Parish News
Confirmation Candidates 2013
CONFIRMATION 2013
Cardinal George Pell will confirm 55 children next Friday night 31st May. We congratulate the children and their families and welcome them into a new and more responsible role in the church.
Cassandra Banks, Grace Banks, Max Bonic, Joe Bonic, Henry Bridgers, Oliver Carroll, Peter Cassimatis, Lucia Cattana, William Clunes-Ross, …
50 YEARS OF MINISTRY – OUR PARISH PRIEST
In July the parish will be celebrating the 50th year since Monsignor Tony Doherty was ordained priest. Way back in July 20 1963 before the moon landing, Sydney trams had just been taken off the tracks,Menzies was PM, Gatum Gatum won the cup, and North Sydney Bears were still growling, …
Rules for Daily Living
A Decalogue for Daily Living that Pope John XXIII wrote for himself, his own
Commandments for daily life. They reflect his depth, his simplicity, and his humility:
1) “Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing
to solve the problems of my life all at once.
2) Only …
Thank you from St Judes Arusha Tanzania
Gemma Sisia, the founder of the school, who visited us on the 17th March would like to extend her sincere thanks for your contributions to the school. At Christmas time we raised $40,000 for a new bus for the school. Gemma has named this 50 seater bus -…
Sinning Across Spain
Some months ago in a Sunday homily I referred to an intriguing book written by a Melbourne writer and actor Ailsa Piper in which she invited people to send her their sins and she would carry them on the famous Camino de Santiago. The book has attracted a certain media …
The Ancient Labyrinth – Walking Meditation
The Art of Pilgrimage seems to be having a growing interest among many Australians today.In the Middle Ages cathedrals would trace a labyrinth on their floors for those desiring the experience of walking prayer or meditation but who had not the time to undertake a longer pilgrimage to some sacred site.
French Cathedrals …
Sydney Alliance
A new Sydney-wide initiative was launched last year which is attempting to harness the cumulative power of small organisations such as Migrant groups, Youth Action groups, National Tertiary Education Union, the Cancer Council into some focused effort to improve Sydney towards being amore just and fairer society. The Archdiocese of …
Caroline Jones – Releasing the Captive
Caroline Jones was received into the Catholic Church on Easter Sunday 1985, but she admits that if someone had suggested this to her two years earlier she would have laughed in disbelief. She writes:
By the end of 1981, I had been reporting politics and current affairs in television …
Blessed Damien of Molokai
Blessed Damien of Molokai
Priest and Leper (1840-1899)
Damien De Veuster, a young Belgian priest, had served nine years as a
missionary in the Hawaiian Islands when he felt called to request a perilous
assignment. He asked his superiors to be allowed to serve on the island of
Molokai, the notorious leper colony.
When the West …
SHOW ME A DREAMER
Those who lose dreaming are lost. –Aboriginal proverb
The kinds of dreams we have determine the quality of …
