and uncompromising’ Latin Mass

A Melbourne church that holds Mass in Latin has been described as one of the fastest-growing parishes in the archdiocese. Why are so many young Catholics travelling hours to get there, asks Angus Mackintosh. Source: ABC News.

In The Dioceses Synodality

‘Think tank’ helps develop pastoral plan for diocese

Hundreds of people across the Parramatta Diocese have given feedback and practical ideas for the development of a new pastoral plan for the diocese. Source: Catholic Outlook.